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    Scripps Clinic Physician to Receive Cancer Society's Highest Honor

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced it will award Scripps Clinic radiation oncologist Prabhakar Tripuraneni, M.D., with its highest honor, the ASTRO Gold Medal, during ASTRO’s 55th annual meeting this September in Atlanta. ASTRO’s Gold Medal, first awarded in 1977, is ...

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    Scripps CEO Discusses Fiscal Challenges Facing Hospitals

    With hospitals across the country facing sequestration cuts and reductions in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder recently told two San Diego reporters how the health system is finding ways to reduce unnecessary costs and boost efficiency while ...

    • Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

  • Health and Wellness Tips

    What Medications Can I Use to Treat Dry, Itching Skin?

    Itchy skin can result from a wide variety of conditions. The itch may be caused by something as simple as dry skin, or result from more complex conditions, such as psoriasis, lice, scabies or dermatitis. Itch can also be a symptom of liver or kidney disease, diabetes, allergic reactions, autoimmune ...

  • Patient Stories

    Scripps Gives Hope for Heart Failure Patients

    Kjarla “KJ” Foster is no stranger to heart failure. Not only has it has taken the lives of her father, sister and two brothers, but last fall it came dangerously close to taking her life, too. The 57-year-old Oceanside resident was busy living a full and active life with her husband, George. But all ...

    • Monday, June 10th, 2013

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    Scripps Annual Report Highlights Physician Co-management Success

    At Scripps, our physicians and administrative leaders are working together to make decisions about patient care. As partners in caring, physicians and administrators are studying our clinical care lines to improve care and reduce costs. They are identifying and eliminating unnecessary variations and ...

    • Thursday, June 6th, 2013

  • Scripps in the News

    Scripps Cancer Survirors Day Previewed on KUSI-TV

    Scripps Health will host cancer survivors day celebrations at all of its hospitals in June 2013, and KUSI offered a preview on its June 6 newscast. Scripps breast cancer survivor Michelle Reyes discussed her treatment and recovery, and Dr. Carl Rossi provided a preview of the next evolution in ...

    • Thursday, June 6th, 2013

  • News Releases

    22nd Annual Spinoff: Auction for Life Raises $1.2 Million

    The 22nd Annual Spinoff: Auction for Life, “Charting the Course,” was held on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla Aventine, and raised nearly $1.2 million to support cancer programs and patient support services at Scripps Cancer Care, Stevens Division, at Scripps Memorial Hospital ...

  • Scripps in the News

    Becker's Hospital Review Article: Why Scripps Health, SCL Health Are Moving to Hospice, Home Health

    Healthcare leaders are increasingly looking at hospice and home health services as they seek to serve patients throughout the continuum of care. In February, San Diego-based Scripps Health entered the hospice market when it acquired Poway, Calif.-based Horizon Hospice. Read the full Becker’s ...

    • Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

  • Health and Wellness Tips

    What Can I Do to Improve the Look of Jowls and a Drooping Chin?

    Aging is a complicated process. As the face ages, there’s more going on than just sagging skin. The foundation of the face (the superficial muscular aponeurotic system, or SMAS, layer) loosens. At the same time, the face is also losing subcutaneous fat. Understanding these factors is important when ...

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    If I Am Legally Blind, Can Treatment Help My Age-Related Macular Degeneration?

    For people over 50, age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss. About 90 percent of macular degeneration patients have the dry form, which is caused by deposits on the macula, an area of the retina. The wet form is caused by irregular blood vessel growth. Both of these ...