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Empowering patients – and avoiding ‘medical gaslighting’

August 21, 2022

Have you ever walked out of an appointment with a health care provider and thought, “I’m not sure the doctor heard me”? Or, “What, exactly, was I just told?” Communication between physicians and patients has always been difficult. On one side, you have a professional trained in a complicated and technical field that’s knee-deep in […]

Filed Under: On Your Health Tagged With: advocate, checkup, doctor, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, patient, specialists

OMRF welcomes new rheumatologist

August 3, 2020

As a physician-scientist, Matlock Jeffries will maintain a lab focused on osteoarthritis and will see patients in the foundation’s Rheumatology Center of Excellence.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aci, arthritis, care, center, center of excellence, clinic, clinical, clinical immunology, epigenetics, jeffries, matlock, microbiome, oa, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, osteoarthritis, OUHSC, patient, rheumatologist, rheumatology, scientist-news

OMRF uncovers clues for higher lupus risk in African Americans

June 4, 2020

A recent OMRF study is potentially paving the way for better preventive treatment options for African American patients.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: african americam, autoimmune, black, disease, excellence, guthridge, James, Joel, Judith, lupus, news, newsok, patient, sam, samantha, scientist-news, therapy, treatment, webb

Run on drug for COVID-19 imperils lupus patients

March 23, 2020

The prospect that hydroxychloroquine might be effective for treating the coronavirus has raised hopes, but it’s also created a potential crisis.

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New use for OMRF brain cancer treatment could extend lives

December 18, 2019

In a new study, the OMRF compound OKN-007 is being combined with the current standard-of-care medication for glioblastoma.

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Catherine Tatum – Donor

MS patient and donor Catherine Tatum is doubly grateful for OMRF.

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