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• Health and Wellness

  Healthy Ways to Lose Weight for Special Occasions

  You have an event coming up — wedding, reunion, a trip to Maui — so naturally you want to look your best. You may have put on a couple of pounds over the past few months — or years. Now, you want them gone. But you may not have the luxury of time. So what’s the best way to get back to your ideal ...

  • Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
  • Scripps Clinic, Scripps Coastal Medical Center

• Health and Wellness

  Can Poor Sleep Cause Weight Gain?

  Good rest is fundamental to good health on all levels. Sleep is the body’s opportunity to recharge, repair damage and prepare for the coming day. Without it, our bodies fall out of sync. And our health — including our metabolic health — can be at risk. Poor sleep equals weight gain There have been a ...

  • Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
  • Scripps Clinic, Scripps Coastal Medical Center

• Health and Wellness

  Why It's So Hard to Maintain Weight Loss

  Losing weight is hard work. It throws us off our routine, forces us into choices we don’t want to make and can sometimes be a little uncomfortable. But the reward is seeing the numbers drop on the scale until we finally achieve that ideal weight. Weight loss challenges Then what? We have to maintain ...

  • Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
  • Scripps Clinic, Scripps Coastal Medical Center

• Health and Wellness

  How Can I Convince My Kids to Eat Healthier?

  We’ve seen it happen a thousand times: a child moving food around the plate, but not into his or her mouth. Enthusiasm for the meal continues to diminish, as they slouch lower in the chair, claim to be full and excuse themselves from the table. But 30 minutes later, they’re starving and requesting a ...

  • Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
  • Scripps Clinic, Scripps Coastal Medical Center

• News Releases

  Scripps Enters Exclusive Talks for El Centro Regional Medical Center Affliation

  The City of El Centro today announced the execution of an exclusive negotiating agreement with Scripps Health, a private, nonprofit health system in San Diego, California. This 90-day agreement begins exclusive negotiations for the possible acquisition and management of El Centro Regional Medical ...

  • Monday, November 4th, 2013

• Health and Wellness

  Is it Safe to Travel with a Newborn?

  Traveling can be challenging under the best circumstances, and traveling with an infant only increases that difficulty. But even before you start considering the logistics of going from point A to point B, I recommend waiting until your child is at least 3 months old before going on a trip — ...

  • Thursday, October 31st, 2013
  • Scripps Mercy Hospital, Scripps Coastal Medical Center

• News Releases

  Scripps Hospitals Ranked as ‘Top Performer on Key Quality Measures’ Recognition from The Joint Commission

  Scripps Health today was named Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. Scripps was recognized by The Joint Commission for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes shown to improve care in ...

  • Wednesday, October 30th, 2013

• Scripps in the News

  Scripps Physicians Make Case for Mobile Health in JAMA Article

  Wireless technology has the potential to transform health care by improving patient outcomes and lowering costs, but the path to that future remains uncertain, wrote three Scripps Clinic physicians in guest column in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). “There is substantial ...

  • Thursday, October 24th, 2013

• News Releases

  Two-level Artificial Disc Replacement Offers Increased Mobility over Spinal Fusion

  Scripps neurosurgeon Frank Coufal, M.D., is the first in San Diego to perform a newly approved two-level artificial disc replacement surgery for the treatment of cervical spinal degenerative disc disease. An alternative to spinal fusion, the procedure was

  • Thursday, October 24th, 2013
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

• News Releases

  Scripps and Kaiser Physicians First in San Diego to Study Dissolvable Stent

  For the past two decades, physicians have routinely used tiny metal stents to open up the blood vessels of patients suffering from a mild coronary blockage. These devices become permanent fixtures in the patients’ hearts and a forever reminder of their mortality. But now cardiologists at Scripps ...

  • Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
  • Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla