by Monique Binkley Smith | Dec 15, 2022
Two years ago, the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center launched a mobile mammography vehicle to provide breast cancer screening services in the community. The goal was to improve access to mammography for underserved women in the...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Nov 16, 2022
Holiday celebrations with family and friends – usually featuring delicious food and drinks – are fast approaching. If you packed on a few extra pandemic pounds over the past couple of years, you may be wondering how to get through the upcoming season without adding...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Nov 4, 2022
A Bay Area couple is in a race against time to find an effective treatment for their baby who was diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic condition for which there is no treatment or cure. Little Lucy is missing a single gene called PGAP3. As a result, her cells...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Oct 21, 2022
Like a lot of young people, Jesse Young needed a job but was unsure what he wanted to do. A close friend who worked at a hospital in Oakland, their hometown, told him the hospital needed help in its Environmental Services department. Fast-forward to today, and Young...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Oct 6, 2022
It’s a good idea to listen to your mom –after all, the adage goes, mom knows best. And while that might not be true in everyone’s case, for registered nurse Williamson Roasa, listening to his mom’s advice certainly proved to be the smart move. As a young man growing...
