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Bodywork: Should parents worry about new COVID-19 syndrome in children?

May 19, 2020

There are reports of a new syndrome in children infected with the coronavirus. Should all parents be concerned about it?

Filed Under: COVID-19 News, Dr. Prescott Column Bodywork Tagged With: adam, body work, bodywork, children, cohen, coroanvirus, coronavirus, covid19, disorder, kawasaki, kids, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Pandemic, Prescott, rare, sick, steve, syndrome, virus

Bodywork: Testing questions from grandparents

May 5, 2020

What kind of test, if any, do grandparents need?

Filed Under: COVID-19 News, Dr. Prescott Column Bodywork Tagged With: bodywork, children, coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, elderly, epidemic, grandparents, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Pandemic, Prescott, stephen, steve, virus

Positive Tomorrows visits OMRF for a scary good time

October 31, 2019

For the 13th consecutive year, OMRF hosted a Halloween event for more than 75 children from Positive Tomorrows.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ann lacy, ann lacy school of dance and arts management, children, halloween, homeless, homelessness, newsok, OKC, oklahoma city university, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Positive Tomorrows, trick-or-treat

Are we too clean for our own good?

June 25, 2019

Mounting research suggests our quest to be clean might make children sicker, not healthier.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: adequate, allergens, bacteria, Chakravarty, children, clean, cleanliness, dangerous, defense, Eliza, environment, Gaffney, germ, healthier, hygiene hypothesis, immune, immune system, immunity, infections, microbes, microbiome, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, patrick, sanitized, sanitizer, scientist-news, sick, sicker, sterilized, young

Shell game: New strategy for avoiding peanut allergies

April 16, 2019

Pediatricians are recommending a surprising way for parents to approach the peanut problem.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: allergies, allergy, Chakravarty, children, Eliza, eliza chakravarty, Gaffney, kids, lethal, lunchrooms, new england journal of medicine, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, patrick, Patrick Gaffney, peanut, peanuts, pediatrician, recommended, school, scientist-news, u.s.

Oklahoma researchers win $2.16 million grant to use 3D model to study lung virus

November 27, 2018

RSV is the leading cause of viral bronchiolitis and pneumonia worldwide, infecting more than 50 percent of children in their first year of life and nearly 100 percent by age 2.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: children, chronic, fahlenkamp, federal, grant, human, infections, kids, Kovats, lung, model, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoma state, okstate, OMRF, osu, OUHSC, research, rsv, scientist-news, sinus, Susan, Susan Kovats, test, virus

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