Flu and COVID Vaccines: What You Need to Know
With autumn here, the talk of flu shots and Covid-19 boosters is back. But this year, the guidance feels confusing. Should you get both? Can you get them at the same time? Which Covid-19 vaccine is the right one? To clear things up, the California Department of Public...
If Immunotherapy Stops Working for Skin Cancer, What’s Next?
New research at Sutter Health offers hope for tough-to-treat melanoma Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States. While melanoma accounts for just about 1% of skin cancer cases, it causes the majority of skin cancer deaths. Now, a pioneering study at...
New Therapy for Ovarian Cancer Expands Treatment Options
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month By Nicole Young, Vitals contributor A rare, slow-growing type of ovarian cancer called LGSOC (low-grade serous ovarian cancer) disproportionately affects women in their 20s, 30s and 40s. Research conducted on the Central...
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Healing Through Service: Clinicians Build Connection and Community
According to a recent study from the American Medical Association, 43.2% of U.S. physicians reported experiencing at least one symptom of burnout in 2024, marking the first time since 2020 that fewer than half of respondents indicated signs of burnout. While...
Sutter Health Adds Two Primary Care Centers in South Bay
Sutter Health continues to expand access to high-quality health care in the greater Silicon Valley with the start of construction on two new primary care centers in Santa Clara and San Jose that will begin serving patients next year. “We are excited to increase our...
Mills-Peninsula Earns Nation’s Top Cardiac Certification
Sutter's Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Mills-Peninsula) has earned designation as a Joint Commission Accredited Comprehensive Cardiac Center. With this rare and distinguished recognition, MPMC becomes only the 25th facility in the nation — and just the 5th in...
How a Simple Cut Led to Urgent Medical Diagnosis
By Marycon Young, Vitals contributor September is Sepsis Awareness Month. Learn more about this serious condition. The cut on Carrie Detwiler’s leg seemed minor, the kind you rinse and forget. After returning home from a family trip to Hawaii — where she had swum...
Dive Deeper
Smarter Charting Enables More Patient Connections
Christina Koopmans, second from the left, and her fellow nurses have more time to spend with patients thanks to the Nursing FOCUS project that was implemented in February. Christina Koopmans became a nurse so she could care deeply for her patients—and offer support...
First Signs of New Cancer Center Spotted in Modesto
Richard Leal, vice president of strategy for Sutter Health's Greater Central Valley, and Diane Walton, imaging supervisor for Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, high-five each other as other employees tour the newly remodeled diagnostic imaging center on 600 Coffee...
Career Pathway Turns Unit Secretary into Hospital’s Newest R.N.
Sutter Roseville Medical Center CEO Tammy Powers, left, hugs Sierra Gartrell at the Sierra College Workforce Summit in June 2025. Gartrell, a product of the Sierra College-Sutter Health workforce partnership, had just announced she'd been hired by the hospital as a...
Physician Inspires Patients with First Ironman Competition
When Dr. Adrian Tabares steps into the American River on Oct. 19 for his first Ironman competition, he’ll be chasing a goal that has been years in the making. The grueling event—consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a full 26.2-mile marathon run,...
Closer Look
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