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OMRF seeks volunteers for shingles research study
Scientists are studying the shingles vaccine in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Special Delivery
When women with lupus want to have children, they turn to Dr. Eliza Chakravarty It started with the bulletin board. There, on a framed, cork rectangle that now hangs on the south wall of her office, Dr. Eliza Chakravarty began pinning up photos and cards featuring the children she calls “my babies.” And most were very […]
High Mileage
An OMRF researcher proves there’s no need to hang up your running shoes as you age, and that makes one of her colleagues very happy. Since he first laced up his sneakers for his high school track team in the 1970s, OMRF scientist Dr. Gary Gorbsky has relied on running to help him stay […]
How Not to Get Blindsided by Shingles
Dear Dr. C, I’ve noticed an increase in the number of stories on shingles lately. I’m glad to see it, because I’ve had shingles, and it’s a painful, miserable condition. My doctor had me take the vaccine, and now I tell everyone to take it so they can avoid what I’ve been through. But when […]
Dr. Everything
It may sound like the set-up to an old joke. But for Judith James, the question of how to extract venom from a fanged spider roughly the size of a tea saucer was no laughing matter. In zoology class at Oklahoma Baptist University, each student received an animal to study and care for throughout the […]
