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Health Crisis Looming Inside a Health Crisis: People are Avoiding Going to the Doctor
These days, Los Angeles acting teacher Deryn Warren balances her pain with her fear. She’s a bladder cancer patient who broke her wrist in November. She still needs physical therapy for her wrist, and she’s months late for a cancer follow-up. But Warren won’t go near a hospital, even though she says her wrist hurts … Read More
New CDC Warnings Underscore How Vaping is Smoking 2.0
One of the most galling aspects of vaping is not that the industry has targeted minors with candy-like flavors and names. Nor is it that vaping fluid often contains nicotine or THC (one of the principal psychoactive ingredients in cannabis). The most galling thing about vaping is that the industry has managed to convince 3.6 … Read More
Chargers Players Join Breast Cancer Survivors for Day of Yoga and Wellness
The Los Angeles Chargers and Hoag Hospital partnered for a day of personal wellness Tuesday, Oct. 8, hosting a yoga session for 26 breast cancer survivors and their supporters on the practice field at Los Angeles Chargers Hoag Performance Center in Costa Mesa. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the cancer survivors and their … Read More
Hoag Begins Cancer Research Study
Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach is starting a research study to identify and characterize potential early disease markers for cancer diagnostics, cancer progression and treatment resistance, according to a news release. In partnership with Exosome Sciences, a subsidiary of Aethlon Medical Inc., scientists will study nanoparticles called exosomes in cancer patients and individuals at high … Read More
Pharmacy's Nationwide Pull Zantac From Shelves
Novartis, the maker of Zantac, announced it would stop distributing the popular heartburn medication worldwide, and now several pharmacy chains have announced they would no longer sell the popular antacid. Hoag's Dr. Phoenix Nguyen spoke with KCAL-9 on the cancer causing ingredients found in Zantac. View the KCAL-9 broadcast here.
Author Dean Koontz and his Wife Book $9M Donation to Hoag to Transform Radiation Oncology Care
Hoag grateful patient and author Dean Koontz and his wife, Gerda, longtime donors, have graciously committed $9 million to transform cancer care in Orange County. In recognition, Hoag is naming the Dean & Gerda Koontz Radiation Oncology Center in their honor. Through the couple’s generosity, Hoag will be the only hospital in Orange County, and … Read More
Clinical Trials Help Advance Both the Present and Future of Medicine
If you’ve ever used a medication to treat an illness, you have a clinical trial to thank for it. Every standard therapy used in medicine today once started as a clinical trial — and it is commonly understood that today’s trials are shaping treatments of the future. Less understood is the fact that clinical trials … Read More
Beyond Her Bucket List, Cancer Fighter Sees a Surprising Future
Whenever she goes to Las Vegas, she plays roulette. Deb McCartney doesn’t usually bet the red or the black numbers. She places her money on double zero. The double zero spot on the roulette wheel is green. Actually, picking one number is the worst bet on the board, when you consider the odds. The little … Read More
What We Can Learn From Marcia Cross About HPV Vaccination
Recently, Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross made headlines by discussing her diagnosis of anal cancer and her husband’s diagnosis of throat cancer, revealing that both had been related to the human papillomavirus, or HPV. The move was brave, as the actress broke free from the stigma related to anal cancer and sexually transmitted diseases. More … Read More
I Face a Known Risk From Cancer and an Undetermined Risk From the Scan Used to Detect it. Which is Worse?
We all have certain numbers we’d rather not think about: weight, age and, for me, in addition to breast cancer risk, how many MRIs might be too many. What’s worse — a known risk for breast cancer (mine is 42 percent) or an undetermined risk for the diagnostic tool used to detect it? The tool … Read More