The saying goes… You have to learn to crawl before you can walk.

But for some children, especially those with cerebral palsy, crawling can prove difficult if not impossible and when children miss that important step, it can have a negative impact on mental development.

Now, though, a new high-tech device being tested at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, may change all of that.

The Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City has acquired a national reputation for excellence in vision care and research in its thiry-five years of existence.

And now, with a major facility expansion, the Eye Institute is poised for still greater things in the future.

Imagine having excruciating pain all day...every day. Pain that worsens if you do something as simple as sitting down.

That's what happens to people when a nerve in the lower pelvis becomes entrapped.  It's a condition that in some ways is similar to what happens with carpal tunnel syndrome.  However, when it happens in the pelvis, the pain can be crippling.

Robot Assisted Surgery Leaves No Visible Scarring

Good news for the 45,000 people who will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer this year and for the many, many more who will find out they have no-cancerous thyroid growths.

There is now a new, high-tch surgical option that leaves no visabe scar after surgery.

OU Medicine is one of the first in the region to offer this new robot-assisted surgical approach and an Edmond music instructor is thankful she was offered this new option.

Healthy teeth are an important part of overall health.  Unfortunately, dental health is hard to come by in many rural areas of Oklahoma. Part of the problem is there just aren't many dentists in these rural areas, but another big part of the problem is awareness.

Now, the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry and the American Dental Association are launching a pilot program right here in Oklahoma aimed at solving the dental health care crisis in these areas.

For a lot of older adults, memory issues are more serious than a lost set of keys or a misplaced TV remote.

But what if there were a way to battle memory loss from inside our own bodies.

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center are working toward that goal. Their research is focused on a hormone already produce by our bodies.