by Monique Binkley Smith | Apr 13, 2023
Shaniya Peterson was jumping rope with her two little girls the day after Thanksgiving when she began feeling severe pain in her back, jaw and back of the head. She lay down thinking she’d overdone it in the cold, but the pain didn’t go away. Then she got what she...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Mar 16, 2023
Orinda residents Michelle Meyers and Maureen Matthews have shared a lot over the past four decades: studying late into the night as roommates at UC Davis, joining a sorority, marriages, children and challenging careers. One thing the best friends didn’t plan to share...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Jan 20, 2023
Eat leafy greens, exercise regularly, learn CPR. Wait, learn CPR? Yes, one cardiothoracic surgeon is recommending that along with taking good care of themselves, people should learn CPR so they’re prepared to help others in case of emergency. NFL safety Damar Hamlin’s...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Jan 13, 2023
Editor’s Note: Janine Kovac became pregnant with what she thought was her second child. Instead, it was twins. And not just any twins. The East Bay resident’s twin boys were high-risk, mono-chorionic/mono-amniotic twins, a rare condition where the babies share a...
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...
