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American Heart Health Alert
Why Americans Need to Recognize Risk Factors for Heart Disease Your heart is your body’s hardest working muscle. Four valves work 24 hours each day, seven days a week, 365 days a year to keep your blood flowing. A strong heart is essential to everyone’s health, but last year’s report card from the American Heart … Read More
Ace of Hearts: For elderly with diseased hearts, new technology offers hope for longer life
As seen in Orange County Register For decades, cardiovascular surgery has been done one way: a surgeon like me opens a patient’s chest and operates, turning over a patient’s heart and lung functions to a machine for one to two hours or more. These grueling operations work well, but they are too risky for … Read More
Psychiatrist reports Facebook hurts troop morale
June 7, 2012 David Whiting Dr. Valeh Karimkhani and I sit at a Starbucks discussing the dark side of Facebook, and our focus isn’t the company’s poor IPO showing. Karimkhani is chief of psychiatry liaison services at Hoag Hospital and an Army reserve major who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. So … Read More
Txt 4 Gr8 Results
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Dr. Kris Iyer Txt Doc 4 Gr8 Results In the old days, doctors made house calls. Today, if a patient needs me, I'm just a phone call, text message or email away. Each year,Hoag's Mary and Dick Allen Diabetes Center manages more than 1,000 new patients with diabetes, and every one … Read More
Herbert Family Program for Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
Herbert Family Program for Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes The number of children and young adults with type 1 diabetes has doubled in the past 25 years and is expected to double again in the next 15-20 years. Young adults with type 1 diabetes represent an underserved population with much needed attention. Hoag’s Mary … Read More
Stress Linked to Obesity
How Your Stress Level Can Affect Your Health and How to Break the Cycle Alarm clocks, traffic jams, deadlines, bank accounts and the dog barking across the street in the middle of the night can all be contributing to your body’s battle with obesity. According to continuing research1, stress has been linked to biochemical changes … Read More
Wellness In and Out of the Workplace
Wellness programs continue to gain traction in the workplace. According to a recent study, 64 percent of employers indicated wellness initiatives are among the top three most effective tactics in controlling costs1. After leaving the office, it is important for employees to continue to practice the healthy habits. As early as 2005, between 80 percent … Read More
Spark of Innovation
Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadski May 20, 2012 Editor’s note: Some of the best jobs require skills in math, science, technology and engineering, but local business leaders and educators are concerned whether there will be enough students interested in those subjects to meet demand. These skills are vital in Orange County, home to many rising and … Read More
Just what the doctor ordered – better hospital food
May 16, 2012 Marcy Brown While most people associate hospital food with Jell-O cubes and runny oatmeal, Hoag Hospital Irvine’s? cafeteria features a decidedly unhospital-like menu of gourmet internationally inspired dishes. The idea to diversify the menu came from Indonesian-born Executive Sous Chef Kasan Soewono. “We want the menu to meet the desires and … Read More
FDA issues warning about controversial MS treatment
May 10, 2012 Courtney Perkes The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued a safety alert about an experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis a year after a Canadian woman died from the procedure in Orange County. The warning says the FDA has learned of death, stroke, blood clots and other complications as a … Read More