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Birth Control and Cancer Risk
Birth control pills give you breast cancer!! Birth control pills protect you from ovarian cancer!! There was a lot in the news in the past year about birth control pills and how they impact cancer risk. A major study published in December 2017 stated women currently or recently using the pill had an increased risk … Read More
'Thank you for your sacrifice': Surgeon donates kidney to save fellow doctor's life
How do you thank someone for saving your life? Brian Dunn, 45, an anesthesiologist who got a new kidney on Jan. 30, sat down and wrote an email, the most important email of his life. It needed to convey how his donor had given him the gift of time: Time to be a good dad … Read More
Surgeon Donates Kidney to Anesthesiologist After Hearing About His Plight in Operating Room
A California general surgeon took the phrase “practice what you preach” to heart when she overheard her anesthesiologist colleague needed a kidney, and donated hers. “It’s an unbelievable feeling to have someone give you such a gift,” said Dr. Brian Dunn, an anesthesiologist at the Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach. “It makes you … Read More
Some Doctors Prescribe Food Instead Of Pills To Treat Certain Patients
Pharmaceuticals may not be the best medicine for patients. Some doctors are now changing the way they treat patients – by taking them grocery shopping. Physicians, such as Dr. Daniel Nadeau, are prescribing food rather than pills to fix the body. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly half of all Americans … Read More
HPV Vaccine Can Help Prevent Cervical Cancer
There aren't many cancers that are preventable. Cervical cancer is one of them. In fact, I look forward to the day this cancer will be a rare phenomenon in the United States. Cervical cancer is a condition that can affect any woman, a message we've heard recently from Erin Andrews, sportscaster for Fox NFL, who … Read More
Hoag Receives Women's Choice Award
Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach received the 2017 Women's Choice Award as one of America's best hospitals for heart care and obstetrics, according to a news release. It is the fourth consecutive year Hoag received the award. “Our commitment to providing an unsurpassed level of personalized care to the community we serve starts with the … Read More
Overcoming Depression and Type 2 Diabetes
Nearly 30 million Americans are living with diabetes, and another 86 million are at risk for developing Type 2. Those diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes are confronted with a major lifestyle change that prompts an overhaul of not only the way they eat, but the way they live. Diabetes management can be a numbers game … Read More
Surgeon Donates Kidney to Anesthesiologist Colleague
As a surgeon, Dr. Colleen Coleman is in the business of saving lives. Often the people she helps are strangers, but she recently had the opportunity to help someone close to her: a colleague at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach. When Coleman heard that Dr. Brian Dunn, an anesthesiologist with whom she shares an operating … Read More
Endometrial cancer is treatable but can still kill
After journalist Gwen Ifill died of endometrial cancer in November, many women have been asking me about this disease. And with good reason. While endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer, it is typically the most treatable: The five-year survival rate is nearly 82%. I don’t know enough about Ifill’s case to say why … Read More
Cancer survivors invited to symposium at Hoag
When people are diagnosed with cancer, their focus is directed on the fight: Consultations. Surgeries. Chemotherapy. Radiation. The demands of the battle are so great that once the fight is over patients rarely feel jubilant about “beating” cancer. Instead they’re often left blinking in bewilderment, wondering, “What just happened?” There is life after chemo, but … Read More