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Visit our site: http://www.lluh.org to learn more. Loma Linda University (LLU) is a Seventh-day Adventist educational health-sciences institution with more than 4,400 students located in Southern California. http://www.llu.edu To contact an admin for this page, send an e-mail to socialmedia@llu.edu
01/02/2026
Looking for a simple nutrition goal to start the year strong?
🥜A recent Loma Linda University study shows that people who consume nuts, especially tree nuts such as almonds, cashews, and walnuts have a significantly lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease compared with those who rarely eat them.
This year, make it a resolution to add a handful of heart-healthy nuts to your daily routine.
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Research focused on tree nuts adds to literature illustrating importance of diet on health
01/02/2026
🫴🩸In honor of National Blood Donor Month, our East Campus location is hosting a blood drive on January 9th in the Zapara Pavillion.
What a year it's been for our Loma Linda University Health family! 🎉 As we wrap up 2025, we're reflecting on the incredible moments we've shared. From our first baby of the year to the first gene therapy treatment, every day has been a testament to our mission.
Here's to new beginnings and continued excellence in 2026! Wishing you all a joyful and Happy New Year! 🎊
🔗 Check out our year-in-review photo gallery to relive our key moments: https://bit.ly/4pVTtpZ
12/30/2025
Did you know that stomach cancer shares key risk factors with lung cancer? 🫁 Pramil Singh, DrPH, from our Cancer Center, says, "Smoking exposes the body to carcinogens that don't stop at the lungs. Those same toxins can damage the stomach lining over time, increasing the risk of stomach cancer as well."
Quitting smoking is one of the most effective ways to lower your risk for multiple cancers.
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Research has shown that people who smoke are significantly more likely to develop stomach cancer than non-smokers.
12/29/2025
What happens when your healthcare provider tells you that you have dense breast tissue? Does it mean you’re at a higher risk for breast cancer?
💡 Dense breasts have more fibroglandular tissue and less fat, which can make mammograms harder to interpret. While this can sound concerning, dense breast tissue is actually very common.
Knowing your breast density is important because it opens the door to a conversation with your healthcare provider about the screening options that are right for you. Additional imaging such as 3D mammography, ultrasound, or MRI may be recommended based on your personal risk factors.
✅ The most important takeaway: regular screenings and open communication with your provider are key to early detection. 💗
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Dense breast tissue can make it difficult to detect cancer on a mammogram, but it doesn’t make mammograms less important.
12/26/2025
Exciting news from our paleontology team! 🦕
Our researchers have discovered the world's largest known dinosaur track site in Bolivia. With over 16,600 tracks examined, this discovery is reshaping our understanding of dinosaur behavior.
🔊 You’re going to want to turn your volume up for this one 🎄
To our Loma Linda University Health family, from President Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH:
Christmas carols always take me back to my childhood in northern Idaho when our little church would go door to door singing and soliciting funds for the “poor and needy.” We called it Harvest Ingathering, which sounded about right for that time of year. There was usually snow on the ground with everyone bundled up. I can still sing most of those songs by memory.
The warm spirit that Christmas brings still lingers, and I am deeply grateful to work at Loma Linda University Health. I look each morning and evening to see that iconic star hanging on the side of the hospital and know that we are a family sharing a common commitment. While that represents a “Silent Night” long ago, today the echoes of Loma Linda University Health reverberate around the world with news of Christ’s compassion and love. Wherever our 55,000 alumni find themselves, they are part of that beacon of hope radiating out from this very special place.
Thank you for being part of our Loma Linda University Health family, as a student, staff member, faculty member, clinician, patient, or one of the many families that have been touched by our values and mission. May you find love, peace, and joy during this season of remembrance.
12/24/2025
This Christmas Eve, we celebrate one of the greatest gifts from God, his son. We pray you have a blessed day and take time to reflect on the reason for the season. 🎄
Tag a loved one. ❤️
12/23/2025
Sugar is everywhere this time of year. The season also brings extra stress, which raises cortisol levels and increases cravings for sweets, further feeding the inflammation-pain cycle of neuropathy.
Once high school sweethearts, now married physicians, Drs. Martin and Heather Hofmann share what it means to build a life, a family, and a calling together in medicine.
In this episode, they reflect on finding purpose in patient care, the grounding moments around the dinner table, and the deep appreciation they’ve grown for one another through the joys and challenges of their work.
🎧 Evening Rounds is Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Group’s video podcast, offering real conversations with the physicians behind the white coats. Season 4 of Evening Rounds is proudly sponsored by La Loma Federal Credit Union
12/19/2025
Six days until Christmas! 🎄
"But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid. I bring you good news. It will bring great joy for all the people.'"
-Luke 2:10.
12/19/2025
As a truck driver, Jose has spent his days behind a wheel with limited access to healthy foods. He was 250 pounds at his highest and faced health challenges like sleep apnea, prediabetes, and high cholesterol. When medication became only a temporary fix, he turned to Loma Linda University Health’s Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Program for a lasting change.
Within six months, Jose lost 100 pounds. But his bariatric surgery wasn’t the sole reason for his success.
Dr. Keith Scharf, director of bariatric surgery, believes education is key, not just for patients, but the community and healthcare providers.
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Loma Linda University Health is an academic medical center operating six hospitals, a physician practice corporation, remote clinics in the western United States, and affiliate organizations around the world. These medical services interact with the eight schools that make up our healthcare focused university. This mutual pursuit of excellence leads to outstanding care for our patients and great learning opportunities for our students.
Purpose
A Seventh-day Adventist institution, Loma Linda University Health is committed “to make man whole,” physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. Each day, we seek to extend the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ. More than 16,000 employees fulfill that mission through their nationally recognized quality healthcare delivery. Our internationally-respected researchers publish more than 500 peer-reviewed articles every year, uncovering new approaches to nutrition, cancer treatment, heart disease, neonatal development, stroke and brain trauma, and others.
Today
Loma Linda University Health treats more than 1.5 million outpatients every year, and serves as the only Level I trauma center for a region that covers more than 25 percent of the state of California. Patients come from around the world for our services, which include the world’s first proton unit used for cancer treatments. The groundbreaking efforts of Dr. Leonard Bailey led to the world’s very first infant heart transplants. Institutes of excellence bring together scientists, teachers and physicians, producing innovative approaches in areas including behavioral health, cancer, heart, perinatal service, rehabilitation, and transplants.
We are proud to be a recognized leader in providing the highest levels of patient care, with Loma Linda University Medical Center named a Best Hospital for 2018-19 and "high performing" in seven areas by U.S. News & World Report. The Medical Center and East Campus were also awarded an “A” for Patient Safety from the Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2018 Safety Grade.
