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    Hoag Named Among Best Hospitals in California

    Hospitals in Southern California accounted for more than half of the best 25 hospitals in the state in new quality rankings from U.S. News & World Report, with Newport Beach’s Hoag hospital and UCI Medical Center in Orange making the Top 10. More than 4,600 medical facilities around the United States were evaluated to create … Read More

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    57 Hospitals With Strong Ratings in 9 Procedures and Conditions

    As part of its best hospitals rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals for their handling of nine surgical procedures and chronic conditions: colon cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery, COPD, heart failure, heart bypass surgery, aortic valve surgery, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, knee replacement and hip replacement. In each procedure and condition … Read More

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    Award Praises Hoag For Stroke Treatment

    Hoag Hospital Irvine has won the American Heart Association/Stroke Association’s Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. Hoag Hospital Irvine earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and other … Read More

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    New Studies Find it's Possible to Slow, Even Reverse Dementia

    Spoiler alert: This column may save your life. If nothing else, it could dramatically improve your quality of life as you march into old age. Unless you are under the age of 45, the time to act is now and I am not kidding. My mom was so worried about losing her marbles she chose … Read More

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    Cutting About 300 Calories a Day Might Benefit Your Heart, Study Finds

    Cutting just 300 calories from your daily diet could significantly benefit your cardiovascular health, even if you're already at a healthy weight, according to a new study. Such caloric restriction can be achieved through techniques such as intermittent fasting, or by skipping that slice of cheesecake for dessert. During the course of two years, participants … Read More

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    Hoag Dedicates Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute

    The Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag Memorial Presbyterian was dedicated May 28. The ceremony honored principal donors Richard “Dick” Pickup and his wife, Donna, in addition to their extended family. The institute is already garnering national attention as a West Coast research and treatment center focusing on the serious medical study of different forms … Read More

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    Surgeons use Virtual Reality to Fly Through Patients' Brains at Hoag Hospital

    Whether navigating a star ship through a meteor storm or lurking through the murky underbelly of a city at midnight, gamers have long used virtual reality technology to make their experiences seem… well, virtually real. Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach recently hosted a tour of its operating rooms that are using the same technology to … Read More

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    Postpartum Bleeding Red Flags You Shouldn't Ignore

    I had no idea what to expect when I was pregnant, and the same could be said for the days when my pregnancy ended. I didn’t know how rough recovery would be, that my pre-pregnancy pants wouldn’t fit, or the postpartum bleeding red flags to look out for. I went home from the hospital bleeding … Read More

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    What We Can Learn From Marcia Cross About HPV Vaccination

    Recently, Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross made headlines by discussing her diagnosis of anal cancer and her husband’s diagnosis of throat cancer, revealing that both had been related to the human papillomavirus, or HPV. The move was brave, as the actress broke free from the stigma related to anal cancer and sexually transmitted diseases. More … Read More