Michael Gene Wade, age 62, passed away on Sept. 26, 2026 at his ranch in Frogville, Okla., with his family and close friends at his bedside. Mike recently retired from the City of Paris where he worked as Street Department Superintendent for 30 years.
The Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (CNHSA) has expanded maternal healthcare services at Choctaw Nation Health Care Center in Talihina’s labor and delivery unit with the addition of two physicians who bring new perspectives and services to prenatal to postpartum patients.
For decades, scientists have focused largely on the immune system when searching for ways to treat lupus-related kidney disease. A landmark study involving Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists offers a new perspective: The kidneys themselves may play a bigger role than previously thought.