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OMRF receives $2.25 million grant to study vision loss

February 26, 2018

OMRF scientist Scott Plafker has received a four-year grant from the NIH to study whether a natural compound can help prevent a common eye disease.

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Exercise or sleep: Which is more important?

February 21, 2018

If you’re forced to choose between sleep or exercise for your health, should you hit the gym or the pillow?

Filed Under: News Tagged With: accidents, adequate, basic, busy, exercise, healthy, medicine, natural, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research, resistance training, schedule, science, sleep, sleeping, stephen prescott, steve prescott, weight, weight training

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