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  • Scripps Health's Eric Topol Recognized As Leader On The Web

    Eric Topol, M.D., has been a fast-rising star on the Internet. He has amassed nearly 24,000 followers on Twitter at @EricTopol, adding 6,500 new ones just in the past three months. His video interviews generate huge numbers of hits. And he scores a 68 on Klout, the analytics tool that ranks users ...

    • Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

  • Scripps Honored by AARP as a Top Place to Work for People Over Age 50

    Scripps Health is one of the top places to work for people over age 50, placing second in a list of 50 employers, according to the national rankings released by AARP today. National Institutes of Health (NIH) received top ranking. Included on the top 50 list every year that the award has been given ...

  • Scripps Clinic's Dr. Paul Stricker featured on ABC Nightline

    Scripps Clinic sports pediatricial Dr. Paul Stricker was interviewed for ABC Nightline’s recent story on children’s involvement in mixed martial arts competitions. Dr. Stricker says he sees a number of injuries among his patients who compete in MMA, including sub-concussive trauma, which ...

  • Scripps in the News

    UT San Diego Previews In Concert for Cancer with Trombone Shorty

    UT San Diego pop music critic George Varga profiled Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews on June 13, in anticipation of Andrews’ headliner performance at the June 17 In Concert for Cancer. Tickets are still available for the show, which will celebrate cancer survivorship and will take ...

    • Thursday, June 13th, 2013

  • Scripps in the News

    Your Aging Eyesight

    If you’re around age 40 and have noticed that you need to hold small print father and farther away in order to read it clearly, it is not just your imagination —nor are your arms shorter than they used to be. After age 35, everybody starts to develop a type of age-related vision disorder called ...

    • Thursday, June 13th, 2013

  • Wellness

    What's Behind the Increase in Childhood Allergies?

    Hand sanitizers and household cleaners have changed the way we prevent the spread of germs. But in the quest to avoid the common cold, are we priming younger generations to develop allergies? “That’s the million dollar question and what has sparked what we call the hygiene hypothesis,” ...

  • Wellness

    Substance Use: Is Your Teen in Trouble?

    With the end of the school year and the beginning of three months of summer, some parents may find themselves sharing a home with a high school or college student they barely recognize. While the teen years themselves are typically considered a time of rebellion, rejection of authority and ...

  • Wellness

    Genetic Testing for Cancer: Is it Right for You?

    When Hollywood star Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times op-ed that she chose to undergo a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of getting cancer, the actress sparked a national dialog about genetic testing. Jolie carried a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases the ...

  • Wellness

    The Benefits of Going Vegan

    If you enjoy eating a bowl of oatmeal topped with fresh blueberries in the morning or a crisp vegetable salad topped with nuts, beans, and balsamic vinaigrette for lunch or dinner, you’ve already experimented with “going vegan”—at least for one meal. Vegan diets exclude meat, eggs, dairy ...

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    Scripps Clinic Physician to Receive Cancer Society's Highest Honor

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced it will award Scripps Clinic radiation oncologist Prabhakar Tripuraneni, M.D., with its highest honor, the ASTRO Gold Medal, during ASTRO’s 55th annual meeting this September in Atlanta. ASTRO’s Gold Medal, first awarded in 1977, is ...