by Comanche County Memorial Hospital | Mar 6, 2026 | Cancer Care, MHS, MHS Community
When was the last time you truly thought about your digestive health? While preventative care often feels like a task for the distant future, early colorectal screening is actually the most powerful tool in your medical arsenal today. Recently, the guidelines for one...
by Comanche County Memorial Hospital | Mar 4, 2026 | Cancer Care
Pick-up your free colon cancer screening kit from any of the Cancer Center locations in Lawton, Altus, Duncan, and Chickasha. This kit tests for the presence of blood in the stool. While it is not a definite test for cancer, blood present in the stool can be an...
by Comanche County Memorial Hospital | Feb 27, 2026 | Heart and Vascular, MHS, MHS Community
When you look at a car’s dashboard and a warning light flickers, you don’t ignore it. You know that light represents a statistic vital to your vehicle’s health. Similarly, your body relies on 3 vital health numbers for heart health to signal how well your internal...
by Comanche County Memorial Hospital | Feb 23, 2026 | Heart and Vascular
During Friday’s Heart Health Lunch & Learn, cardiologist Ahmed Elkaryoni, MD shared insights on aortic stenosis, a condition in which the aortic valve narrows and restricts blood flow from the heart to the body. Most commonly affecting older adults, the condition...
by Comanche County Memorial Hospital | Feb 21, 2026 | Heart and Vascular, MHS, MHS Community
Did you know that your heart beats about 100,000 times a day, pumping oxygen-rich blood to your body? It is the hardest working muscle you own, yet many of us take its health for granted until a problem arises. With February being American Heart Month, there is no...
