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Ohio State researchers are looking inside smokers' mouths, and the picture's not pretty. Smoking disrupts the healthy bacteria normally plentiful in the mouth, rolling out a welcome mat for harmful pathogens to invade.

Learn more about the study, and get tips to quit.

Lettuce in December, in Cleveland? With help from Ohio State, an urban farming program gives new life to a community, extending the growing season and employing people year-round.

Check out winter farming in action, read about food innovation at Ohio State, and find answers to your own gardening questions.

If you're afraid of spiders and think you see a huge one, your mind might be playing tricks on you. An Ohio State study says phobias can affect perception, making the things you fear seem bigger and scarier than they actually are.

Discover why objects in fear are smaller than they appear.

For Tina, it was a stroke. For Quovardis, it was a heart problem. For Amy, it was a high-risk pregnancy that threatened her twins. Though their struggles were different, these Wexner Medical Center patients have one thing in common: survival.

Read their stories, and share what Ohio State means to you.

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O-H-I-O: Fashion and flexibility

Clothing designer Donna Karan and Urban Zen yoga instructors Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee share Buckeye pride with President Gee. Karan founded Urban Zen Foundation to bring integrative medicine to health care, and is exploring a partnership with the university. More O-H-I-O images.

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