Patients with Lou Gehrig's disease turn to Web for a cure Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | Add a comment CLAREMONT, Calif. — Until last year, Alan Felzer was an energetic engineering professor who took the stairs to his classes two steps at a time. Now the 64-year-old grandfather sits strapped...

Strategy could eliminate HIV in a decade Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Add a comment LONDON — The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high rates were regularly tested and treated, a new mathematical...

OU fashion show raises money for children Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Add a comment University of Oklahoma students raised more than $2,000 — and counting — this year for the Children’s Miracle Network through an annual fashion show. "Project Dance...

Oklahoma scientist comes full-circle, thanks to OMRF program Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment Real lab work at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation set the course for Andrea Sestak’s career even before she graduated from college. In 1984, the Edmond Memorial High School student...

OU students raise more than $2,000 for Children's Miracle Network Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment University of Oklahoma students raised more than $2,000 — and counting — this year for the Children’s Miracle Network through an annual fashion show. "Project Dance...

‘Vegging out’ eats at marathoner Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment Adam’s training journalWhen I gave up eating meat, one of the reasons I did so was to help offset my couch-potatoesque lifestyle. Happily, in recent years, I’ve pretty much left the...

HEALTH NOTES: Oklahoma state Capitol hosts flu shot clinic Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment Capitol hosts flu shot clinic The Oklahoma State Medical Association, Oklahoma Pharmacists Association and the Oklahoma State Department of Health will offer the public free flu shots from 10 a.m....

Oklahoma's Hall of Fame honors seven inductees Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 5 Six men and one woman were inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Bill W. Burgess Burgess is a Lawton native who serves as senior partner of Burgess & Hightower Law Firm,...

Clinical trials Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Clinical trials are often a last resort for cancer patients — yet fewer than 5 percent of adults with the disease take part in them. Clinical trials are how doctors and researchers ensure new...

Immigration: Overload of requests for employment visas after 9/11 causes massive delays Tue, Mar 4, 2008 | Add a comment Desperation drove Chao Li to sue the U.S. government this fall. For more than two years, the Chinese doctor had been waiting to become a legal permanent resident of the United States. Until he...

The first cut was the deepest Tue, Aug 8, 2006 STRANGE BUT TRUE Q: Wasn’t the guillotine once considered a humane mode of execution? A: You might be surprised at who thought it was. Not Nobel Prize-winning author Albert Camus, whose...

Project takes students out of the classroom Mon, Jul 31, 2006 Scientist Stephen Jackson knocked on the apartment doors of 17 students and told them to get ready for something different. Instead of lessons in pipetting, o-glycans and florescent chemical...

Training virus fighters Wed, Jun 21, 2006 Oklahoma City scientists are using the body’s own inner workings to find future treatments for leukemia, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and type I diabetes. Oklahoma...

Teachers to participate in program Tue, May 23, 2006 The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has named five state public school teachers as Foundation Scholars. The middle school and high school science teachers were selected from a statewide pool...

Lab to be named for state senator Thu, May 18, 2006 A laboratory for cancer research at the OU Health Sciences Center will be named Thursday in honor of state Sen. Johnnie Crutchfield, D-Ardmore, a former cancer patient at the center. A ceremony...

Fraternity fights for children Thu, May 18, 2006 NORMAN -- Fraternity members at the University of Oklahoma raised $6,000 to help children fighting childhood illnesses during the fourth annual All Greek Boxing Tournament. Members of the Sigma...

Runner counts down days until big race Thu, May 18, 2006 Five days and counting. This should be the fun part. The taking-it-easy-before-the-race part. But it never seems to work out that way. Part 1: Road to marathon memorable Since January, I've...

Langston professor wins award for work in biomedical research Thu, May 18, 2006 LANGSTON - A Langston University professor won a $10,000 award for his work in biomedical research education. Dr. K. J. Abraham, an assistant professor in the biology department, was awarded the...

GOP is falling short of election promises Thu, May 18, 2006 WASHINGTON - It's a busy, unhappy budget week on Capitol Hill. At a time when Republicans are eager to prove their mettle on spending restraint, their deeds are falling far short of their...

Medical discovery aiding Oklahomans Thu, May 18, 2006 Several Oklahomans are beating the odds and they credit their recovery with a new medical discovery glyconutrients, a supplement that provides your body with sugars that aren't in your diet....