Dr. Ervin Ruzics of St. Joseph Hospital of Orange makes a case for why spouses donating kidneys is preferred. On Monday, the donors treated at St. Joseph Hospital were honored in the Rose Parade with roses on the Donate Life float. Read more on KTLA...
Dr. Mike Harrington and his team at Huntington Medical Research Institutes - HMRI created a helmet to track brain challenging questions to detect early signs of Alzheimer's. According to their research, a spinal fluid test can signal Alzheimer's up to 20 years before clinical onset....
The Pasadena-based Huntington Medical Research Institutes - HMRI has partnered with Keck’s Master of Biosciences department in a program that provides students with real-world training in determining whether a number of HMRI’s patented research products are commercially viable. Keck professor Steven Casper split some of the...
Orthopaedic Institute for Children hosted their annual "Toys & Joy" event, bringing holiday spirit and presents to more than 2,000 patients of #OIC. The event held at the Orthopaedic Institute in South Los Angeles offered children and their families the chance to see Santa Claus fly...
As part of their Take 5 to Care campaign, KTLA 5 News is hosting a pet drive to support Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA in giving pets a home this holiday season. The event starts today and is going from 9 am to 6 pm,...
Over the last two years, a partnership between St. Joseph Hospital of Orange and the Waste Not OC Coalition has been taking steps to ensure locals don’t go hungry. Waste Not OC works with local institutions to collect surplus food that would have otherwise been...
Jespa Awomah was smiling and full of gratitude Wednesday, moving comfortably through a room full of television and newspaper reporters as he shook the hands of doctors and nurses gathered at Torrance Memorial Medical Center for a goodbye celebration. It was something the 17-year-old couldn’t have dreamed a...
Diabetes patient Larry Mora, 65, of Norwalk attends Beverly Hospital's grand opening of its new Amputation Prevention Center facility in Montebello, Calif. Nov. 17, 2016. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG) Caregivers at the opening of Beverly Hospital’s Amputation Prevention Center on Thursday vowed that...
St. Joseph Hospital of Orange's registered dietitian, Cristina Jurczyk, spends time at a Food 4 Less in Anaheim answering questions and offering advice about healthy eating. In efforts to help people eat better, AltaMed Health Services has been working to educate shoppers on how to...
With the opening of their new mother/baby unit, Torrance Memorial Medical Center welcomes a full house of new mothers and newborns to the second floor of the North Tower. The $33 million renovation remade a nursing station into 25 private rooms. New neonatal intensive care and...