The CDC says 13-percent of the U-S adult population has some form of diabetes. Understanding the disease and how to control it is important. With this month being Diabetes Awareness Month, we talked with Michelle White, a diabetes educator at Lawton Community Health...
A new doctor at the Lawton Community Health Center, who specializes in glands and hormones, is hoping to help people in southwest Oklahoma get the treatment they need without having to leave the area. Doctor Oscar Castro is an endocrinologist. “We deal with diseases...
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. It’s something 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with every year. “Diabetes continues to be on the rise in our community, and all of the statistics nationwide and worldwide,” Jan Miller, Diabetes Dietitian Specialist at Lawton...
March is Nutrition awareness month, and for diabetic people, nutrition can play a big part in quality of life. Childhood obesity has more than tripled the past 30 years in the united states. Because of this trend more children than ever before are at an...
November is Diabetes Awareness month, and the medical community wants to use this time to help eliminate the stigma surrounding diabetes by educating people. There are over 23 million people with diabetes in the country. Oklahoma is ranked 8th for the highest number...
MedWatch- November is National Diabetes Awareness Month from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. LAWTON, OK (KSWO)- November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. To help educate kids about how to eat right and exercise, the Lawton Community Health Center is sending diabetes...
