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Irvine promotes itself as the safest city in the country crime wise. For accident rates and medical emergencies among its some 277,000 residents, maybe not so much. “When we took over the hospital in 2010, we anticipated 50 [emergency department] visits a day, based on the prior hospital operator’s daily census,” said Marcy Brown, vice … Read More

“He’s having a senior moment.” That dismissive phrase seems harmless, but, in reality, it leads to devastating, debilitating disease. I firmly believe that a generation from now, people will not know the pain of watching a loved one slip into oblivion. But the only way we will get there is we stop dismissing memory loss … Read More

For $199 and a tube of saliva, I found out that I have straight hair and green eyes. Mirrors have been telling me this my whole life for free. But as a genetics counselor, I wanted to learn more about the recreational home genetics tests that have been captivating people. What I was left with … Read More

Q: [All Ages] As a parent of a diabetic child, how do I manage trick-or-treating? A: Halloween can be a “tricky” time to manage blood sugars, especially with all sorts of treats available. Even fun events can distract a child from their normal symptoms of high and low blood sugar. Keeping this in mind on … Read More

Perhaps for a couple of hours on an overcast Tuesday morning, two dozen women were able to forget their cancer fight, as they smiled, laughed and connected through art … and football. Hoag Family Cancer Institute’s Creative Expressions class celebrated Breast Cancer Survivors month with a visit from athletes and members of the Los Angeles … Read More

Whoever said you can’t get anything worthwhile for free didn’t know about the upcoming Hoag event, “Demystifying the Breast Cancer Experience” at Hoag Hospital, which also happens to fall on the first week of October, otherwise known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual international health campaign organized to raise … Read More

If you eat a lot of sweetened yogurt in the pursuit of a healthy diet, you might want to check that label a little more carefully. According to a study published in BMJ Open journal this month, researchers in the United Kingdom found that the average sugar content of yogurt exceeded the low-sugar threshold under … Read More

At Hoag, virtual reality is improving surgical outcomes, allowing doctors to find safer pathways to repair aneurysms and remove tumors. To read the full Pacific Coast Magazine article, please click here.

Hoag was recognized in the Orange County Register's Best of Orange County reader survey for the 23rd time in the Hospital category. More than 80 community organizations receive support from a non-profit, faith-based hospital based in Newport Beach since 1952 as well as in Irvine since 2010, according to the president and CEO Robert Braithwaite. … Read More

With a doctorate in statistics and a job as an economics analyst for a healthcare company, Toros Caglar possesses above-average intelligence. That’s why it made little sense when, a little more than a year ago, he started struggling to come up with simple words. The kind used in everyday conversation. Then his peripheral vision diminished. … Read More