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  • Neurosciences

    Who has your back when it comes to back surgery?

    Whom should you trust with your back surgery, a neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon? When you require something as complicated as spinal surgery, it is important to choose the right doctor and the right program. Neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons have historically competed, with each specialty claiming superior training for the complexity of spinal surgery. Well, … Read More

  • Executive Health

    How Does a Leader Eat More Vegetables?

    The major research article that was published just this past April showed evidence that eating 7 servings of fruits and vegetables reduced mortality from heart disease and cancer by 42%. The hardest part about eating more vegetables is they are not easy to eat on-the-go. The following are ways that executives have found work best … Read More

  • Executive Health

    How Much is More: Try 7

    Patients who come through the program often say, “I know I should be eating more fruits and vegetables.” That tells me the health industry in the U.S. has been sending a clear message that Americans are not eating sufficient fruits and vegetables. So I ask back, “How much more should you be eating?” Rarely do … Read More

  • Cancer

    USC Expands Cancer Care in Orange County

    For thousands of patients in Orange County, accessing specialized medical care at USC’s nationally recognized cancer center has been a challenge because of the distance. Starting today, however, they won’t have to make the drive, thanks to an acquisition by USC’s medical arm, Keck Medicine of USC, of a well-known oncology and hematology center in … Read More

  • Blood Donation

    Hoag Blood Donor Services Partners with Music Saves Lives

    Hoag Blood Donor Services is excited to partner with Music Saves Lives and is an official MSL donation site for the 2014 Vans Warped Tour. Each donor who mentions the code MSL will receive a VIP upgrade voucher for the Vans Warped Tour concert at The Pomona Fairplex on June 20, 2014 or Sleep Train … Read More

  • Cancer

    Program Gives Cancer Patients Tools to Battle Despair, Depression

    They found the cancer in Colleen Duffey’s liver 18 months ago, shortly after the birth of her second daughter. What they discovered next was even more chilling: It wasn’t liver cancer at all; it was breast cancer that had already spread. And just like that, a 32-year-old mother of two small children suddenly became a … Read More

  • Neurosciences

    Hail to the hearty: Presidential candidates have long faced health questions

    The outrage was swift and resolute: Karl Rove had delivered a blow beyond the pale when he suggested – insinuated, hinted, alluded to, without actually saying it – that an aging Hillary Clinton might have brain damage. “Thirty days in the hospital?” Rove said during a conference in Los Angeles in May. “And when she … Read More

  • Articles

    Hoag for Life | Spring 2014

    For more than six decades, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has been the community’s beloved hospital and a destination for state-of-the-art sub-specialty medicine. This combination of world-class clinical excellence and close-knit neighborhood care has long distinguished us. This edition of Hoag for Life​ showcases how Hoag is building upon this tradition. Our commitment to excellence and … Read More

  • Featured News

    Commentary: Genetic testing can be a useful indicator

    Does ancestry determine disease risk? Can genetic testing really improve your health? Or does discovering a disease-causing mutation in your genome just give you something else to worry about? Those are the questions I confront every day in my genetics practice. When people ask me about the value of genetic testing, I tell them that … Read More