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Scripps in the News | June 1, 2018

Scripps Trauma Patient To Race in Rock 'n' Roll Marathon

Scripps La Jolla, 2017 Truven Top 100 Hospitals
A local woman who was treated by a Scripps trauma surgeon last year will compete in the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon using a hand cycle wheelchair.
Health and Wellness | June 1, 2018

5 Summer Activities For The Whole Family

A family of four enjoys a brisk walk on a sunny day, one of many summer activities recommended for the whole family.
Getting outside with the entire family during summer vacation can be fun and inexpensive with these five easy activities.
Health and Wellness | June 1, 2018

Summer Travel Tips You Need for Good Health

A suitcase is packed and ready to accompany a young traveler on her fun, safe and healthy vacation.
Get a packing list and find out what you can do to limit health hazards when traveling abroad.
Health and Wellness | June 1, 2018

Which Weight Loss Strategies Really Work?

A measurement tape wraps around a green apple and salad bowl, representing weight loss truths and myths.
A Scripps endocrinologist and nationally renowned weight loss expert explains what works and what doesn't when it comes to weight loss.
Health and Wellness | June 1, 2018

Soba Noodle Salad Recipe

A dish of soba noodles with shredded carrots, asparagus tips, green onions, black sesame seeds and peanut sauce.
Soba noodles will never be the same. Get the step-by-step instructions to transform simple noodles into a savory meal.
Health and Wellness | June 1, 2018

Save Your Skin From the Summer Sun

A young man and a young woman, both wearing sunglasses, one holding a wide-brimmed hat and another holding one, enjoying the summer sun while protecting themselves against skin cancer.
From the strength of sunscreen to cancer screening, Scripps offers tips to stay safe while enjoying the sun and preventing skin cancer.
News Releases | May 30, 2018

Scripps Invests $398 Million into Community Benefits in Region

A diabetes educator at Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute teaches patients how to help manage diabetes.
Scripps Health, a nonprofit health system, invested $398 million into community benefit programs in San Diego County during fiscal year 2017,
Health and Wellness | May 29, 2018

LVADs, Pacemakers and How One Woman Is Thriving After a Heart Transplant (podcast)

A heart failure patient holds an LVAD device that has been implanted to keep the patient's heart functioning while a new heart becomes available for a heart transplant.
Heart failure patient Darla Calvet and cardiologist Thomas Heywood discuss how the LVAD helped keep her heart working while she waited for a heart transplant.
News Releases | May 25, 2018

All Scripps Hospitals Recognized for Excellent Stroke Care

A female doctor explains the results of a CT scan with a stroke patient.
All five Scripps Health hospital campuses earned AHA/ASA Gold Plus Quality Achievement Awards for meeting high treatment standards for stroke treatment.
Health and Wellness | May 22, 2018

LVAD Buys Time, Saves Lives When Heart Failure Strikes (video)

Cardiologist Thomas Heywood, MD, and patient Darla Calvet sat down with San Diego Health host Susan Taylor to discuss how Calvet overcame heart failure with help from a heart device known as LVAD.
A heart device known as LVAD helped keep Scripps patient Darla Calvet alive while she waited for a heart transplant to overcome her heart failure condition.