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How Investing Initial Time in Employee Comfort and Safety Can Reduce Office Risk Long-term Think about how much movement happens at a desk – fingers flying across the keyboard, reaching for a cup of coffee and bending to open the file cabinet. Although these may seem like mundane motions with little effect on your overall … Read More

?As seen in Orange County Register?   Considering the heart’s vital role in our health and well-being, it is surprisingly small – about the size of a fist and weighing in at just nine to 11 ounces on average.   Diminutive, perhaps, but when it comes to anatomy, your heart is a heavyweight player. Every minute, … Read More

Do You Have It and Why Do You Need It Everyone has felt the squeeze of the economy and employees and executives alike are feeling the pressure of needing to do more with fewer resources. When trying to balance the demands of the office and the home, workers are finding it more difficult to maintain … Read More

Electrophysiology lab integrates leading edge technology to achieve the highest level of efficiency and safety for patients and better outcomes.  Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has introduced the Allan and Sandy Fainbarg Electrophysiology Cath Suite, the first electrophysiology (EP) cardiac catheterization lab of its kind.   The EP cath suite is a unique patient-care space designed … Read More

April 6, 2012 Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadzki   Your brain is where you live, where you tuck away your memories. It moves you, both figuratively – with your aspirations and big ideas – and literally, by directing you to place one foot in front of the other. But what’s really going on up there? I’m aneuroradiologist. … Read More

Hoag Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center offers state-of-the-art outpatient clinical wound management. At the new center, located at Hoag Health Center-Newport Beach, at 520 Superior Ave., suite 140, each patient receives a thorough diagnostic exam to identify the type of wound and its underlying causes. A patient with a wound that is not healing … Read More

Most melanomas develop as superficial tumors which grow along the skin surface. To help differentiate a melanoma from a benign, pigmented skin lesion, we use the acronym ABCDE.     A – Asymmetry: Look for growths in which one half doesn’t match the other half.   B – Borders: Look for irregular borders with edges … Read More

A diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is not always easy to understand and manage on your own. Hoag Multiple Sclerosis Center not only offers the most advanced diagnostic and treatment options available, but also includes a dedicated nurse navigator to provide personalized care and attention to you and your family during diagnosis and treatment. “A … Read More

March 31, 2012 Barbara Venezia   The other day I was looking for something in my office. I couldn’t remember where I put it. Granted my office is a bit messy, and some level of absent-mindedness is expected these days. I’m multi-tasking like crazy so isn’t an occasional brain-fart normal?  But are these lapses in … Read More

Combating Preventable Illnesses to Improve the Health of Employees is Good for Your Company’s Bottom Line Investing in employee health can show greater appreciation for workers in a way pay and benefits, although appreciated in other ways, fall short. A soda machine in the office break room or bottomless bowl of candy on the reception … Read More