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Wow, that’s quite the holiday haul ­– $1.36 million to be exact, all for Hoag Hospital Foundation thanks to supporters at the 53rd Annual Christmas Carol Ball. Held on Saturday, Dec. 14, at Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, the 600 guests attending the ball enjoyed a multi-course dinner prepared by Chef Collin Thornton and … Read More

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., December 17, 2019 — Hoag hopes to turn the tables on lung cancer by becoming one of select hospitals in the nation, and first in Southern California, to adopt the Ion robot-assisted bronchoscopy, a technology that drastically improves accuracy and precision of lung cancer biopsy, while also providing an improved patient experience. … Read More

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first interoperable insulin dosing “controller” software that connects enabled insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, adding a new step toward fully automated insulin delivery. The Tandem Diabetes Care Control-IQ Technology connects to an “alternate controller-enabled” insulin pump, aka “ACE pump,” and an “integrated continuous glucose … Read More

Becker’s Healthcare named the following organizations to the 2019 edition of its list “100 hospitals and health systems with great neurosurgery and spine programs.” The organizations featured on this year’s list have extensive neurosurgery and spine programs, providing treatment and cutting edge research into brain and spine disorders. Many hospitals and health systems featured have … Read More

The tragedy of Coronary Artery Disease is that it is essentially an “after the fact” diagnosis. This means that a clinical event has to have happened: anginal chest discomfort, acute coronary syndrome, heart attack, placement of a stent, or coronary bypass operation. Once any of these have occurred, a patient is now diagnosed with Coronary … Read More

Years after opioid-blocking drugs were hailed as the gold standard for combating opioid addiction, less than half of Orange County’s addiction treatment centers currently offer it, according to a new study by the county that details the results of — and some possible solutions to — the opioid epidemic. Though the total number of all … Read More

Researchers are unveiling a new way to treat tremors in people with Parkinson’s disease, a therapy involving ultrasound treatment instead of traditional methods of surgery. The treatment will be officially presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago. The method involves focused beams of sound energy used to heat … Read More

“When we moved to Arizona, Dr. Millett asked me if I wanted him to help me find a doctor there,” she said. “I said, ‘No. I’m staying with you. We’re with you for life.’”