Regional Blog & News

Insights and perspectives across the Providence health system

  • Heart health tips: Reducing risk through small actions

    Heart health tips: Reducing risk through small actions

    James Beckerman, M.D., offers helpful tips on KPTV for reducing heart disease risk with easy, consistent actions like short bouts of exercise, proper rest and nutrition.

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  • Menopause, hormones and the heart: What women need to know

    Menopause, hormones and the heart: What women need to know

    Lori Tam, M.D., talks with KATU about how hormonal changes can affect heart health and what women can do to reduce their risk.

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  • Staying safe on the slopes: Expert tips for a fun and injury‑free ski season

    Staying safe on the slopes: Expert tips for a fun and injury‑free ski season

    Mike Murray, M.D., talks with KATU about the changes in winter sport-related injuries and offers helpful strategies to prevent breaks and fractures.

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  • Managing blood pressure: Non-medication and OTC options

    Managing blood pressure: Non-medication and OTC options

    If you’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure, there are lots of ways you can lower your blood pressure without prescription medications.

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  • A Tribute to Providence St. Joseph Hospital Organ Donors

    A Tribute to Providence St. Joseph Hospital Organ Donors

    Providence honors the donors who have given the gift of life, health and hope to those in need.

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  • Meet the Many Faces of Medicaid: Why federal cuts would put the nation's health at risk

    Meet the Many Faces of Medicaid: Why federal cuts would put the nation's health at risk

    Learn how Medicaid support 79 million Americans.

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  • Aquablation now available at St. Joseph Hospital

    Aquablation now available at St. Joseph Hospital

    A new type of surgical treatment for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) uses the power of water delivered with robotic precision to provide long-lasting BPH relief

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  • A Tribute to St. Mary Medical Center Organ Donors

    A Tribute to St. Mary Medical Center Organ Donors

    Providence honors the donors who have given the gift of life, health and hope to those in need.

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  • Easy indoor exercises: Staying active in the winter

    Easy indoor exercises: Staying active in the winter

    Breanne Brown, M.D., demonstrated simple exercises on KATU’s “Family Matters” to help viewers incorporate movement into their daily routines.

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  • A Tribute to Providence Little Company of Mary Organ Donors

    A Tribute to Providence Little Company of Mary Organ Donors

    Providence honors the donors who have given the gift of life, health and hope to those in need.

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  • Welcome to our healing environment

    Welcome to our healing environment

    A special request for our patients and visitors – Farsi and Spanish translation further below:

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  • Joint Statement from the City of Laguna Beach and Providence Mission Hospital

    Joint Statement from the City of Laguna Beach and Providence Mission Hospital

    Read a joint statement from the City of Laguna Beach and Providence Mission Hospital

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  • Providence St. Joseph Hospital first in Orange County to offer new minimally invasive treatment for mitral regurgitation

    Providence St. Joseph Hospital first in Orange County to offer new minimally invasive treatment for mitral regurgitation

    Providence St. Joseph Hospital has become the first hospital in Orange County to commercially offer a new, less invasive treatment option for patients with mitral regurgitation

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  • Providence St. Joseph Orange first in Orange County and Providence to offer innovative dialysis access technology

    Providence St. Joseph Orange first in Orange County and Providence to offer innovative dialysis access technology

    New VasQ™ technology is designed to improve vascular access and long-term outcomes for patients who depend on dialysis. Providence St. Joseph Hospital has become the first hospital in Orange County

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  • From Providence to Rome: Sister Sara Tarango's Pilgrimage for Creation and Hope

    From Providence to Rome: Sister Sara Tarango's Pilgrimage for Creation and Hope

    Sr. Sara Tarango, Providence's environmental stewardship liaison and a Sister of St. Joseph of Orange, reflects on Pope Leo XIV's call to "care for our common home" ahead of the Season of Creation

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  • Kick your nicotine habit with free support and a personalized plan

    Kick your nicotine habit with free support and a personalized plan

    A free eight-week virtual program from Providence Basecamp Prevention + Wellness can help you stop smoking, chewing or vaping, with expert guidance and a supportive community every step of the way.

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  • Dark genome, bright outcome: A first-of-its-kind trial gives Del Abbott a second chance

    Dark genome, bright outcome: A first-of-its-kind trial gives Del Abbott a second chance

    Del survived Arctic winters, a demanding career and cancer – twice. Here’s how a pioneering Providence Cancer Institute trial helped him beat it a second time.

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  • Advocates for Victims of Violence helps survivors find hope and healing

    Advocates for Victims of Violence helps survivors find hope and healing

    Advocates for Victims of Violence in Valdez served 3,000+ clients in 2025, providing shelter, advocacy and hope for survivors. Providence community benefit funding helps make that work possible.

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  • A new liver cancer trial explores a “two-in-one" treatment approach

    A new liver cancer trial explores a “two-in-one" treatment approach

    Providence Cancer Institute is enrolling patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in a trial of pumitamig, an investigational bispecific antibody.

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  • Providence Holy Cross Medical Center names inaugural endowed physician chairs following historic $16 million gift

    Providence Holy Cross Medical Center names inaugural endowed physician chairs following historic $16 million gift

    Providence Holy Cross Medical Center has named David Hanpeter, M.D., and Marwa Kilani, M.D., as the inaugural holders of two endowed physician chairs, marking the first appointments of their kind in t

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