Sharp Mary Birch

The latest news and patient stories about Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns from Sharp HealthCare experts and our Sharp Health News contributors.

Making too much breast milk? Here’s what to do

Making more breast milk than your baby needs? Oversupply is more common than you might think — here’s how to ease it and put extra milk to good use.

Tracy Risley of San Diego with Alicia West of Sharp HealthCare

Game on: Sharp nurse saves umpire’s life

An off-duty Sharp Mary Birch nurse sprang into action at her son’s Little League game to save an umpire’s life.

Dr. Noran Barry of Sharp HealthCare performing surgery at Sharp Memorial Hospital

Sharp Mary Birch offers new advanced breast cancer procedure

The hospital is the first in Southern California to offer an advanced breast cancer procedure that leaves more natural-looking breasts following reconstruction.

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A fall that led to early detection

A fall while hanging lights led to a scan — and an early lung finding that changed one man’s health journey.

David Waitley, Sydney Sachs and Heidi Waitley of San Diego at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns

From high-risk newborn to new mother at Sharp Mary Birch

Sydney, who previously had two kidney transplants at Sharp, gave birth after spending a month in the hospital being monitored during her high-risk pregnancy.