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  Top 10 Online Health Search Terms for 2010

  Maternal health was the top health issue that Internet users in San Diego searched for in 2010, according to an analysis of visitors to Scripps.org, the website of the Scripps Health system. “New and expectant parents are doing more research online than ever,” said Polly King, a nurse ...

  • Monday, December 20th, 2010
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

• Patient Stories

  Charitable Surgery Restores Local Decorator to Health for Holidays

  A local woman who is recovering from a dire medical condition that struck last summer is now recovering and using her professional decorating skills to brighten the holidays for San Diego County residents. Shirley Rogers of Tierrasanta recently underwent surgery to repair two breast cancer ...

  • Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

• Scripps in the News

  Scripps Announces Plan to Build Regional Medical Campus

  On Nov. 17, Scripps Health announced plans to expand Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla into a regional medical campus. The plans will include three new hospital towers, medical offices, research and graduate medical education facilities and an outpatient pavilion. Ground breaking on the first tower ...

  • Monday, November 22nd, 2010
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Mercy Hospital

• News Releases

  Scripps Unveils 25-Year Master Plan to Create Comprehensive Regional Medical Campus in La Jolla

  Building on its 86-year legacy of evolving to serve changing patient needs by providing the medical care of the future, Scripps today unveiled a 25-year master plan that will rebuild Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla to meet the region’s health care needs for the rest of the 21st Century. “We are ...

  • Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Mercy Hospital

• News Releases

  Scripps Health Announces Bold Restructuring Plan in Response to Health Care Reform

  San Diego – In a move to successfully meet the significant and unexpectedly swift financial challenges posed by health care reform, Scripps Health has implemented an innovative management restructuring model aimed at cutting costs, improving patient care and preserving jobs. The nonprofit health ...

  • Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Coastal Medical Center, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

• Scripps in the News

  Parent Connection Offers Networking for San Diego Parents

  The Parent Connection, sponsored by Scripps, offers parents throughout San Diego a chance to connect and share ideas. Featured on San Diego’s KSWB, the news clip offers advice for parents on how to get involved in parenting groups. Watch the video

  • Friday, October 15th, 2010
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Mercy Hospital

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  Parent Connection Swap Meet Attracts Local Families

  Five t-shirts, three pairs of shorts, Lincoln logs, two Sesame Street DVDs, and a stroller to carry them off — all for $20. That’s the kind of deal that makes the bi-yearly Parent Connection Swap Meet a highly anticipated Fall events. Parents looking for bargains will converge on Canyon Crest ...

  • Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Mercy Hospital

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  Circle of Life 100 Celebration: Wine, Women & Shoes Raises $100,000 to Benefit Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

  San Diego – Amidst shopping for stunning fashion and sipping fine wines, guests at the Circle of Life 100 Celebration: Wine, Women & Shoes helped raise more than $100,000 on Sept. 16, 2010, to support women’s diagnostic imaging technology at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. The event was ...

  • Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

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  Scripps Health to Partner on First Nationwide Prescription Drug Take Back Day

  Scripps Health will host four drop-off locations in San Diego County during the first nationwide prescription drug take back day. On Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., personnel will be available to accept unused prescription drugs from people who want to

  • Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
  • Scripps Coastal Medical Center Carlsbad , Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Mercy Hospital

• Patient Stories

  Carlsbad Author Recovers from Paralyzing Bike Injury

  One year ago, Carlsbad resident John Miksa, an author and avid cyclist, was paralyzed from the neck down in a cycling accident. Paramedics transferred him by helicopter to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where emergency surgery saved his life. Twenty-one days later, he walked out of Scripps ...

  • Friday, August 27th, 2010
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas