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Coming Soon to A Hospital Near You: Fewer Cesarean Sections
California is preparing to launch an ambitious plan to reduce C-sections rates. If successful, that reduction will save taxpayer money and keep both mothers and babies healthier. Kicking off in early 2016, the plan funded by the Oakland-based California HealthCare Foundation is meant to financially reward hospitals for vaginal births and reduce the pressure on … Read More
The DP 103: Who made news and lent influence in 2015
Robert T. Braithwaite (#56) and Dr. Allyson Brooks (#57) were named to the annual Daily Pilot 103, a list of those who made news and lent influence in 2015. Named are the year's newsmakers, as well as those who stayed out of the limelight but still made an impact. Thanks go to everyone who suggested … Read More
Brain and Beyond: With Head Injuries in Spotlight, Hoag Hospital helps retired NFL players track their health
NFL players push it to the limit on the field, often coming away with broken bones and banged-up bodies in the process. And they do so working as a team. But after their career is over, some players can feel alone as they face the long-term health effects of their sport. Hoag Hospital in Newport … Read More
Movers and Shakers
Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadzki and Marshall Moncrief Moncrief is Hoag’s director of neurobehavioral health and oversees operations of Hoag Addiction Treatment Centers and SolMar Recovery; Brant-Zawadzki is senior physician executive of Hoag Hospital and executive medical director of Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute. Moncrief and Brant-Zawadzki led the charge for Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian’s newest addition, SolMar … Read More
Make a resolution to care for your mental health too
New Year's resolutions tend to center around our waistlines. While our physical health is important, this year I hope more of us will resolve to take better care of our mental health too. Mental health issues can sometimes be easy to conceal, but they have wide-ranging implications for our health. That is why I hope … Read More
Smith: Ex-Angel Clyde Wright credits Rod Carew for prompting checkup that caught his own heart issue
Former Angels All-Star pitcher Clyde Wright got to a point a few weeks ago when he could have been afraid to answer the telephone. He’s a talker, a baseball raconteur and a jokester always ready with a one-liner and a wisecrack delivered with his Tennessee twang. But there wasn’t anything funny about the news that … Read More
Most Influential 2015: Peter Ueberroth, Ginny Ueberroth
Age: Peter Ueberroth, 78, Ginny Ueberroth, 76 Job/Role: Entrepreneurs, philanthropists Bio: Peter Ueberroth graduated with a degree in business from San Jose State in 1959. He founded First Travel Corp. and later turned his attention to sports, organizing the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles and serving as Commissioner of Major League Baseball from … Read More
Concussion Crisis: The Race For A Solution
The new film “Concussion” delivers a shock to the system of everyone who follows the NFL and other collision oriented sports. When “Concussion,” starring Will Smith and directed by Peter Landsman, opens Christmas Day, it will jump start public awareness of the ticking time bomb and diagnosed health epidemic caused by athletic concussion. Awareness is … Read More
Phoenix Multisport, a gym for sober living, opens in Newport Beach after four years of planning
Josh Hamlin has seen two of his dreams derailed by drinking and drug abuse. A talented football player, the Huntington Beach resident said he had to drop out of college and end his career in the sport due to his addictions. A surfer from a young age as well, he traveled to some of the … Read More
Urgent care is a vital alternative to emergency rooms
Where do you take your child for care when she's got a fever and it's 7 on a Friday night? Five years ago, many people would go to a hospital's emergency room to care for fevers, coughs and colds. The wait times would be four hours or more. People with serious life-threatening conditions would be … Read More