Tag: Sharp Grossmont Hospital
By Scott Evans, CEO, Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Barry M. Jantz, CEO Grossmont Healthcare District
It was after a 10,000-mile return flight from Africa, when Lakeside resident and celebrity wildlife conservationist Joan Embery arrived at Sharp Grossmont Hospital’s emergency department. She was on safari with her husband Duane Pillsbury when her face began to droop. Medics abroad diagnosed her...
Living with heart failure often means following careful advice from your doctor, including a heart-healthy, low-salt diet. Judd Canepari, executive chef for Sharp Grossmont Hospital, offers these low-sodium recipes to keep both your heart and taste buds happy.
Broccoli and Cranberry Salad
Yields 6 servings
Broccoli salad is usually drowning in a creamy, often very sweet dressing, and studded with a half-pound...
In a single day, you can likely find at least 10 different articles on the same health topic, all claiming to know the “best” diets or the “healthiest” foods. Without being a nutrition expert, it can be difficult to navigate the volume of nutrition information at our fingertips. Even experts have to weed through to separate valid and reliable...
On June 28 the County of San Diego reported 12,334 positive COVID-19 tests, 1,747 hospitalizations, with 479 in intensive care units and 361 deaths in the county after the highest total of daily positive test in the county to date.
Chief Medical Officer Nancy Greengold, MD, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, said over the past week, Sharp Grossmont has seen an increase...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that almost 7,700 people over age 65 were killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2017 alone, and more than 257,000 experienced serious injury. Furthermore, drivers over 75 have higher crash death rates than middle-aged drivers.
These crash-related deaths and injuries are not necessarily because older adults are poor drivers, but rather,...
