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​​Newport Beach, CA (March 20, 2015) – The Circle 1000 Committee and the Hoag Hospital Foundation are pleased to announce Father Gregory Boyle, author and nationally-recognized humanitarian, as the keynote speaker at Circle 1000’s 28th Annual Founders’ Celebration Brunch from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Monday May 4, 2015 at the Island Hotel Newport Beach, … Read More

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is boosting its heart care offerings with an eye toward keeping patients in Orange County. The hospital’s Newport Beach campus will open the new William and Nancy Thompson Cardiovascular Center on March 23. “We’re pretty excited about it. It’s really going to be the first truly integrated cardiac center in Orange … Read More

This is the time of year when everyone takes a hard look in the mirror (or at the scale) and promises, “I’m going to begin exercising.” One of the easiest ways to begin is simply by putting one foot in front of the other. Research has shown that the benefits of walking or engaging in … Read More

On February 25, 2015 Hoag Hospital Foundation was presented with a $25,000 gift from Panera Bread to support the Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center at Hoag which provides comprehensive services for those with, or at risk for diabetes, regardless of their ability to pay. Mary and Dick Allen, long time generous supporters of Hoag, … Read More

The Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center and CHOC Children’s Hospital realize that teens and young adults have different needs than children and require efficient processes when transitioning to managing their diabetes. Our cooperating teams work together to provide you: freedom & control in living a healthy life as you enter adulthood continuation of excellent … Read More

‘Eating for two’ means eating twice as carefully Overcoming any challenge is rewarding. For women who prevail over the challenge of diabetic pregnancy, the reward is particularly Sweet Success. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 10, Lindsay Lawrence has faced down incredible obstacles to achieve amazing results: Told playing sports would be … Read More

What do you believe is the most important change to make to your daily diet to prevent type 2 diabetes? Dr. Nadeau points to large studies at the Harvard School of Public Health: Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult onset diabetes, and is striking people at younger and younger ages with rates skyrocketing … Read More

Just last year, a 12-year-old male cheerleader in Northern California decided he had had enough of the taunts and bullying that had tormented him for years, and he took his own life. As a community, we grieve together in the face of such a loss. The pain endured by the boy’s parents is unimaginable. We … Read More

A couple are the first patients to be implanted with a leadless kind of pacemaker that may revolutionize the way heart disease is treated. “Well, I was a little hesitant. I thought, boy, what does this entail? But, it was so simple,” said Lakewood resident Catherine McLaughlin, who had the device installed in January. Her … Read More

I look at a crowd of people and imagine all the skin, organs, arteries and every piece of the human body gone except for the heart. And I see hearts everywhere pumping away for the sake of life, hanging in mid-air, oblivious to anything except keeping a perfect rhythm: thump, THUMP, thump, THUMP, thump, THUMP. … Read More