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CDC Data Shows Oklahoma Obesity Rates Falls

The CDC data indicates that Oklahoma’s adult obesity rate continued to decline, dropping from 38.7% to 36.8% between 2023 and 2024, after decreasing from 40% in 2022. Even more significant is the decline in Oklahoma’s childhood obesity rate (ages 6-17), which was 21.4% in 2021/2022 and has fallen to 16.9% in 2023/2024, according to the…

Katalin Karikó: Why You Should Never Give Up on Your Work

This is not the plot of a film; it is the true story of Katalin Karikó, co-recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Her journey is one of the most inspiring scientific stories of our time. It deserves to be taught in schools and universities, especially in an age saturated with trends…

She was a Chimera

Karen Keegan needed a kidney transplant. Routine tests were run. But what happened next stunned the entire medical team.When doctors tested her sons to find a compatible donor, the results came back impossible. Genetically, they weren’t her children. Not one match in the DNA. Not even half.Confused and heartbroken, Karen insisted they were biologically hers.…