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Scripps in the News
The Savvy Patient - Healthy Pregnancy Equals a Healthy Baby
In this week’s “Savvy Patient” column in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Dana M. Shipp, M.D, provides valuable tips to help ensure a healthy pregnancy. Preparing for a baby’s arrival is important — but charting a course for mom’s health during pregnancy is even more vital. Here are some tips for ...
- Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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U.S. News & World Report Names Scripps Physicians to Top Doctors List
LA JOLLA, Calif. – U.S. News & World Report has named 36 physicians from Scripps Health as “Top Doctors.” Of the top-ranked doctors at Scripps, U.S. News identified 19 physicians as being in the top one percent in the nation in their respective specialties. “We are proud of all of ...
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Circle of Life 100 Celebration: Wine, Women & Shoes Benefit Set for Sept. 8
San Diego – Showcasing fabulous fashion and exquisite wines, the Circle of Life 100 Celebration: Wine, Women & Shoes will be held Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, from 3 to 7 p.m., at a private estate in Rancho Santa Fe. Event proceeds from the luxurious evening will fund the purchase of the most ...
- Thursday, July 7th, 2011
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Scripps Receives NIH Grant to Research Root Cause of Heart Attack
Researchers looking to find a root cause for heart attacks and coronary artery disease will now begin using a novel investigative approach that borders on science fiction as they work toward the holy grail of American medicine: preventing the nation’s No. 1 killer. The National Institutes of Health ...
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Patient Stories
Scripps Returns Teacher to Head of Class
Imagine suffering a head injury so severe, you couldn’t find your way to familiar places or follow a simple recipe. Then imagine being told by doctors that your injury had healed and you were fine. This was reality for Ticia Bracher, a 46-year-old special education teacher from La Mesa, Calif. In ...
- Monday, June 27th, 2011
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Scripps in the News
The Savvy Patient - Introducing the Hospitalist
In this week’s “Savvy Patient” column in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Scripps Health’s Bruce Covner, MD, introduces readers to a critical player on the inpatient care team: the hospitalist. Hospitalists are physicians who focus exclusively on caring for hospitalized patients. About 58 percent ...
- Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Wellness
Symptoms and Consequences of Sports-Related Concussions
Anyone who doubts that baseball is a contact sport will likely reconsider after watching Padres catcher Nick Hundley in action. “The risk of injuries in baseball is a fact of life, especially behind home plate with all the foul tips and backswings we get,” Hundley says. “And injuries to the head are ...
- Friday, June 10th, 2011
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Mercy Hospital
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Scripps Tips - June 2011
San Diegan to Celebrate 20 Years of Survival from Terminal Cancer at 20th Annual Cancer Survivor’s Day June 12 Just more than 20 years ago, San Diegan Lawrence Bartlett was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma – and doctors expected him to survive only a matter of weeks. On June 12, he’ll share his ...
- Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Scripps in the News
Expanding Cancer Services at Scripps to Be Most Advanced in Region
San Diego ABC affiliate Channel 10 covered the groundbreaking ceremonies May 24 for the Scripps Radiation Therapy Center, which will feature one of the world’s most advanced technologies for treating cancer. Construction is also under way on the Scripps Proton Therapy Center in Mira Mesa, ...
- Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Scripps Clinic
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News
How the Padres Manager Keeps Himself in Playing Shape
Padres manager Bud Black’s 2010 National League Manager of the Year honor is based largely on his strategic approach to the game. Black, 53, is pretty savvy when it comes to managing his health, too. How does he keep himself in playing shape, some 15 years after his last appearance as a Big ...