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CT Technology Increases Health Care Value
As we await the Senate’s iteration of a revamped health care bill, much of the pushback from the public has focused on health care access, while most of the House Republicans’ actions centered on health care cost. What is missing from the conversation is any consideration of health care value. What is health care value? … Read More
Learn to Judge the Seriousness of a Wound Before Seeking Treatment
People ask me daily when they need to see a doctor for a wound, but the real question is how deep is the wound and how long ago did you receive it? To understand how a wound is supposed to heal, search your knees. All evidence of the scrapes and scabs of childhood are likely … Read More
Forgetfulness or Alzheimer's? A Simple Memory Test Can Help Ease Your Fears
Five minutes into a test for memory, I’m pretty sure I’m really dumb, I’ve lost my mind — or both. Yeah, yeah, I know based on some of my columns some would vote both. But cut me some slack. Unknown to many people — like me — the earlier Alzheimer’s disease is detected, the better … Read More
How an Orange County Doctor is Slowing Alzheimer's Progression in this Patient
Like his father before him and millions of others, Ted Esau’s brain started to deteriorate in his late-50s. Plaque was building up. Part of his brain was starting to shrink. Although invisible to everyone including himself, the first stages of Alzheimer’s disease were beginning to take hold. But following a program of healthy eating, exercise, … Read More
Hoag Hospital Irvine Emergency Room Expansion
Hoag Hospital Irvine on Monday, May 15, kicked off construction that will expand its emergency department by nearly five times, in addition to renovating the existing facilities. The hospital will add 13,500 square feet of new space adjacent to the current 3,600 square feet. Hoag officials said the growing Irvine population has outpaced the capacity … Read More
Hoag National Nurses Week Celebration Continues
Mary Jane Nicolas Morimoto was selected as Nurse of the Year at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian as part of the organization’s National Nurses Week celebration. for her role as a patient advocate to improve care and outcomes. Going above and beyond the call of duty, Mary Jane holds herself and her peers to the highest … Read More
Teen was rescued from the 'ditches of death' after his heart stopped 3 times
Tim Deits’ heart failed three times on Nov. 11. The first time, the 16-year-old’s parents found him unconscious at their Huntington Beach home. His father, Ted, was able to resuscitate him with CPR, but his heart failed again in transit to Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach and then again in the emergency room. That day, … Read More
Diabetes Prevention Programs for Hispanics
Significant health disparities exist in the Hispanic community compared with their non-Hispanic counterparts in the United States. In terms of diabetes, specifically, recent data from the CDC indicate that Hispanics are 65% more likely to have diabetes, 55% more likely to be diagnosed with end-stage renal disease and 45% more likely to die of diabetes. … Read More
Costa Mesa Students Get Virtual Reality Tour of Brain
Three classes of sixth graders at Davis Magnet School in Costa Mesa were treated to a whole new look during their science class. The middle school students received a virtual-reality tour of the brain using their phones and cardboard goggles. “It’s like you’re actually inside of the brain and you could see everything,” student Conner … Read More
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