The Tri-City Hospital Foundation will host “Fashion that Heals” on July 19 to benefit women's health programs at Tri-City Medical Center, according to a release.

BioSurplus created a new position, director of national business development, and gave the job to Dawn Hocevar.

Before long, the letter grades patrons have grown accustomed to seeing in traditional restaurant windows could be hanging from the sides of their favorite food trucks as well.

Rady Children’s Hospital will be holding a press conference Thursday to announce it has reached a $220 million fundraising goal -- six months ahead of schedule.

Running Skirts opened its doors in Encinitas eight years ago, and when the economy crashed it kept running full speed ahead.

Tri-City Medical Center has been recognized as the sixth best hospital in the nation for having one of the lowest readmission rates for heart attack patients.

Programs to promote healthy eating can substantially reduce the amount of unhealthy foods and beverages on school grounds if the programs focus on a school's specific needs and involve teachers, parents, staff, and administrators, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in BioMed Central's open access journal International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Trovagene Inc. (Nasdaq: TROV), a San Diego-based developer of trans-renal molecular diagnostics, announced Tuesday that it will be collaborating with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center on the detection of transrenal KRAS mutations in the urine of patients with pancreatic cancer.

San Diego-based LightBridge Hospice & Palliative Care supports the formation of LightBridge Medical Associates to provide palliative care consultation services for individuals facing serious and complex illness.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts etched his place in history Thursday, according to local legal scholars, when he sided with the majority to uphold the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act.

What would you do if you were incapacitated because of an illness and unable to speak or advocate for yourself? How would you convey your wishes to your doctors? How would you let your loved ones know how you would like your care handled?

Marshall Edwards Inc. (Nasdaq: MSHL), a San Diego-based oncology company focused on the clinical development of novel therapeutics targeting cancer metabolism, will change its name to MEI Pharma Inc. and its common stock will begin trading under the new ticker symbol MEIP when the market opens on Monday, July 2.

An officer in the military is assumed to be a leader just by virtue of his or her rank, but that doesn’t make that person a leader, said Daniel Cuellar, manager of surgical services at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center and former lieutenant commander in the Navy.

A Stanford University medical professor is working on a plan to help ex-NFL players avoid weight gain.

San Diego-based BeneTrac and the U.S. business group of Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE: SLF) entered into an agreement in which Sun Life will use BeneTrac as a strategic partner for brokers and human resources clients across the country to enroll in its health, disability and dental products online.

Jerry Gold, Ph.D., has been named San Diego County's Mental Health Person of the Year by a diverse committee of mental health providers and consumers. As administrator of the behavioral health clinical care line for Scripps Health, Dr. Gold oversees behavioral health services throughout the system.

Sharp HealthCare disappeared for the last two years on Hospitals & Health Networks magazine's "Most Wired" hospitals list, but the San Diego-based system hopes to return to the list this year.

While the venture capital market has been under pressure for the last several years, life sciences industry leaders in San Diego are optimistic about the prospects of local companies finding venture capital.

The proliferation of online health communities and so-called “peer-to-peer health care” sites allow people to reach out to others for advice on managing illness. Hospitals and health care providers have started to integrate social media into their marketing and patient engagement efforts.

Health care reform in America has to be more than just the legislative change that is currently being reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.