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News Releases | February 12, 2015

Program Nominated to Test New Wireless Approach for Ebola Care

Scripps Translational Science Institute will lead the STAMP2 program to improve Ebola patient care and increase safety for health care workers.
News Releases | February 3, 2015

Scripps Offers New Treatment for Peripheral Artery Disease

A patient at Scripps Green Hospital became the first in California to receive a new drug-coated balloon to treat peripheral artery disease.
News Releases | January 29, 2015

Scripps Hospice Physician Holly Yang, MD, Named to National Leaders List

Dr. Holly Yang has been named to a national list of inspirational leaders in hospice and palliative medicine under the age of 40.
News Releases | January 12, 2015

Cardiac Specialists Recommend Donor Heart Allocation Changes

More than 76,000 patients receive their cardiovascular care from Scripps annually, making Scripps San Diego County’s largest heart care provider and the only one in the region consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best in the country.
A group of leading heart specialists has proposed new guidelines for how donor hearts are matched to patients awaiting transplant.
News Releases | January 11, 2015

Scripps Doctors Are First in County to Implant Wireless Heart Failure Monitor Post FDA Approval

Scripps striving to provide the best treatment available and improve outcomes for our heart failure patients. The wireless sensor implants are an extension of Scripps’ leadership in heart care and research at the Prebys Cardiovascular Institute.
A heart failure patient at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla became the first in San Diego to receive a new mini wireless sensor in their heart.
News Releases | January 8, 2015

Scripps Hospitals Restrict Visitation to Protect Against the Flu

Scripps takes proactive action to help reduce flu incidents.
To protect patients and staff from the flu, Scripps Health is putting in place interim visitor restrictions at its five San Diego County hospital campuses.
News Releases | December 30, 2014

Scripps Health Offers Tips As Flu Cases Rise in San Diego County

Scripps Health is reminding local residents of some basic tips for keeping influenza at bay and dealing with the illness if it strikes.
With cases of seasonal flu rising quickly across San Diego County, Scripps Health is reminding local residents of some basic tips for keeping influenza at bay.
News Releases | December 10, 2014

Scripps Researcher Kelly Bethel, MD, Named Editor of New Cancer Journal

Scripps Clinic pathologist and researcher Kelly Bethel, MD, has been selected as a founding editor of Convergence Science Physical Oncology.
News Releases | December 9, 2014

Scripps Study Uses DNA to Solve Mystery of Sudden Unexplained Death

Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) has launched a clinical trial, the Molecular Autopsy Study. Researchers conducting the study hope that DNA sequencing can, for the first time, determine the root cause of sudden unexpected death in many families.
Scripps Translational Science Institute researchers are using genetic testing to uncover the causes of sudden unexplained death related to heart failure.
News Releases | December 2, 2014

Scripps to Provide Prostate Cancer Screenings at Baseball Winter Meetings

Scripps Health to provide free prostate cancer screenings at upcoming Baseball Winter Meetings in San Diego.
Ed Randall’s Fans for the Cure collaborates with Scripps Health to provide free prostate cancer screenings at the Baseball Winter Meetings in San Diego.