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    Join the Food Revolution this May

    Mark your calendars: There’s a revolution brewing, and on Saturday, May 19, you can get a taste of it. Food Revolution Day is the brainchild of chef, author and TV food personality Jamie Oliver, known by many as “The Naked Chef” due to the simplicity of his recipes and campaigns against processed ...

    • Thursday, April 26th, 2012

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    Scripps Participates in National Prescription Drug Take Back

    Scripps as part of the nationwide prescription drug take back day will host five drop-off locations in San Diego County. On Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., personnel will be available to accept unused prescription drugs from people who want to dispose of their medications safely and ...

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    Scripps Proton Medical Director Cites Flaws in JAMA Article Findings

    The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article today that compared three patient treatment methods for prostate cancer patients: conformal radiation therapy (CRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and proton therapy. In the JAMA article, researchers at the ...

    • Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

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    Band Over Bypass Helps Patients Who Have Regained Weight After Bariatric Surgery

    Band Over Bypass Revision Surgery Helps Patients Lose Weight—Again Singer Carnie Wilson, a founding member of pop group Wilson Phillips, has been open about her struggle with obesity for more than a decade, including a much-publicized decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery in 2000. In the years ...

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    Ten Signs Your Teen May Be Using Drugs

    Ten Signs Your Teen May Be Using Drugs You’ve caught your high school student smoking marijuana. He swears it is the first time he’s tried it, and it won’t happen again. Is this just an adolescent “rite of passage”—or something far more serious? “The drugs of choice among ...

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    Scripps Named One of the Best Companies for Employee Learning Programs

    The Elearning! Media Group has named Scripps one of the 60 best corporations in the nation for learning and development programs; ranking number five on the 2012 private sector list. Scripps was recognized two years in a row for outstanding learning performance, and was the only healthcare system ...

    • Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

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    Obesity Raises Death Risk Tied To Sleeping Pills

    Obesity appears to significantly increase the risk of death tied to sleeping pills, nearly doubling the rate of mortality even among those prescribed 18 or fewer pills in a year, researchers reported Friday. “Obesity emerged as a marker of increased vulnerability,” said Robert Langer, MD, MPH, at ...

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    Breast Care Center at Scripps Green Earns Prestigious Accreditation

    The Breast Care Center at Scripps Green Hospital has earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program of the American College of Surgeons. NAPBC accreditation is awarded only to those centers that have voluntarily committed to provide ...

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    Scripps.org is Nation’s Number Two Health System Website

    A study published in The Journal of Healthcare Management has named Scripps.org, Scripps Health’s website, number two in a rating of the top 25 health care sites in the nation. The website scored 8.3 out of 10, focusing on the end-user, or patient experience when operating the site. Only ...

    • Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

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    Scripps Study Finds Higher Death Risk With Sleeping Pills

    People are relying on sleeping pills more than ever to get a good night’s rest, but a new study by Scripps Clinic researchers links the medications to a 4.6 times higher risk of death and a significant increase in cancer cases among regular pill users. The results, published today by the open-access ...