Have you ever had to give a toast for a sibling or a dear friend at a wedding? Or perhaps you’ve had the sad experience of writing an obituary for a loved one.
On Your Health
An aging parent, a spiral of self-neglect
OMRF researchers study cellular phenomena that lead to things like loss of muscle and balance. But what about the other part of the equation?
Pandemic lessons in flexibility
More postponements caused by the Covid-19 delta variant are testing patience across the country.
Celebrating 75 years of discovery
I first learned about the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a few years after I arrived in Oklahoma. I’d received a freelance writing assignment from Oklahoma Today magazine, and my editor tasked me with writing a profile of Dr. Jordan Tang. Tang had recently discovered the enzyme believed responsible for Alzheimer’s disease, cloned the enzyme, and then […]
A column that has nothing to do with health and medicine
When I opened my front door a few minutes before sunrise on Monday, my newspaper was resting on my porch ledge.
For OMRF summer scholars, patience is a virtue
Many folks of my vintage share certain opinions about today’s youth. Among those of us requiring reading glasses to make out this text, one prevalent view is that Gen Zers demand immediate gratification. (Note from someone who had to look this up: The Pew Research Center and many others define Generation Z as those born […]
