by Ashley Boarman | Mar 1, 2022
B-R-A-I-N P-O-W-E-R These five-letter words are solid Wordle plays. If you have no idea what we’re talking about, let us get you up to speed. Wordle is not a sound you make, rather it is a web-based word game that’s been described as fun, simple and, like a crossword,...
by Ashley Boarman | Feb 16, 2022
Dr. Robert Mayle, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon in Novato, Calif., has a new partner — a robot. A new knee replacement robot has taken up residence in an operating suite at Novato Community Hospital, and Dr. Mayle says the robot doesn’t replace him...
by Ashley Boarman | Jan 28, 2022
One-size-care does not fit all, and that’s no more apparent than in the emergency room setting. Just like pediatric emergency departments are tailored to meet the needs of kids and babies, the same is true for seniors. “Older adults have special medical, social and...
by Ashley Boarman | Jan 18, 2022
The United States’ blood supply is dangerously low on all blood types. “Blood banks are hurting right now,” said Denise Sobiek, a head nurse at Vitalant, a national nonprofit that collects and provides blood products and services. Sobiek and Vitalant were at...
by Ashley Boarman | Jan 10, 2022
On New Year’s Day, 29-year-old Bradley Ganoe got a new lease on life. That’s the day Ganoe received a liver transplant that saved his life, about four months after he went into multiple acute organ failure. The Berkeley resident also became the 10,000th organ...
