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    Low Libido? Try These Expert-Backed Strategies to Boost Your Sex Drive

    So your sex drive’s gone MIA. First thing’s first—don’t freak out. Dry spells are totally normal, especially if you’ve been with the same person for a long time. In fact, up to 43 percent of women experience low sexual desire, while roughly 10 percent deal with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSSD), or a lack of … Read More

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    What You Don't Know About the 'Baby Blues'

    Society paints a picture for us of motherhood in sun-washed tones: a woman’s flowing hair tickling the nose of a contentedly breast-fed child as gentle forest creatures gather around to celebrate the miracle of birth. The truth is a little less lovely. Our expectations around pregnancy and motherhood generally don’t include intense vulnerability, fits of … Read More

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    Hoag Hospital Newport Beach Reaches 10,000 Milestone for Robotic Surgery

    Hoag Hospital Newport Beach (Calif.) performed its 10,000th robotic surgery using the da Vinci system. Here’s what you should know. 1. Gynecologic oncologist Lisa Abaid, MD, performed the milestone surgery removing a benign cyst. 2. Hoag began performing robotic surgeries in 2004. In total, Hoag has 42 surgeons and 80-plus nurses and surgical technicians in … Read More

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    Maternal Mental Health Discussed At Hoag

    Newborns aren’t the only ones who need love and support. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian recently announced the launch of the Maternal Mental Health Program in hopes of helping new and expecting mothers overcome mental health challenges associated with hormonal changes before, during and after pregnancy. “Women are told that the birth of their babies should … Read More

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    Depression is Actually the #1 Complication Women Deal with During (and After) Pregnancy

    Many women experience complications during pregnancy. When we think about those complications, our minds immediately go to miscarriage, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, or other physical ailments. But according to the American Psychological Association (APA), depression is actually the number one complication women experience during and post-pregnancy. Dr. Patricia De Marco, Medical Director of Hoag’s Maternal Mental … Read More

  • Breast Program

    Not Quite Healthy, Not Quite Sick, Women at Risk of Hereditary Cancer can 'Fall Through the Medical Cracks'

    Somaya Ishaq’s family members didn’t understand: Why would she have her ovaries removed when she was 35 years old and healthy? Ishaq learned last year that she had a BRCA mutation, a genetic abnormality that puts her at an increased risk of cancer. She worried most about ovarian cancer, which her mother battled at a … Read More

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    What Causes Menopausal Belly Fat?

    Most women have a love-hate relationship with estrogen. Studies have shown high levels are at least partially to blame for premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis, fibroids and even breast cancer. But when menopause hits and estrogen levels drop to an all-time low, women suffer from hot flashes, mood swings and bone loss. To top it off, as … Read More

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    Hoag to Open 12-Suite Maternity Unit in Irvine Where Women Can Go From Labor to Postpartum Care

    Hoag Hospital will begin construction soon at its Irvine campus of a 12-suite maternity unit, which is expected to be open to the community in the summer of 2020, hospital administrators announced Monday, March 5. The 18,000-square-foot facility will go into an existing space that is currently being used for administrative offices. When the remodeling … Read More

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    Hoag Breast and Ovarian Cancer Program Names a Co-Director

    Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach has named Dr. Lisa Abaid co-director of gynecologic oncology for the Breast & Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program. “The most effective cure for ovarian cancer is prevention, so 'prevention' is prominent in our program's name,” Abaid, a Hoag medical staff member since 2008, said in a statement. “As a result of … Read More