by Medwatch 7 | Feb 27, 2017 | Heart & Vascular, Heart Surgery, Medwatch 7
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...
by Medwatch 7 | Feb 22, 2017 | Heart & Vascular, Medwatch 7, Men's health, Testosterone
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...
by Medwatch 7 | Feb 20, 2017 | Heart & Vascular, Heart Month, Medwatch 7, Risk Factors
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...
by Medwatch 7 | Feb 16, 2017 | Heart Month, Heart & Vascular, Medwatch 7
MedWatch- Calcium Scoring for Heart Disease from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. LAWTON, OK (KSWO)- It’s a newer technology to help detect who’s at risk for heart disease. It’s called calcium scoring but cardiologists warn this new scan shouldn’t be...
by Medwatch 7 | Feb 13, 2017 | Heart & Vascular, Medwatch 7
MedWatch- Women's Heart Health from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. LAWTON, OK (KSWO)- About nine years ago, Marcy Moody was told by her doctors during her pregnancy, she had cardiomyopathy, a hereditary disease that makes it hard for the heart to deliver blood to the...
