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Media Contact: Heidi Pallares He************@ho**.org 949/764-6939 Newport Beach, Calif., November 19, 2012 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has opened a newly remodeled Hoag Heart & Vascular Institute, introducing the latest technological advances in cardiovascular patient care. The Institute brings under one roof Hoag’s comprehensive range of cardiac care services, including the first electrophysiology (EP) cardiac … Read More

?The medication eats away at his spine. He strains to stand up straight. He scuttles across the floor with the help of an aluminum walker. He can’t play golf anymore, can’t stand for more than five minutes. Each day, he takes 20 anti-rejection pills, some with dangerous levels of toxicity. But his heart, his glorious … Read More

?You’re crammed into a corner of a table set for 14 but built for 10. The pie is warm; your irritable cousin’s glare is cold. Your kids are fidgety, and you are exhausted. Happy Holidays! As chief of psychiatry liaison services at Hoag Hospital, I can’t stop your aunt from inciting an ugly political debate … Read More

The Health Effects on Employees That Commute and How to Make Healthier Commuting Decisions Every business day, the average American commuter spends at least 25 minutes in their car, each way. Instead of spending time with their family, exercising or preparing a healthy meal, we are spending time sitting and slouched over a steering wheel. … Read More

Education is Key in Preventing and Managing this Life-Altering Disease More than eight percent of Americans have some form of diabetes. Of these 25.8 million individuals, seven million are undiagnosed and an additional 79 million people are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. With these staggering numbers, it is important to both understand and … Read More

The new facility has been designed to provide the highest level of patient comfort, safety and clinical outcomes. Hoag is pleased to announce the completion of a newly remodeled south entrance lobby, which will be the single entry point for all Hoag cardiac services. With this new 34,650 square foot state-of-the-art facility completed, coupled with … Read More

Irvine, Calif., October 17, 2012 — More than 750 business and community leaders jammed a hotel banquet room Monday for a conversation about how healthcare reform is driving innovation and new models for access to care at the Forum of Healthcare 2012, presented by Hoag Hospital Foundation and title sponsor, The Edwards Lifesciences Fund.

?”I’ve seen the needle and the damage done,” sang Neil Young in his ’60s anthem about drug abuse. Steroid injections by doctors for back pain don’t compare to the destructive types of pain relief used by junkies, but as the above lyric went on, “a little bit of it in everyone.” As I have previously … Read More

Rob Reindl recently celebrated his 58th birthday. “Because of this,” Reindl says with a chuckle on his birthday, “I feel like I just turned 27.” The corporate vice president in charge of human resources at Edwards Lifesciences from 1997 until 2012, wasn’t referring to some miracle potion; rather, he was talking about his experience at … Read More

Does it seem like you’re always looking for your keys when you walk out the door? Are you repeating yourself during conversations or can’t remember small details? Are you concerned that your memory is getting worse? A certain amount of memory decline is to be expected as our brains age but when should you be … Read More