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UT San Diego Previews In Concert for Cancer with Trombone Shorty

UT San Diego pop music critic George Varga profiled Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews on June 13, in anticipation of Andrews’ headliner performance at the June 17 In Concert for Cancer. Tickets are still available for the show, which will celebrate cancer survivorship and will take ...
- Thursday, June 13th, 2013
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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Scripps Offers Perspective to Angelina Jolie's Preventive Double Mastectomy

Scripps Clinic medical oncologist Marin Xavier, M.D., appeared on the KUSI Morning News May 14 to offer perspective into Angelina Jolie’s recent preventive double mastectomy. For women who carry the BRCA1 gene, risk reduction mastectomies decrease the risk of breast cancer by approximately 90 ...
- Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
- Scripps Clinic
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Scripps Encinitas Kicks off 50th Anniversary Celebration

Caregivers, patients and community leaders gathered May 3 to kick off a yearlong celebration marking the 50th anniversary of Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. San Diego 6 News was among the media outlets who came out to cover the festivities. As seen on San Diego 6 News.
- Monday, May 13th, 2013
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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UT San Diego Calls Out Scripps as Hospice’s White Knight

Hospice Hospital Now a Part of Scripps Health Thanks to U-T San Diego for calling Scripps a white knight for hospice in their recent editorial. We began our work in hospice because we were committed to ensuring continuity of care for hundreds of hospice patients in our community. And we will be able ...
- Friday, May 10th, 2013
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Scripps CEO Nominated for "Most Influential People in Healthcare" List

In a nod to Scripps Health’s leadership role in the health care industry, President and CEO Chris Van Gorder has been nominated for a national listing of the most influential people in health care, which recognizes his role as an innovator in a fast-changing environment. It’s familiar ...
- Thursday, May 9th, 2013