Adam’s journal We’ve all heard it said that clothes make the man. But can one specific item of clothing — shoes — make the man (or woman) fitter? That’s the claim I’ve been seeing and hearing for “muscle-activating” walking shoes. These shoes, many of which sport oversize soles, are engineered to create a sense of […]
Are funny-looking shoes fit to wear?
Cultivating a Dream
Its scientists focus on such critical research areas as Alzheimer’s, heart disease, cancer and children’s diseases.
OMRF ranks fourth among U.S. independent research institutes in Recovery Act funding
Of 91 research institutes receiving ARRA funds, OMRF near top
OMRF honors scientists, adds board member
OMRF honored three scientists and added a new board member at its annual spring board meeting and honors celebration Tuesday. Researcher John Harley, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded the Edward L. and Thelma Gaylord Prize for Scientific Achievement. OMRF named Rodger McEver, M.D., as the Alvin Chang Chair in Cardiovascular Biology and Lijun Xia, M.D, Ph.D., […]
Honoring his father
OKLAHOMA CITY and MUSKOGEE, June 16, 2009 – John Saxon III, M.D., had long wanted to do something to memorialize his father, John, a West Point graduate who taught for five years at the U.S. Air Force Academy and was a career Air Force pilot before passing away in 1996. Saxon also had been planning […]
Keating, two others to join OMRF board
OKLAHOMA CITY, November 9, 2009 – At its semiannual board meeting on Wednesday, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation will add three new members to its board of directors. The three new board members are: Cathy Keating, Mark Funke and Bill Crawford. Former Oklahoma first lady Keating is national co-chair for the Second Decade Campaign for […]
