MedWatch- Palliative care can aid patient suffering towards the end from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. LAWTON, OK (KSWO)- Palliative care is meant to reduce suffering at the end of a person’s life. It’s not easy making decisions about this type of care but...
MedWatch- Peripheral Arterial Disease from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. LAWTON, OK (KSWO)- Peripheral Arterial Disease, or PAD, is blockage of the arteries to the legs, arms, and head. It can be deadly, and doctors say 1 in 5 people will develop it. PAD is similar to...
MedWatch- Open Heart Surgery from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. LAWTON, OK (KSWO)- Open heart surgery, three words that can be scary to hear. For Jerry Sappington, he didn’t have much time to even process those words before he was prepped for the operating room. It...
MedWatch- Testosterone replacements increase heart disease risk from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. LAWTON, OK (KSWO)- A low testosterone level often raises concern, especially for men. And sometimes it prompts them to seek hormone replacements to help boost it. But...
MedWatch- Reducing your risk of Heart Disease from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. LAWTON, OK (KSWO)- According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. Heart Disease...
