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  • Health and Wellness Tips

    What Lifestyle Factors Increase My Chances of Getting Colorectal Cancer?

    There are a variety of risk factors for colon cancer. Some you can’t do anything about, like family history. Other factors, associated with lifestyle, can be adjusted to improve your odds. Let’s start with the risk factors you can’t alter. These include your genetics, race and age. Having an ...

  • Health and Wellness Tips

    Can Botox Help Eye Droop?

    It’s a fact of life: over time we begin to sag. One place this is most apparent is the upper eyelids, which tend to thin with age and lose elasticity. As a result, the eyelids look droopy, even sleepy, which can accentuate the appearance of aging. Not everyone is happy with this outcome, and plastic ...

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    American College of Surgeons Verifies Scripps La Jolla as Level 2 Trauma Center

    Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla has been verified as a Level 2 Trauma Center after an in-depth survey performed by the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) Verification Review Committee.

  • Patient Stories

    Scripps Helps Local DJ Press ‘Play’ Again on a Musical Life

    Music rings through every chapter of Scott Butler’s life story. He performed in a youth choir and later played trombone in high school. During college, he sang lead vocals in a rock band. And for more than a decade, he’s run a successful local DJ business. But the music suddenly went silent for ...

  • Scripps in the News

    Scripps Gemonic Medicine Director Weighs In On Angelina Jolie's Announcement

    Angelina Jolie’s revelation this week that she had undergone a double mastectomy after discovering a high genetic risk for developing breast cancer demonstrated the power of DNA testing, Scripps Health Chief Academic Officer Eric Topol told NBC Nightly News. “This is true medical ...

    • Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

  • Wellness

    Are Soft Drinks Killing You?

    It may come as no surprise that drinking a sugary soda isn’t good for you, but a new study suggests that the regular consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages could be responsible for as many as 25,000 U.S. deaths per year. Presented to the American Heart Association by the Harvard School of Public ...

  • Wellness

    Potential Hazards of Taking Antibiotics

    Antibiotic resistance is posing a major threat to public health around the world. Doctors and hospitals are now dealing with multidrug resistant infectious disease organisms that are either difficult — or impossible — to treat. In the United States, a new superbug, Carbapenem-resistant ...

  • Wellness

    The Healing Power of Music

    If you’ve ever popped a favorite CD into your car stereo during rush hour to soothe your nerves or take your mind off the long commute ahead, you’ve tapped into something music therapy professionals know: music can have real effects on body, mind and mood. In fact, it has been shown to ...

    • Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

  • Wellness

    Is Multitasking Bad for You?

    During the past few decades, the ability to work on several different things simultaneously, or “multitask,” has become a desirable skill. But is this juggling of the responsibilities for work and home really a good thing? “The truth is that in our efforts to fill every moment ...

  • Health and Wellness Tips

    Are There New Treatments for Psoriasis?

    Psoriasis is an autoimmune disorder, in which white blood cells, called T-lymphocyctes, cause inflammation on the skin and other areas. In particular, skin cells multiply too rapidly, causing a scaly plaque to grow on the skin. Some therapies are directly applied to the skin, while more systemic ...