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Dr. Saima Lodhi is an internal medicine physician at Scripps Coastal Medical Center Hillcrest with a special interest in travel medicine.
Health and Wellness | April 30, 2019

Travel Health Tips for Your Next Trip Abroad (podcast)

A travel medicine expert advises people planning to travel abroad how to better prepare for a visit to a foreign country, including how to avoid illness.
Dr. Saima Lodhi, internal medicine, travel medicine, and San Diego Health host Susan Taylor.
Health and Wellness | April 23, 2019

Tips for Safe and Healthy Travel Abroad (video)

Planning to do any international travel? Saima Lodhi, MD, an internal medicine physician at Scripps Coastal Medical Center, offers tips to help prevent...
Rosemary Van Gorder, Jill Sandman, Susan Taylor and pet therapy dogs Amber and JoJo, discuss the benefits of pet therapy team volunteers on San Diego Health podcast.
Health and Wellness | April 16, 2019

How Pet Therapy Volunteers Help Patients Heal (podcast)

Jill Sandman, manager of volunteer services at Scripps, and Rosemary Van Gorder, a longtime Scripps pet therapy volunteer, discuss the benefits of volunteering.
An eye doctor, either ophthalmologist or optometrist, performs an eye examination.
Health and Wellness | April 11, 2019

What Are The Most Common Eye Diseases? (video)

K. Victor Zablit, MD, an ophthalmologist at Scripps Clinic, discusses common eye issues, including cataracts and glaucoma.
Rosemary Van Gorder and her dog Amber; Jill Sandman and JoJo, and San Diego Health Host Susan Taylor discussing the benefits of pet therapy.
Health and Wellness | April 9, 2019

How Pet Therapy Volunteers Benefit Patients (video)

Pet therapy volunteers can play a significant role in a patient's healing process. At Scripps, dog volunteers and their handlers help hospital patients feel...
Health and Wellness | April 3, 2019

What Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)? (video)

Gauree Konijeti, a gastroenterologist, discusses the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease, how it can lead to colon cancer and when to see your physician.
Dr. Russell Zane, family medicine physician at Scripps Coastal Medical Center, featured in San Diego Health podcast.
Health and Wellness | April 2, 2019

How to Choose a Primary Care Physician, What’s a Primary Care Provider Team? (podcast)

A Scripps expert explains the different types of primary care physicians, their role in a primary care provider team and how this improves access to care.
Dr. Russell Zane, primary care, and San Diego Health Host Susan Taylor discussing the different types of primary care physicians and what makes an effective primary care provider team.
Health and Wellness | March 25, 2019

What Is a Primary Care Provider? (video)

Dr. Russell Zane, family medicine, explains the different types of primary care physicians and the benefits of an effective primary care provider team.
Image of Ask the Expert Cold Vs. Flu video
Health and Wellness | March 14, 2019

What Is the Difference Between a Cold and the Flu? (video)

A cold and the flu are respiratory illnesses with different symptoms. Vivian Tran, MD, a primary care physician at Scripps, explains the difference and...
Health and Wellness | March 7, 2019

What Can GERD Do To You? (video)

Franklin Tsai, MD, a gastroenterologist at Scripps Clinic, discusses GERD, a common digestive disease, its symptoms and treatments.