In rural areas of America, older Black adults face an increasingly higher death rate and more health problems than older white adults, while that gap is narrowing in urban areas.
The College is introducing Oklahoma nursing homes to the 4Ms Framework. The approach is an outgrowth of the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative, a designation achieved by OU Medicine last year.
Three researchers at Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at OU Medicine have been awarded a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the role of the microbiome – the millions of bacteria in a person’s gut – and how the microbes passed from mother to child contribute to the onset of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Sports physical exams for student athletes with appointments available now through Friday, Sept. 4. Call to make an appointment.
OU College of Medicine researcher and physician, Matlock Jeffries, M.D., receives $1.6M grant from NIH for osteoarthritis research.