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Hoag Health Center Newport Beach Campus Named to Honor Donors Mike & Lori Gray

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 9, 2018 — After receiving a transformational gift, among the largest in Hoag history, from local entrepreneurs Mike and Lori Gray, Hoag announced that the site of Hoag Health Center Newport Beach has been named the Mike & Lori Gray Campus. “We are honored by the Gray’s generosity and support,” said … Read More
Published On: April 9, 2018

Not Quite Healthy, Not Quite Sick, Women at Risk of Hereditary Cancer can 'Fall Through the Medical Cracks'

Somaya Ishaq’s family members didn’t understand: Why would she have her ovaries removed when she was 35 years old and healthy? Ishaq learned last year that she had a BRCA mutation, a genetic abnormality that puts her at an increased risk of cancer. She worried most about ovarian cancer, which her mother battled at a … Read More
Published On: April 8, 2018

What Causes Menopausal Belly Fat?

Most women have a love-hate relationship with estrogen. Studies have shown high levels are at least partially to blame for premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis, fibroids and even breast cancer. But when menopause hits and estrogen levels drop to an all-time low, women suffer from hot flashes, mood swings and bone loss. To top it off, as … Read More
Published On: April 6, 2018

Longtime Operating Room Nurse is Hoag's Nurse of the Year

Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach announced Thursday that Judy Kidd, a perioperative services nurse, is the hospital's 2018 Nurse of the Year. Kidd was honored for her professional and clinical excellence as a patient advocate and a teacher to her fellow nurses, according a hospital news release. “Judy has educated hundreds of nurses who have … Read More
Published On: April 6, 2018

Judy Kidd Named Hoag's 2018 Nurse of the Year

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 5, 2018 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian announced today that Judy Kidd, BSN, RN, a perioperative services nurse, is the hospital’s 2018 Nurse of the Year. Selected as Nurse of the Year for her professional and clinical excellence as a teacher to her fellow nurses and patient advocate, Judy is dedicated … Read More
Published On: April 5, 2018

Show Teens a Path out of Suicidal Darkness

As the headlines are making all too clear: Our children are hurting, and they often see suicide as their only way out. Nationally, teen suicide rates are on the rise, and unfortunately we've experienced that firsthand with a recent suicide in our own community. That is why it is so heartening that the American Academy … Read More
Published On: March 28, 2018

Internet a 'Lord of the Flies': Teen Suicide Rise Started After Instagram, Snapchat began

Third of three parts. Part 1 and Part 2 A counselor at JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano faces a gathering of somber students and asks if they knew any of the teens who recently took their lives. A half-dozen hands immediately rise. After a pause, more hands poke up. “I knew Kyle,” … Read More
Published On: March 21, 2018

It's Time to Wake Up to the Importance of Sleep

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” It’s a common mantra among midnight oil-burners. But for those night owls who underestimate the importance of sleep, a more correct phrase would be, “I’ll be dead if I don’t sleep.” Chronic sleep deprivation leads to a cascade of physical illnesses as common as a cold and as severe as … Read More
Published On: March 12, 2018

Chuck Jones? Einstein? Wile E. Coyote? A Nonprofit Boosts the Common Thread – imagination

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” — Albert Einstein. Craig Kausen has a crazy childhood memory of his grandfather, Chuck. It takes place in the summer of 1972 in the backyard of Chuck’s Cameo Shores house in Corona del Mar. Craig was 10 years old. His brother Todd was 11. Chuck told his grandsons to … Read More
Published On: March 9, 2018

Hoag to Open 12-Suite Maternity Unit in Irvine Where Women Can Go From Labor to Postpartum Care

Hoag Hospital will begin construction soon at its Irvine campus of a 12-suite maternity unit, which is expected to be open to the community in the summer of 2020, hospital administrators announced Monday, March 5. The 18,000-square-foot facility will go into an existing space that is currently being used for administrative offices. When the remodeling … Read More
Published On: March 6, 2018
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