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Hoag opens on-site rehab facility in Newport Beach
Hoag Hospital has opened a 21-bed residential substance abuse treatment center in Newport Beach, the first in California to be located on an acute-care hospital campus. The facility, called SolMar Recovery, comes at a time when heroin addiction and prescription painkiller addiction are soaring locally and nationwide, and as the Affordable Care Act requires insurance … Read More
Commentary: Summer's end doesn't have to mean school stress begins
When you’re a kid, summer means long sunny days, fun outings and flexible schedules. No one wants to give up those delights. It’s no wonder that as August fades into September, many kids and families start to feel stressed about the looming academic year. Some kids experience a sense of impending doom about being responsible … Read More
How a battery-operated spoon allows O.C. woman with Parkinson's disease to eat with confidence
Pat Ferguson’s hand quaked as she raised her spoon from her soup bowl, but despite her unsteady grip she had no fear of splattering her pristine white jacket during a lunch out. As her hand shook, her battery-operated spoon shook in the opposite direction to counter the tremors caused by Parkinson’s disease and a lesser … Read More
Commentary: Make sure your child is ready for the stressors of college
One of the most important things to remember about raising children is that you’re really raising adults. As high school seniors decide where to attend college, parents are starting to realize that all their hovering and hand holding may have done their teens a disservice. Can your kid manage her time effectively? Do his own … Read More
Tips to Fight Early Signs of Alzheimer's Disease
People found with early signs of Alzheimer’s disease can still form memories and learn new things. Huntington Beach resident Chuck Manley, 87, who has learned to embrace his condition, shared with Eyewitness News tips on what’s helped him most. Watch health specialist Denise Dador’s full story in the video. To view the original KABC 7 … Read More
Monitoring kids' online behavior could save their lives
Just last year, a 12-year-old male cheerleader in Northern California decided he had had enough of the taunts and bullying that had tormented him for years, and he took his own life. As a community, we grieve together in the face of such a loss. The pain endured by the boy’s parents is unimaginable. We … Read More
Hoag's Vital Brain Program Awarded Grant for Online CME Courses in Cognitive Health
Physicians in Orange County will soon have more resources to manage their patients’ cognitive health. Hoag Neurosciences Institute’s Orange County Vital Brain Aging Program has been awarded a grant to develop an online tool to address that issue. The $132,000 grant by the UniHealth Foundation, combined with designated philanthropic donations, will help the Orange County … Read More
'Still Alice' is raising awareness about Alzheimer's disease
People often go to the movies to escape their problems. In the case of “Still Alice,” many are flocking to the theaters to see their lives’ biggest struggles writ large. Based on the novel of the same name, “Still Alice” tells the story of a brilliant linguistics professor who develops a rare type of early … Read More
Some myths, facts about sports-related concussions
This year the NFL raised the profile of head injuries in contact sports, highlighting the prevalence of concussions on the field and kicking off concern among parents of high school and club sports athletes. Unfortunately, some of what parents are hearing is a fumbling of the facts. While it is vital that we work to … Read More
Emergency room nurses pay price for parked psych patients
Laura Arguija still remembers the taste of the blood in her mouth from the time she was attacked by a psychiatric patient in the emergency room of a large hospital in San Bernardino County, where she worked as a trauma nurse. “I had long hair, and she wrapped her hand in it and started wailing … Read More