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Scripps Announces Arrival of San Diego’s First 3-D Mammography Technology
May 1, 2012 - News, Scripps Memorial Hospital EncinitasEncinitas, Calif. – San Diegans now have access to a new, highly advanced breast cancer diagnostic tool that improves the clarity and reliability of test results, with Scripps Health’s recent acquisition of 3-D digital breast tomosynthesis technology. Scripps recently began using the software with patients at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas and plans to expand it to more of its facilities. ... Read More
La Jolla Radiology Medical Group Joins Scripps
December 1, 2011 - News, Scripps ClinicScripps Health announced today that the 27 physicians of the highly regarded La Jolla Radiology Medical Group are joining Scripps Clinic Medical Group in a deal completed today to offer comprehensive radiology services at Scripps facilities across the reg Read More
New Scripps Study First to Validate Usefulness of Pocket Ultrasound
July 5, 2011 - NewsSan Diego – Nearly 200 years after the introduction of the stethoscope, the accuracy of a pocket ultrasound device that enables a physician to “look” at a patient’s heart during routine physical exams has been validated for the first time in peer-reviewed research led by Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) and Scripps Health. Roughly the size of a smartphone, the Vscan pocket ultraso... Read More
Scripps Cardiologist Believes MRIs are Safe for Patients with Pacemakers
March 18, 2011 - Scripps in the News, Scripps ClinicA story in the Mar. 6, 2011 San Diego Union-Tribune discusses the safety of MRI for patients with pacemakers. Scripps Clinic cardiologist Dr. Robert Russo believes that carefully-controlled MRIs can be done on patients with pacemakers and he’s launched a clinical study to test his theory. If he’s correct, his study could have widespread impact since an estimated 50-75 percent of people with pac... Read More
Circle of Life 100 Celebration: Wine, Women & Shoes Puts Best Foot Forward to Benefit Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
August 11, 2010 - News, Scripps Memorial Hospital EncinitasPairing fabulous fashion and exquisite wine, the Sixth Annual Circle of Life 100 Celebration: Wine, Women & Shoes, will be held on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, from 4 to 8 p.m. The luxurious night out will benefit advanced women’s diagnostic imaging technology at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, which is vital to the detection of breast cancer. Guests will enjoy wine and food tastings while sh... Read More
Imaging Scans at Scripps La Jolla Used to Learn More About Mummies
June 7, 2010 - Scripps in the News, Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaScientists at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla were able to glimpse into the past thanks to the use of modern technology. In a recent article in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the imaging department from Scripps La Jolla used CT and MRI scans to learn more about the lives and deaths of four Peruvian mummies that were on display at the San Diego Museum of Man. Read Scientists Peer into Past Live... Read More
Circle of Life 100 to Honor Marilyn Stark
June 1, 2010 - News, Scripps Memorial Hospital EncinitasIn honor of her dedication and service to Circle of Life 100 and Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Marilyn Stark will be awarded the 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award at a special luncheon on Thursday, June 24, 2010. As founder and first chair of Circle of Life 100, Marilyn has played a major role in developing the service organization into a leading advocate for health education and phil... Read More
Scripps Supports Existing ‘Gold Standard’ Guidelines for Screening Mammograms
November 25, 2009 - News, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Scripps Clinic, Scripps Coastal Medical CenterSAN DIEGO – After extensive review of the proposed guidelines for breast cancer screening set forth by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on Nov. 17, 2009, the Scripps Breast Cancer Task Force recommends that women continue to follow the same “gold standard” screening mammography guidelines supported by the American Cancer Society, the American College of Radiologists and the Amer... Read More
Scripps Green Hospital Offers New Breast Imaging Tool
May 15, 2009 - Patient Stories, Scripps ClinicWhen San Diego resident Joan B. was diagnosed with breast cancer, the news didn’t come as a surprise. In her mammoth family of 14, cancer had become common. Three brothers had prostate cancer. Joan, a then 48-year-old registered nurse, was the third of five sisters who eventually received a breast cancer diagnosis. She had become next in a line of siblings forced to fight the disease, and she d... Read More
Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital Host 2005 Renaissance Ball
March 14, 2005 - News, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps ClinicThe 2005 Renaissance Ball continues its tradition of elegance with a memorable evening planned for Saturday, April 2 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine with the theme, Ahhh….Firenze! Honorary Chairs for this year’s gala are Carol and Martin Dickinson and Barbara and Terence Gooding, Ph.D., of Rancho Santa Fe and chairing the event are Karen Gabasch, Nan Pratt and Eunice Williams all of L... Read More