Hundreds of pups and animal lovers took over Pasadena at the 21st annual Wiggle Waggle Walk fundraiser supporting the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA. The event also hosted demonstrations, food trucks, music, and other vendors helping to support the cause. The money raised helps to...
Ruth Bobeczko, 70, was cleaning her Huntington Beach home when she tripped and tumbled down the stairs, breaking her neck. An initial surgery left her with a cock robin orientation and in immense pain. Dr. Richard Lee, of Hoag Orthopedic Institute, was able to relieve Bobeczko's...
Torrance Memorial Medical Center is the first hospital in Los Angeles County to use CertaScan Technologies, an innovative newborn biometric identification system. CertaScan provides added safety and security to newborns by digitally capturing high resolution footprints which can be used for precise identification in situations...
AltaMed Health Services, one of the nation’s largest federally qualified community health centers, has partnered with Charles Drew University to launch the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) which prepares undergraduate students to enter health professions. Students learn how to administer injections and prepare IVs as...
Photo by Paul Rodriguez, OC Register Thousands of bright yellow rubber ducks will flood the Huntington Beach Pier May 14, 2016 at 3 p.m. for the 24th annual Duck-a-Thon™ to benefit AltaMed Medical & Dental Group –Huntington Beach, a non-profit that provides medical and dental care for...
Leslee Adams' "Redlands Citrus Grove" Art enthusiasts, community supporters and the general public are invited to attend an "Evening with the Artists,” a special event hosted by the Redlands Community Hospital Foundation and Art Committee that will showcase pieces from five professional local artists on April...
Photo by: Getty Images AltaMed Health Services recently launched Season 2 of an originally produced, serialized telenovela about HIV/AIDS called “Sin Vergüenza” (“Without Shame”). The award-winning and nationally recognized telenovela is a three-episode (English and Spanish) series that addresses what happens to an East Los Angeles...
Redlands Community Hospital honored and celebrated Intensive Care Unit nurse June Mckenzie, who retired this past week after 45 years of service. June started her career as the first intensive care nurse in Vietnam during the war. Upon returning to the United States, she headed...
Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, LA Times Covered California's bus tour visited AltaMed Health Services in East Los Angeles this past Sunday as it kicked off the third year of Obamacare enrollment. Equipped with more multilingual certified enrollment counselors, AltaMed aims to increase enrollment among Latinos who qualify for...
Photo by Christina House More than 25 local breast cancer patients and survivors from Torrance Memorial Medical Center celebrated life and got into the dancing groove with “Dancing with the Stars” pro dancer Anna Trebunskaya, who donated her time, talents and studio. Dancing has been shown in studies to...