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Spark of Innovation: Dan Nadeau
What project/research are you working on? My book, “The Color Code, A Revolutionary Eating Plan for Optimum Health,” is about the health benefits of brightly colored fruits and vegetables. The book has helped spark a well-deserved interest in how foods like blueberries, carrots, kale and avocados reverse aging and the fight chronic conditions such as … Read More
Hoag treats minds as well as bodies
For nearly 16 years, Hoag Mental Health Center has helped several thousand low-income and underserved people cope with stress, depression, anxiety and loss – often for free. But it’s likely you had no idea. You might also not be aware that you don’t have to be struggling with a mental illness to benefit from psychological … Read More
Choose Health in 2014: How to use Task- Oriented Goal Setting for a Healthier Year
Happy New Year! Take a lap around your office and you will hear your colleagues discussing their 2014 health goals. Take another lap in February and you will probably hear excuses, disappointment, and few success stories. There is one main reason these resolutions don’t stick: they are outcome-oriented. Outcome-oriented goals do not require a plan … Read More
Work, Family, Self: Prioritizing Preventative Health for Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
In 2010 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the following as the leading causes of death for women: heart disease stroke cancer chronic lower respiratory disease Prevention for these diseases can be possible with lifestyle management, and since January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month the spirit of the month is to encourage women … Read More
Beating the Holiday Blues
“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is a great song. But in reality, when December hits, many people start singing a very different tune. During the holidays, we all can indulge in too many unhealthy practices – from skipping exercise to overeating sweets to missing sleep. Think of a toddler: When little ones … Read More
Knocking out Parkinson's, one punch at a time
Rick Deming stands on the corner of the boxing ring, his arms against the ropes and a look of scorn on his face. Ding, ding, ding. The pudgy 50-year-old from Huntington Beach comes charging in, throwing body blows at boxing coach Raul Franco. “You can do it,” yells Franco, who is absorbing Deming’s punches with … Read More
Fellowship in the Diabetic Community
Eleven years ago, Manny Hernandez was diagnosed with diabetes. At first it was misdiagnosed as type 2, but he and physicians got that sorted out. Hernandez actually had type 1, requiring regular insulin shots. “That’s when it really sunk in,” he says. “That I had this.” And it wasn’t going away. Hernandez, a Venezuelan-born engineer … Read More
Panera Bread Gives Hoag $25K Gift
Panera Bread recently gave the Hoag Hospital Foundation a $25,000 gift to assist in supporting the hospital’s Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center, officials announced Tuesday. Panera Bread partnered with Hoag for the second year in a row to benefit the Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center through its Community Breadbox program. Thirteen south Orange … Read More
You're a Cancer Survivor: Now What?
Diagnosis of cancer can often permeate all aspects of a person’s life. Your normal daily routine can suddenly be replaced by an exhausting whirlwind of doctors’ appointments, treatments, tests, visitors, medications and insurance red tape. With all the focus and energy you’ve placed on cancer treatment, you probably never spent much time thinking about what … Read More
O Magazine Feature: When Genetic Testing Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
Hoag’s Hereditary Cancer Program is featured in the March 2013 issue of O Magazine: When Genetic Testing Can Be Dangerous to Your Health. The article highlights the reasons why genetic counseling is equally important as receiving a blood test to determine hereditary cancer. View the full article.