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    Dr. Safahieh: Is “Gaming Disorder,” A Real Addiction and How Can I Tell if it's Affecting my Child?

    Studies have shown that video games and other addictions, such as alcohol and nicotine, affect neural pathways in similar ways: They all lead to an increase in dopamine levels in specific pleasure centers of the brain. While drugs increase dopamine levels far more than video games, gaming can have a similar deleterious effect of “taking … Read More

  • Cancer

    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

  • Breast Program

    Hoag Nationally Recognized For Breast Centers

    Hoag Breast Center is the first and only hospital in Orange County to be named a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence – the highest level of accreditation – by the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers Program™ (NQMBC™). Recognized for the seventh consecutive year, Hoag Breast Center first received this prestigious designation in 2013 … Read More

  • Cancer

    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

  • Featured News

    NRC Health Releases Consumer Loyalty Award Top 100 List

    Winners of the Consumer Loyalty Award are identified by results from our nationally syndicated Market Insights study, which surveyed more than 310,000 households across the country from June 2018 through May 2019. To qualify, each organization had to garner at least 150 top-of-mind mentions from the survey. Winning organizations had to achieve an extraordinarily high … Read More

  • Featured News

    Here's What Doctors Want You to Know About the Care and Keeping of Your Pelvic Floor

    Your pelvic floor is a group of muscles and ligaments that support everything in your pelvic region: your bladder, bowel, and, if you have one, uterus. It’s a name we throw around quite a bit, sometimes without actually knowing what it really is. It’s important to have a strong pelvic floor, and there are pelvic … Read More

  • Diabetes Center

    Gestational Diabetes Education Participation Superior in Hispanic Women

    In a cohort of women with gestational diabetes, the participation rate in gestational diabetes education programs was highest for those with Hispanic ethnicity, those who had at least a bachelor’s degree and those who had gestational diabetes during a prior pregnancy, according to findings presented at the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting. “Optimal … Read More

  • Featured News

    New Research Shows Vaping Could Cause Serious Injury To Teens

    In the past month, about two dozen cases of suspected severe lung injury linked to vaping have been reported in three states. Michael Brant-Zawadski, M.D., F.A.C.R, senior physician executive, and the Ron and Sandy Simon Executive Medical Director Endowed Chair, Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute, and Steven Ey, M.D., chief of service, Hoag Addiction Treatment Centers, … Read More

  • Featured News

    Hoag's Race For Alzheimer's Cure

    Hoag Hospital Newport Beach is making progress in research for a cure and ways to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from the school “have made it possible to learn how key human brain cells respond to Alzheimer’s, vaulting a major obstacle in the quest to understand and one day vanquish it,” the article … Read More