Blogs

When 6-year-old Michael came home from school with a fever in August 2023, his mother, Emily Frescas, wasn’t too worried. Kids come home sick all the ...

The morning of April 19, 1995, began like any other Wednesday at what was then the University Hospital in Oklahoma City. Surgeons were in the ...

In the southwest Oklahoma community of Lawton, Jen Gish leads a busy life as a homeschool teacher to her two youngest children, volleyball coach, and ...

Concussions are among the most misunderstood brain injuries. They can happen to anyone, at any time, and their effects aren’t always as visible as a ...

From the battlefield to the hospital unit, David Allen, DNP, R.N., CCNS-BC, CCRN-K, has had an extraordinary journey to becoming OU Health’s Chief ...

A new study has found that a high-fat, high-sugar diet during pregnancy may cause liver stress in unborn babies, with effects that persist into early ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) affects approximately 500,000 people in the U.S., causing painful kidney cysts and, in many cases, the need for costly ...

April is National Donate Life Month, which is an entire month dedicated to raising awareness about organ, eye and tissue donation. It is also the ...

As a Certified Nurse Anesthetist at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health, 22-year-old Mia Woods knows all about seriously sick babies. But when Mia ...

When Alana Fernandes discovered she was pregnant in late 2023, she and her husband Bobby were overjoyed. Living in Phoenix at the time, the couple had ...

Robert Mannel, M.D., director of OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Oklahoma College ...

At 78 years old, Linda Shingleton of Perkins, Oklahoma, is an avid gardener who loves to stay active. She wasn’t afraid to get into the dirt with her ...