Recent Posts in Health and Wellness How to be Safe While Having Fun in the Sun Posted on Jul 22, 2021 Written by Kate Lloyd Wear Your Sunscreen You’ve heard it from your mom. You’ve heard it from your swim coach as a kid. Wearing sunscreen is one of the simplest ways to protect yourself ... Read More Nutrition Summer Series: "Summer 'Break' Your Bad Habits with TMMC Dietitians" Posted on Jul 13, 2021 Summer is here and with it often come desires to shape up when it comes to health and eating habits. Over the next few months, let your TMMC dietitians help you make healthy lifestyle changes as we ... Read More Gaining Confidence from Life Saving Care Posted on Jul 6, 2021 What started as a superficial scratch 51- year-old Oscar Gallardo made on his left toe last June while swimming in a pool turned out to be so much more. After several days of self-care, he noticed ... Read More Standing Tall as You Age Posted on Jun 28, 2021 Written by Jill Biggins Gerbracht I remember being tapped on the shoulder as a young girl by my mom telling me to straighten up, stand tall and “for goodness sake, stop slouching.” Little ... Read More Torrance Memorial Movement Disorder Clinic Meets the Community's Care Needs Posted on Jun 28, 2021 Written by Lisa Buffington In January 2021, Torrance Memorial Medical Center opened a Movement Disorders Clinic for patients living with neurological conditions that cause abnormal, increased body ... Read More Hearing is Connecting Posted on Jun 28, 2021 Written by Melissa Bean Sterzick Hearing loss is one of the most common medical conditions affecting seniors, and it has an impact on mental, social and physical well-being. Dr. David Kim, a Torrance ... Read More Am I the Right Candidate for Surgical Weight Loss? Posted on Jun 28, 2021 People who are 75 or 100 pounds overweight are different biologically than those who are 25 or 30 pounds overweight,” says Dr. Aileen Takahashi, medical director of the Torrance Memorial ... Read More No More Yo-Yo Diets Posted on Jun 28, 2021 Written by Diane Krieger By now, everyone knows the pitfalls of dieting. They seldom work, and sometimes they do actual harm. Cycles of weight loss and gain—the so-called yo-yo effect—can ... Read More The Pursuit of Happiness: What Have We Learned From the Pandemic Posted on Jun 24, 2021 Written by Moe Gelbart, PhD, Director of Behavioral Health It feels like we are finally coming out of a dark cave. In the last few weeks, we have been seeing friends, going to events and restaurants, ... Read More Taking COVID-19 Vaccines to Torrance's Most Vulnerable Residents Posted on Jun 24, 2021 Written by Nancy Sokoler Steiner Olga Farah grew increasingly frustrated. She needed to find a place that would vaccinate her adult son, Alex. But Alex has severe developmental disabilities and the ... Read More A New Time to Thrive Posted on May 18, 2021 Written by Melissa Bean Sterzick During the past year, food has been one of the most unifying aspects of the pandemic. People tried making sourdough bread, grocery shopping habits changed, people ate ... Read More Urinary Incontinence and Aging Posted on May 18, 2021 Written by Melissa Bean Sterzick Incontinence might seem like an inconvenient and inevitable side effect of aging, but it is treatable for both men and women. With more than 40% of women over age 65 ... Read More 10 Simple Steps to a More Organized Home Posted on May 18, 2021 Written by Jill Biggins Gerbracht Due to varied stay-at-home orders resulting from COVID-19, we’ve all spent a lot more time at home over the past year … and, well, things have likely ... Read More 10 Red-Hot COVID-19 Scams Older Adults Should Know About Posted on May 18, 2021 With the demand for COVID-19 vaccines continuing to outpace supply, the market is ripe for scammers seeking new ways to steal money and personal information from older Americans. Fake COVID-19 test ... Read More The COVID-19 Vaccine Experience Posted on May 17, 2021 Just over a year ago when COVID-19 first came on the horizon, most of us didn’t have a clue about what to expect. As the pandemic progressed and we encountered lockdowns and mask mandates, the ... Read More Alcohol Use, Abuse And Dependence In The Senior Population Posted on May 17, 2021 Written by Moe Gelbart, PhD, Executive Director, Thelma McMillen Recovery Center Director, Behavioral Health Alcohol issues among seniors are often misunderstood and under-recognized and can sometimes ... Read More Feet, Don't Fail Me Now Posted on May 17, 2021 Torrance Memorial foot specialists can help keep you moving, pain-free. Written by John Ferrari Our feet and ankles support us all day long—from the moment we step out of bed until the end of ... Read More Respiratory Care Practitioners: Keeping Torrance Memorial Breathing Safely Posted on Apr 2, 2021 Written by John Ferrari | Photo by Vincent Rios Breathing is the simplest thing in the world … until it isn’t. That’s why Torrance Memorial’s Respiratory Therapy Department ... Read More Savoring the Journey Posted on Apr 2, 2021 Hospice chaplain Tenzin Kiyosaki helps patients appreciate their lives while finding satisfaction in her own. Written by Nancy Sokoler Steiner | Photo by Vincent Rios She started her days at 3:30 ... Read More World-Class Neurosciences Care Right Here in the South Bay Posted on Apr 2, 2021 Written by Michelle Abt Neurological conditions are among the most complex to diagnose and treat. The neurologists, neurosurgeons and neurointerventionists at the Torrance Memorial Lundquist ... Read More Lundquist Neurosciences Institute Posted on Apr 2, 2021 Torrance Memorial’s Lundquist Neurosciences Institute in partnership with Cedars-Sinai offers world-class neurological services, right here in the South Bay community. Expert neurologists and ... Read More Torrance Memorial Acquires Philips IQon Elite Spectral CT Scan Posted on Mar 25, 2021 Torrance Memorial Utilizes Advanced Technology for confident diagnosis in the first scan with advanced computerized tomography (CT) TORRANCE, Calif., March 25, 2021 – Torrance Memorial is ... Read More Technology Through the Years Posted on Mar 23, 2021 Torrance Memorial Medical Center, originally named The Jared Sidney Torrance Hospital, admitted its first patient on May 17, 1925. Mr. Torrance, the city of Torrance’s founder, recognized early ... Read More Growing Connections Posted on Mar 22, 2021 Barry and Kathy Fisher Nourish the Community Through Their Market GROW. Written by Nancy Sokoler Steiner | Photographed by Michael Neveux Two weeks after opening GROW market in Manhattan Beach, Barry ... Read More Better Together Posted on Mar 22, 2021 How our schools, teachers and students are creating community to battle COVID-19 fatigue. Written by Laura Roe Stevens Traditionally, schools focus on academics more than social, emotional and ... Read More 332 results found. Viewing page 1 of 14. Go to page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next