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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.
Scripps in the News | May 22, 2018

Scripps Neurologist Hails New Drug For Migraine Treatment

Jack Schim, MD, a Scripps neurologist, discusses a new FDA-approved drug to treat migraine headaches with KUSI anchor Lauren Phinney.
Scripps neurologist Jack Schim, MD, recently discussed the benefits of a newly FDA-approved drug that treats migraines with local news media.
News Releases | May 18, 2018

Scripps Enrolls First Local Patient for Heart Failure Device Trial

The interatrial shunt device is an experimental device designed to relieve symptoms from heart failure.
Scripps enrolled the first local patient in an international clinical trial of an interatrial shunt device designed to relieve heart failure symptoms.
Scripps in the News | May 17, 2018

Trauma Expert Raises Awareness About Preventable Injuries

Imad Dandan, MD, a trauma surgeon at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, discussed injury prevention during a May Trauma Awareness news segment on KUSI. Scripps La Jolla is scheduled to host the Fifth Annual Trauma Awareness on Saturday, May 19.
Imad Dandan, MD, a trauma surgeon at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, recently went on KUSI to raise awareness about preventable injuries.
Health and Wellness | May 15, 2018

Protecting Women’s Health in Their 30s, 40s and 50s

Three multi-generational women looking and feeling healthy.
Women’s health needs are ever changing. Learn ways to stay healthy in your 30s, 40s and 50s by staying of top of your health exams.
Health and Wellness | May 15, 2018

How Research at Scripps Could Revolutionize Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis (podcast)

Physicians and scientists at the Scripps Clinic Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education (SCORE) are researching new solutions for osteoarthritis.
Scripps in the News | May 15, 2018

Scripps Trauma Expert Urges Caution for Bike to Work Day

Walter Biffl, MD, trauma surgeon, is interviewed by an NBC 7 reporter, urging caution this Thursday when bike enthusiasts participate in National Bike to Work Day. Dr. Biffl offered tips to prevent trauma injuries.
A Scripps trauma expert recently went on TV to urge bicycle enthusiasts to be cautious on National Bike to Work Day, offering tips to avoid trauma injuries.
Scripps in the News | May 14, 2018

Scripps Doctors Offer Insights On Pregnancy Study

A pregnant woman sits on a bed talking to her gynecologist. Photo is used to illustrate a web post on a study that found no link between taking biologics and pregnancy complications.
Scripps experts discussed a recent study that found that women who take biologics are not at risk of delivering pre-term babies.