Gray Matters: A look inside Oklahoma's mental health system

Mental illness affects thousands of Oklahomans and their families. Sometimes, a person with a mental illness goes into crisis, and they need people along the way to help them recover. These are some of their stories.

Rodrigo Ponce, 52, of Oklahoma City, is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico whose kidneys are failing and who cannot get Medicaid or other insurance. He is racking up debt and turning to family members for help for his dialysis treatments. Photo by Warren Vieth.

Access to health care one more obstacle for undocumented immigrants in Oklahoma

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Oklahoma Watch: Under a proposed immigration reform bill in Congress, illegal immigrants would remain ineligible for Medicaid and could not use tax credits to buy insurance on new health exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act.

In Oklahoma, poor dental health gnaws at attempts to improve overall health

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Oklahoma Watch: For many Oklahoma dental health care professionals — especially in rural areas — poor oral health problems are pervasive in the state, which ranks among the worst in the nation on key measures.

What's it like: To be treated for a tick-borne illness

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As the temperatures warm up, more Oklahomans will spend time outside. And some of them will encounter one of nature's pests — ticks.

OKC Museum of Art reaches out to dementia patients and caregivers

News | Updated: Fri, Jun 14, 2013 | Comment on this article Leave a comment

On a day the Oklahoma City Museum of Art is usually closed, dementia patients and caregivers toured the gallery and worked on art projects.

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