News

Showing 1781-1790 news of 1996 total

• News

  Governor's Health Plan: Scripps CEO Weighs In

  Gov. Schwarzenegger has successfully called attention to California’s ongoing health care crisis by proposing a comprehensive plan that calls for shared responsibility in finding a solution to our state’s broken health care system. And make no mistake, it is a broken system. Hospitals ...

  • Friday, March 2nd, 2007

• Scripps Tips- March 2007

  Scripps Physicians Available to Comment on Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) March is National DVT Awareness Month Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a condition in which a blood clot forms inside a vein, usually in the leg, blocking the flow of blood. Interfering with circulation, DVT can cause the blood ...

  • Thursday, March 1st, 2007

• Scripps in the News

  For True Health and Happiness, feed Your Emotional Heart as Well as Your Physical One

  Mimi Guarneri, M.D., cardiologist and medical director of Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, emphasizes the importance of emotional and spiritual health.

  • Thursday, March 1st, 2007

• Scripps in the News

  A Cardiologist Looks Beyond the Body to Heal

  Mimi Guarneri, M.D., cardiologist and medical director of Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, talks about how her personal health and awakening to the mind-body connection caused her to envision and develop the center.

  • Thursday, March 1st, 2007

• News

  Scripps Clinic Extends Agreement with Padres Through 2009

  Scripps Clinic has recently announced that it will maintain its partnership with the San Diego Padres as the team’s official health care provider through the 2009 season. Continuing to build upon a relationship that began in 1981, the Clinic will provide all medical services and evaluations for the ...

  • Thursday, February 15th, 2007
  • Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic

• Health and Wellness

  Getting to the Heart of Your Health

  By Matthew Lucks, M.D. It seems like every few weeks, there’s new advice about how to take care of your heart. And in some cases, advice from one expert seems to directly contradict another. Should you stick to a low-fat diet, or eat more chocolate? Should you avoid alcohol, or make it a point ...

  • Thursday, February 8th, 2007

• Scripps Tips- February 2007

  Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Threaten Health Care Safety Net San Diego’s hospitals – many already under enormous financial pressure – could find it more difficult to care for Medicare and MediCal patients if President Bush’s budget is adopted. This week, the president ...

  • Thursday, February 1st, 2007
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Mercy Hospital

• Scripps in the News

  The Fifth Vital Sign

  Robert Bonakdar, M.D., director of pain management at Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, says mind-body approaches including acupuncture, biofeedback and massage, effectively help patients manage pain.

  • Thursday, February 1st, 2007

• News

  Volunteers -- Giving from the Heart

  By Lori Kiner Volunteers are a much needed and greatly appreciated asset to many organizations across the country. People who give of their time and self to help others may range from the very young to the more mature, but they each have something in common: the desire to help others. National ...

  • Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

• News

  Advancements in Imaging Mean Faster, More Accurate Diagnosis

  By Stephen Moreland, M.D. If you’ve ever broken a bone, had a mammogram or undergone an ultrasound exam, you’ve personal experience with the role imaging can play in diagnosing health conditions that aren’t visible to the eye. Imaging enables physicians and other health care ...

  • Tuesday, January 30th, 2007