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Bodywork: Protecting kids’ knees from sports injuries

September 20, 2022

I’ve heard that females are much more likely to suffer ACL injuries in their knees than males. Is this true?

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: ACL, injury, ligament, muscle, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, sports

The Olympics and the limits of human performance

August 1, 2021

Cheating is about as old as the Olympics themselves. Can we trust the gold medals are won without performance-enhancing drugs?

Filed Under: On Your Health Tagged With: cheating, doping, marathon, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Olympics, OMRF, robert, scientist-news, Scofield, sports, triathlon, winning

Bodywork: Are youth sports safe from virus outbreaks?

April 13, 2021

With no vaccines yet approved for people under 16, should we be concerned about youth sports?

Filed Under: Bodywork, COVID-19 News Tagged With: adam, athletics, baseball, basketball, bodywork, children, cohen, concern, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, football, kids, little league, news, newsok, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoman, OMRF, Pandemic, Prescott, soccer, sports, stephen, steve, vaccines, virus, youth, youth sports

Walking the walk: Sepsis survivor overcomes illness, amputation

September 10, 2020

Sept. 13 is World Sepsis Day, established to raise awareness of the deadly condition.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: baltimore, basketball, center, disease, drug, DuBose, fever, Florea, funding, hokies, hoops, Lupu, ncaa, news, newsok, NIH, nonprofit, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, pain, Prescott, president, rayna, scientist-news, sepsis, sports, stephen, steve, virginia, Virginia Tech, women, world sepsis day

OMRF scientist shows potential ALS, traumatic brain injury link

August 11, 2015

Evidence shows TBI could worsen effects of Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ALS, battle, CDC, concussion, diagnosed, football, Holly, Holly Van Remmen, injury, linked, lous gehrig's disease, mice, neurodegenerative, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, ph.d., related, scientist-news, sports, tbi, traumatic brain injury, van remmen, war

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