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Patient Stories
How Do Padres Keep Fit for the Long Haul?
At 162 games, Major League Baseball has the longest regular season in pro sports. How do Padres players stay strong for the long haul? Chris Denorfia (outfield): “I’ve started to get into an anti-inflammatory diet, which focuses on things that are better for your body. More fish and ...
- Thursday, June 20th, 2013
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Scripps in the News
Scripps Health's Eric Topol Recognized As Leader On the Web
Eric Topol, M.D., has been a fast-rising star on the Internet. He has amassed nearly 24,000 followers on Twitter at @EricTopol, adding 6,500 new ones just in the past three months. His video interviews generate huge numbers of hits. And he scores a 68 on Klout, the analytics tool that ranks users ...
- Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
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Health and Wellness Tips
How Common is Corrective Breast Augmentation Surgery?
Breast augmentation is a very common procedure that produces very good results with high patient satisfaction. Nonetheless on few instances, there can be issues. Very rarely, patients are not immediately satisfied with their initial results and may opt for a revision. The implants may be ...
- Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
- Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Scripps Honored by AARP as a Top Place to Work for People Over Age 50
Scripps Health is one of the top places to work for people over age 50, placing second in a list of 50 employers, according to the national rankings released by AARP today. National Institutes of Health (NIH) received top ranking. Included on the top 50 list every year that the award has been given ...
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Scripps in the News
Scripps Clinic's Dr. Paul Stricker Featured on ABC's Nightline
Pediatric sports medicine specialist Dr. Paul Stricker was interviewed by ABC’s Nightline for a recent story about children’s involvement in mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions. Dr. Stricker says he sees a number of injuries among his patients who compete in MMA, including ...
- Monday, June 17th, 2013
- Scripps Clinic
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Scripps in the News
Your Aging Eyesight
If you’re around age 40 and have noticed that you need to hold small print father and farther away in order to read it clearly, it is not just your imagination —nor are your arms shorter than they used to be. After age 35, everybody starts to develop a type of age-related vision disorder called ...
- Thursday, June 13th, 2013
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Wellness
What's Behind the Increase in Childhood Allergies?
Hand sanitizers and household cleaners have changed the way we prevent the spread of germs. But in the quest to avoid the common cold, are we priming younger generations to develop allergies? “That’s the million dollar question and what has sparked what we call the hygiene hypothesis,” ...
- Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
- Scripps Clinic
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Wellness
Substance Use: Is Your Teen in Trouble?
With the end of the school year and the beginning of three months of summer, some parents may find themselves sharing a home with a high school or college student they barely recognize. While the teen years themselves are typically considered a time of rebellion, rejection of authority and ...
- Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
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Wellness
Genetic Testing for Cancer: Is it Right for You?
When Hollywood star Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times op-ed that she chose to undergo a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of getting cancer, the actress sparked a national dialog about genetic testing. Jolie carried a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases the ...
- Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
- Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital
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Wellness
The Benefits of Going Vegan
If you enjoy eating a bowl of oatmeal topped with fresh blueberries in the morning or a crisp vegetable salad topped with nuts, beans, and balsamic vinaigrette for lunch or dinner, you’ve already experimented with “going vegan”—at least for one meal. Vegan diets exclude meat, eggs, dairy ...
- Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
- Scripps Clinic, Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine