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    Regular Checkups with a Mental Health Professional can help Promote Healthy Choices

    It is an oddity of human nature that we so often fail to react to troubling developments until they reach the level of a crisis. Such was the case with the recent episode involving some local high school students who posted photos online showing themselves doing a Nazi salute in front of plastic cups arranged … Read More

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    Hoag Hospital Opens New Operating Suites in Newport

    Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach has opened two new brain and spine operating room suites. The 820-square-foot facilities have new equipment designed to enhance surgical communications and efficiencies, according to a news release. Hoag is the first California hospital to use CollaboratOR technology, an 84-inch touch-screen system. It enables Hoag surgeons, nurses and surgical assistants … Read More

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    Hoag Recognized as One of IBM Watson Health's 100 Top Hospitals

    Hoag Hospital has been recognized in IBM Watson Health’s 100 Top Hospitals annual study, identified as a top–performing, large community hospital in the U.S. This study spotlights the best–performing hospitals in the U.S. based on a balanced scorecard using publicly available data for clinical, operational, and patient satisfaction metrics. The study is part of IBM … Read More

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    Hoag Unveils 2 Brain & Spine Operating Room Suites

    Hoag installed two advanced brain and spine fully integrated OR suites. The key details to know: 1. The OR suites are 820 square feet and feature the CollaboratOR technology, a multi-point touchscreen system. 2. The ORs will also be outfitted with TrumpfiLED 7 Surgical Lights that feature 3D sensor technology, and Karl Storz StreamConnect Technology … Read More

  • Aspire

    When a Video Game Obsession Starts to Look Like Addiction

    “Turn OFF the computer!” “Oh my God. Done. You are addicted to that game.” “No more Fortnite. You. Are. Obsessed.” I have heard parents say these things to tweens and teens spending too much time gaming. But how strong is the actual pull of gaming and is it really anything more than a power struggle? … Read More

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    Why Daylight Saving Time Makes You Feel Terrible

    And here’s a few ways to feel better after you spring forward. If you get a case of the Mondays following daylight saving time, there may actually be medical evidence for it. Not only are we losing an hour of sleep by springing forward, but our circadian rhythm — aka our internal clock — gets … Read More

  • Cancer

    Alex Trebek Reminds us to go Beyond Fear of Pancreatic Cancer

    The news that beloved game show host Alex Trebek has advanced stage pancreatic cancer hit his millions of fans hard this week. His illness has elicited heartbreak and support. As a clinician who treats pancreatic cancer, I anticipated the reaction that would follow next. Fear. While it is a rare form of cancer, pancreatic cancer … Read More

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    Medicare for All and the Problem of Health Care on Demand

    The evolving politics of single-payer health care conflate the concepts of universal coverage, health care on demand and free health care. To the indiscriminate progressive mind, all three are part of the holy grail. The fly in the ointment is that highly attractive and altruistic politics runs into the brick wall of reality. As Thomas … Read More

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    First-ever Water Safety Summit has one Purpose – Spreading the Message About the Dangers of Water

    The people who gathered at Marina Park in Newport Beach, Wednesday, March 6, had a common goal — to stop people from drowning. About 140 people – a mix of lifeguards, firefighters, hospital workers, swim instructors and others — came together at the first-ever Southern California Water Safety Summit to exchange ideas on how to … Read More