San Diego medical services

Progressive Health Services Now Offers HIV and STD Testing and Treatment 7 Days a Week and Evenings

Progressive Health Services Offices Progressive Health Services is now offering same day HIV and STD testing and treatment Monday through Sunday as well as evenings in San Diego’s North Park. Services are available walk-in Monday through Friday 9am-2pm and by appointment Monday through Sunday throughout the day and evenings.

Imperial Beach Library Hosts Free Blood Pressure Screening and Health Information Fair

San Diego County Library is devoted to helping local residents build healthier lives. The Imperial Beach Library, 810 Imperial Beach Blvd, is doing its part by hosting free blood pressure screenings and a health information fair on Wednesday, August 1 from 4 – 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Imperial Beach Health Center [...]

Progressive Health Services Now Provides FemCap Cervical Cap in San Diego

Progressive Health Services Offices The modern cervical cap is a wonderful, safe, nontoxic, highly effective and convenient birth control option that has been used by many, many women for over 170 years. Progressive Health Services now offers the FemCap cervical cap as a safe, highly effective and convenient birth control option in San Diego. Progressive [...]

Progressive Health Services Now Offers HPV Testing for Men in San Diego

Progressive Health Services HPV testing has not really been available for men except for a basic physical examination…” says Gage. “Now more and more men are becoming aware that they also face the risk of developing cancers from HPV and want testing. Progressive Health Services, longtime leader in providing HPV testing for women, now offers [...]

UC Health’s community benefit tops $3 billion

For the first time, University of California Health has measured the collective impact it has in caring for uninsured patients, educating tomorrow’s health leaders and advancing science to tackle medicine’s toughest challenges. The estimated community benefit of UC Health’s five medical centers totaled $3.3 billion last year. “As a public university and cornerstone [...]

Toys for Joy Delivers an Early Christmas to 16,000 San Diego Residents

Last year, the rain came down but nothing dampened the spirits of the Toys for Joy volunteers, who gave out more than 12,000 toys and 10,000 bags of groceries to more than 8,000 people who attended the annual Christmas outreach. Over 2,300 volunteers from a dozen other churches joined to also provide meals, clothing, haircuts [...]

Southern California Medical Center to Pay U.S. $2.2 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations

The El Centro Regional Medical Center in Imperial County, Calif., has agreed to pay the United States $2.2 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. The government alleges that the 165-bed acute care hospital fraudulently inflated its charges to Medicare patients to obtain larger reimbursements from the [...]

‘Silent Majority’ of Doctors Speak Out, Submit Challenge to the AMA

As Americans learn what ObamaCare will mean for quality and access to medical services, “we are witnessing an ever-increasing chorus of Americans — from think tanks to tea partiers to accountants — who are decrying the underhanded tactics” used to get the legislation passed, including the exploitation of the AMA‘s claim to speak for doctors.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County to Host Founder’s Luncheon

In honor of its original founders, Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County (BBBS of SDC) is hosting a Founder’s luncheon to celebrate the history and the vision of those who came before us. This luncheon commemorates the first conversation in an elevator at the US Grant Hotel in 1961, between Jack Levin, Board [...]