Do you know your cholesterol number? Cholesterol is something everybody needs, but like many things, if your body has too much of the bad cholesterol, it can be unhealthy. Isabelle Zlatnik, a nurse practitioner at Lawton Community Health Center, said when we have too...
Concussions probably happen more often than you think. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center reports that 5 of 10 concussions go unreported or undetected. Odds are you or somebody you know has experienced one. Doctor Daniel Constance, a primary care sports medicine...
When babies are born, tests are run in their first days of life to see if they have certain disorders and conditions. Those tests are newborn screenings that are run after they’re 24 hours old and before they’re discharged from the hospital. Dr. Patience Ugwi, a...
Every year, the staff at Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation at Comanche County Memorial Hospital recognize a patient who stood out by giving them the courage award. They usually do it at a banquet, but because of the pandemic, it looked a little different this year. Matthew...
September is Sepsis Awareness Month. Do you even know what sepsis is and how it’s caused? We talked with Doctor William Murry, who is the ER Medical Director at CCMH at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, to learn more about it. “Sepsis is basically when somebody gets...
