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    Hoag to Participate in Groundbreaking Study Aiming to Help Prevent Memory Loss Due to Alzheimer’s Disease

    Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute has started recruiting volunteers for a study testing an investigational treatment that aims to help prevent the earliest stages of memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Eisai Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo), the AHEAD Study is the … Read More

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    20 Hospitals, Health Systems Adding Robotics in Q1

    Here are 20 hospitals and health systems that added spine and orthopedic robots in the first quarter: Note: This is not an exhaustive list. To add a center to this list, please contact Carly Behm at cbehm@beckershealthcare.com. Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute became the first West Coast hospital to use Medtronic’s Mazor … Read More

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    Hoag Becomes 1st West Coast Hospital to Offer Mazor X Robot for Spine Surgery

    Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute became the first West Coast hospital to use Medtronic’s Mazor X Stealth Edition robotic platform. The Mazor X is designed for precise, efficient minimally invasive spine surgeries. It also reduces the need for X-rays and minimizes pain and recovery time, according to a March 2 news release. … Read More

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    Sue J. Gross Foundation Awards $5 Million to Hoag Breast Center

    Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California, has announced a $5 million gift from philanthropist Sue Gross in support of the Hoag Breast Center. Made through the Sue J. Gross Foundation, the gift will support a significant expansion of the center’s services. In recognition of the gift, the center, which is located within the … Read More

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    The Most Common Misconception About Spine Surgery

    The most persistent problem I encounter is not nerve pain or slipped discs. It’s the tenacious misconception that someone can be “too old” for spine surgery when it’s truly needed. Many years ago, it was true that age played a significant factor in a person’s ability to tolerate and recover from surgery. Surgeries were once … Read More

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    Hoag is First Hospital in the State to Implant Deep Brain Stimulation System for Parkinson's Disease

    Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian recently became the first hospital in California to implant the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recently approved Percept™ PC Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) system in a patient for Parkinson’s disease. This DBS system detects patient-specific brain signals and provides instant feedback to optimize real-time therapy for patients with movement disorders. Christopher … Read More

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    Hoag Performs First Robotic Carotid Artery Stenting on West Coast

    Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian recently became the first hospital on the West Coast to perform an innovative robotic interventional procedure to stent a blockage in the carotid artery and improving blood flow to the brain. Christopher Baker, M.D., director of interventional neuroradiology at the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag, implanted the stent using a … Read More

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    Virtual Reality Emerging As Effective Pain Management Tool

    As doctors work to decrease opioid prescriptions for pain, they may start following the lead of a California hospital that is effectively using virtual reality to help its patients feel better. Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach is one of the first hospitals in the country to use virtual reality (VR) technology treatment outside of clinical … Read More

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    How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect Brain Surgery

    Brain surgery is getting smarter. The journal Nature Medicine recently published a study that found a new imaging technique that allows pathologists to diagnose brain tumors faster and more accurately than ever before. The study focused on Invenio Imaging technology’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) in making accurate diagnoses. So, will computers replace doctors? That’s … Read More