Each week, OMRF Chief Medical Officer Dr. Judith James opens “Adam’s Journal” to answer a medical question from Adam Cohen, OMRF’s senior vice president & general counsel. Adam’s Journal Here’s a question from an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation coworker: My grandma loves grapefruit, but she hasn’t had one in years because of possible interactions with […]
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Bodywork: Too young for a mammogram?
Each week, OMRF Chief Medical Officer Dr. Judith James opens “Adam’s Journal” to answer a medical question from Adam Cohen, OMRF’s senior vice president & general counsel. Adam’s Journal Like many employers, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation teams with a mobile mammography service to offer onsite breast cancer screening services to our employees. An employee […]
Bodywork: Should we worry about bird flu in milk?
Each week, OMRF Chief Medical Officer Dr. Judith James opens “Adam’s Journal” to answer a medical question from Adam Cohen, OMRF’s senior vice president & general counsel. Adam’s Journal I recently heard reports that the bird flu virus has been detected in supplies of milk. Should we be worried about drinking milk? Is there a […]
Bodywork: Is overhydration a real thing?
Each week, OMRF Chief Medical Officer Dr. Judith James opens “Adam’s Journal” to answer a medical question from Adam Cohen, OMRF’s senior vice president & general counsel. Adam’s Journal My sister recently completed the Boston Marathon. (Please indulge a brief moment of brotherly bragging: My sister, Ali, is a phenomenal athlete!) She started out with […]
Bodywork: A more accurate way to test for heart attack risk?
Each week, OMRF Chief Medical Officer Dr. Judith James opens “Adam’s Journal” to answer a medical question from Adam Cohen, OMRF’s senior vice president & general counsel. Adam’s Journal I’ve recently read and heard about testing for something called Apo B. In particular, I’ve been told that it can be a more accurate predictor for […]
Bodywork: Advice for battling blisters
Adam Cohen, OMRF’s senior vice president & general counsel answers a a medical question submitted by a reader. Adam’s Journal Dear Adam, My teenage son, a 7-day-a-week basketball player, occasionally gets blisters on the bottom of his feet. Because he is continually practicing for his school team and his AAU team, there’s no real downtime […]
