Each week, OMRF Vice President of Research Dr. Rod McEver opens “Adam’s Journal” to answer a medical question from Adam Cohen, OMRF’s senior vice president & general counsel. Adam’s Journal I can’t tell you the number of times someone has made a variation of the following statement to me: “Running is going to ruin your […]
osteoarthritis
OMRF research reveals benefits of exercise on osteoarthritis
Exercise can benefit osteoarthritis sufferers even in the absence of weight loss, research finds.
OMRF seeks volunteers for osteoarthritis study
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Oklahoma Sports Science & Orthopedics, is recruiting volunteers with osteoarthritis of the knee to study the progression of the disease.
2020 Annual Report: A Homecoming of Sorts
When Dr. Matlock Jeffries began his first day of work at OMRF in August, it may have been the smoothest transition in the foundation’s history. That Monday morning, he entered the same lab where he’d been studying osteoarthritis for the previous four years. Only now, he’d be doing it as a member of OMRF’s scientific […]
New approach shows promise for arthritis relief
There are no approved treatments for osteoarthritis, which affects an estimated 50 million Americans.
OMRF looks to digestive system for origins of osteoarthritis
The NIH has awarded OMRF scientist Matlock Jeffries $874,000 to launch an innovative study of the origin and progression of OA.
