David Bowie’s death gives new meaning to a tribute show in search of a new venue.
Cancer
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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event aims to raise funds to finish the fight
“I just feel like I have a debt to pay forward,” said Padgett, who volunteers with many ACS programs and has advocated for the cause at the state capitol and in Washington, D.C. “I know the funds I’m raising today may be a breakthrough 10 years from now.”
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Commentary: Patients battle more than cancer
The day I was diagnosed with cancer was a normal day. I had no symptoms when I visited the doctor for my annual checkup when they found my PSA (prostate-specific antigen) level had spiked since the previous year. I’ve been a health nut all my life, and it was a shock when I learned I […]
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Project31 offers support network for breast cancer victims, survivors and families
Breast cancer can rob a woman of her identity.
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A couple who successfully defeated Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage recently learned that they also will have legal fees paid by the county clerk’s office that fought against their effort.
A couple who successfully defeated Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage recently learned that they also will have legal fees paid by the county clerk’s office that fought against their effort.
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Sisters help bring lung cancer 5K run/walk to OKC
In honor of their mother, two sisters help bring lung cancer awareness run to OKC.
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The cancer cure
Last fall marked the start of a Phase 1 clinical trial at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, a culmination of work from its researchers on a compound named OKN-007, which has shown marked success in animal trials. The story behind the drug has the makings of good fiction: a family tragedy, an intrepid optimist and several […]
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Coburn battles a cancer that isn’t liberal
Coburn, 65, is undergoing evaluation and treatment for a recurrence of prostate cancer that required surgery in 2011. As a threetime cancer survivor and a licensed physician, Coburn knows the drill. Taking time off from work might seem logical, but after his 2011 surgery, Coburn was back in Washington, D.C., a few days later to […]
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Health kick
Grant funds will create the Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Resources program, which develops partnerships between the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), Native American tribes and physicians across the state. “This gives us access to people and data immediately,” said Courtney Montgomery, Ph.D, an associate member of the […]
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Federal grant helps fund disease research
Photo by Mark Hancock Grant funds will create the Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Resources program, which creates partnerships between the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), Native American tribes and physicians across the state. “This gives us access to people and data immediately,” said Courtney Montgomery, Ph.D, an […]