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  • Scripps in the News

    Scripps Emergency Training Event Featured on KPBS-FM

    Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder discusses Scripps’ involvement in a major emergency training event July 23. Scripps is partnering with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, U.S. Marines, and local police and fire officials to cooperatively pr

  • News Releases

    Scripps La Jolla Nationally Recognized for Heart Care for the Fourth Time

    LA JOLLA, CA. – Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla was recognized as a top hospital in the nation for both heart and heart surgery by U.S.News & World Report. The magazine’s latest edition is devoted to outstanding health care across the nation and selected Scripps La Jolla as one of “America’s ...

  • Health and Wellness

    Alternative Approaches to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

    Reviewed by Richard Brown, M.D., Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla You wake in the night with a painful tingling sensation in your fingers – or no sensation at all. You pick up a pencil or apply lipstick, and it falls out of your grip. Sounds familiar? Sounds like carpal tunnel syndrome. Tunnel ...

  • News Releases

    Scripps Health Earns National Honors As 2008 Top Leadership Team in Healthcare

    SAN DIEGO – Bringing a dramatic financial and cultural turnaround full circle, Scripps Health has earned national honors as the 2008 Top Leadership Team in Healthcare for large hospitals and health systems from HealthLeaders Media. Scripps has rebounded in the past eight years to post an operating ...

    • Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

  • Scripps Tips - July 2008

    A monthly list of story ideas for journalists Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla to be Focal Point of Emergency Training Event to Respond to Mock Bio-Terrorism Attack July 23 Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla will be the focal point of a training event that will link multiple public safety and law ...

    • Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

  • News

    Scripps Health Study Breaks New Ground

    SAN DIEGO – Scripps Translational Science Institute is spearheading an unprecedented international study to test a personalized drug therapy for angioplasty patients with coronary artery disease — the nation’s leading cause of death for both men and women. The GRAVITAS clinical study is ...

  • News

    Tips to Avoid Foodborne Illnesses

    By John Spinosa, M.D., Ph.D. Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla Tomatoes, ground beef, spinach and lettuce. Over the past few years, all of these foods have been associated with some type of illness—and unfortunately, you don’t know they’re not safe to eat until the nausea, cramping and other ...

  • Scripps in the News

    Running on empty?

    David Leopold, M.D., director of medical education at Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, says skipping meals can be beneficial to reducing symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and auto-immune diseases. Dr. Leopold says mini-fasts are particularly effect

    • Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

  • Health and Wellness

    A Man's Guide to Good Health

    Is Your ‘Check Engine’ Light On? The nice thing about your car is that it tells you when it’s at risk for trouble. So does your body, but you have to pay attention to the clues. Are you feeling fatigued and adding inches around the middle? Your bathroom scale will display your weight, maybe even ...

    • Monday, June 23rd, 2008

  • News Releases

    Scripps Health Devotes $249.3 Million to Community Benefit Programs in Fiscal Year 2007

    SAN DIEGO – Scripps Health devoted $249.3 million to local community benefit programs and services during fiscal year 2007, according to the non-profit health system’s recently released . While the largest portion of its community benefit efforts went toward uncompensated care, Scripps also ...

    • Monday, June 23rd, 2008