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OMRF experts offer tips to make a hot summer a healthy one

June 30, 2022

OMRF experts share tips to stay safe in the peak of Oklahoma’s summer.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cancer, covid-19, dehydration, heat, Linda, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, robert, scientist-news, Scofield, summer, Thompson, water

April Foolin’: Debunking five common health myths

March 30, 2021

OMRF experts clear up some medical myths on April Fools’ Day.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 10 percent of our brains, april 1, april fools, Chakravarty, cholesterol, drink, eggs, Eliza, false, medical, myth, myths, OKC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoman, OMRF, Prescott, scientist-news, stephen, steps, steve, walk, water, wrong

Researchers from OU, OU Health and OMRF detect evidence of coronavirus variants in Oklahoma wastewater

February 26, 2021

Oklahoma City-County Health Department will use wastewater data in response planning.

Filed Under: COVID-19 News, News Tagged With: anadarko, coronavirus, county, covid, covid-19, department, Graham Wiley, health, management, method, midwest city, new, news, Norman, novel, occhd, OKC, Oklahoma City, oklahoma county health department, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, ou, ou health, Pandemic, response, strategy, testing, Tulsa, variant, virus, waste, wastewater, water

Debugging: How to avoid insect-borne diseases

May 22, 2018

The CDC reports that the number of Americans infected by insect-borne illnesses has more than tripled since 2004.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2018, bites, bugs, climate change, DEET, disease, global, insects, medicine, mosquities, mosquito, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, protect yourself, research, rocky mountain spotted fever, spread, stephen prescott, summer, temperature, ticks, tips, vector, water, West Nile, wet

Eight glasses a day? It doesn’t hold water.

September 4, 2015

Turns out this old adage is just another medical myth.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 8 glasses, Chakravarty, consume, dehydration, drink, eight glasses, Eliza, eliza chakravarty, fact, fiction, h2o, health, how much water should, m.d., misconception, myth, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, scientist-news, water

Your best defense in summer heat: common sense

June 25, 2015

Grab a drink, find some shade and pace yourself to avoid heat-related issues.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: alert, blood, common sense, consequences, cool off, defense, doctor, environment, fatigue, headache, health, heat, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, hot, illness, m.d., newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, red, remedy, skin, stay safe, stephen prescott, steve prescott, stroke, summer, Sun, sweat, symptoms, temperature, water

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