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CCMH holds active shooter training for staff
Comanche County Memorial Hospital held a three-day active shooter training for their staff. Heather Love, the administrative director of quality, safety, risk, and education at CCMH, said they held this because they knew they needed to do more to prepare for an active...
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MedWatch- Preparing for Spirit of Survival
MedWatch- Preparing for Spirit of Survival from Rhiannon Leigha Poolaw on Vimeo. LAWTON, OK (KSWO) – On average, more than four thousand people participate in the Spirit of Survival every year walking or running in different events. Most people participating in...
Training for the Spirit of Survival
MedWatch-Training for the Spirit of Survival from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. It's time to train for Southwest Oklahoma's largest race, the 2016 Spirit of Survival, and there’s a free, 12-week training program to help get you ready for the big day. Whether you plan to...
Advances in pacemakers
Advances in pacemakers from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma has the third highest death rate in the nation from heart disease, and it’s the leading killer in Oklahoma, surpassing any other diseases. New advances...
Binaural sound waves
Binaural sound waves from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. A diagnosis of cancer is tough for patients and families, and coping with the disease is even more difficult. Stress, side effects from treatments and pain are just a few of the difficult changes that patients must...
Smoking and prostate cancer
Smoking and prostate cancer from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. We know there are many reasons to quit smoking, but now new research provides one more, and men, it might surprise you. Cigarettes…they don't just lead to yellow teeth and wrinkled skin. Much more importantly...
Antibiotics and the common cold
Antibiotics and the common cold from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. Not getting a prescription for antibiotics may be the most effective treatment for the common cold. Coughing, sniffling, suffering with a sore throat? The miserable package deal we know as the common cold....
Mediterranean diet
Mediterranean diet from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. Following a plant based, Mediterranean diet has been linked to a lower risk of heart disease, but does this type of diet also help preserve memory? A new study suggests eating a Mediterranean diet supplemented with...