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Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Dr. Kris Iyer Txt Doc 4 Gr8 Results In the old days, doctors made house calls. Today, if a patient needs me, I'm just a phone call, text message or email away. Each year,Hoag's Mary and Dick Allen Diabetes Center manages more than 1,000 new patients with diabetes, and every one … Read More

Herbert Family Program for Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes The number of children and young adults with type 1 diabetes has doubled in the past 25 years and is expected to double again in the next 15-20 years. Young adults with type 1 diabetes represent an underserved population with much needed attention. Hoag’s Mary … Read More

How Your Stress Level Can Affect Your Health and How to Break the Cycle Alarm clocks, traffic jams, deadlines, bank accounts and the dog barking across the street in the middle of the night can all be contributing to your body’s battle with obesity. According to continuing research1, stress has been linked to biochemical changes … Read More

Wellness programs continue to gain traction in the workplace. According to a recent study, 64 percent of employers indicated wellness initiatives are among the top three most effective tactics in controlling costs1. After leaving the office, it is important for employees to continue to practice the healthy habits. As early as 2005, between 80 percent … Read More

Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadski May 20, 2012   Editor’s note: Some of the best jobs require skills in math, science, technology and engineering, but local business leaders and educators are concerned whether there will be enough students interested in those subjects to meet demand. These skills are vital in Orange County, home to many rising and … Read More

May 16, 2012 Marcy Brown   While most people associate hospital food with Jell-O cubes and runny oatmeal, Hoag Hospital Irvine’s? cafeteria features a decidedly unhospital-like menu of gourmet internationally inspired dishes.  The idea to diversify the menu came from Indonesian-born Executive Sous Chef Kasan Soewono.  “We want the menu to meet the desires and … Read More

May 10, 2012 Courtney Perkes   The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued a safety alert about an experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis a year after a Canadian woman died from the procedure in Orange County.   The warning says the FDA has learned of death, stroke, blood clots and other complications as a … Read More

Why More Businesses Invest in Executive Physicals and the Five Health Exams You Cannot Live Without Simply put, companies invest a lot of money on their senior executives. Investors and business owners want to protect their company’s assets, which include the executives themselves. More than 22 percent of Fortune 500 companies1 now enroll their top … Read More

May 2, 2012 Dr. Richard Afable Nine justices are expected to determine the fate of the Affordable Care Act in June, but they alone won’t determine the course of healthcare in this country. That course has already been set. Doctors, hospitals and patients know what politicians and pundits haven’t yet realized: The transformational reformation of … Read More

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that Hoag has reached an aggressive goal of treating heart failure patients with 85 percent compliance for at least 24 months to core standard levels of care outlined by the American Heart … Read More