by Karin Fleming | May 26, 2021
The decades that 73-year-old Toni DuBois West spent in the field of cancer care became more personal when she was unexpectedly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “Hearing the diagnosis, I was shocked and emotional,” says Dubois West, a longtime resident of Galt,...
by Karin Fleming | May 11, 2021
A 58-year-old San Francisco man whose failing heart is being kept beating by a mechanical pump known as a left ventricular assist device is thought to be the first LVAD patient in the world to have his mitral valve replaced without having open-heart surgery. The...
by Karin Fleming | Mar 29, 2021
Approved COVID-19 vaccines have been tested in tens of thousands of people in Phase 3 clinical trials before being issued for emergency use in the United States. The clinical trials assess the vaccines’ efficacy and safety. Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug...
by Karin Fleming | Mar 25, 2021
Bob Murphy, 68, uses walking poles to aid his stroll over the Bay Area’s Dumbarton Bridge. When he first began a battle with stage 4 lung cancer in 2016. the 2-mile walk aided by his wife was peppered with rest stops every 50 yards. Now Murphy walks the bridge with...
by Karin Fleming | Feb 10, 2021
Jane Finch*, 87, was hospitalized with a serious bacterial skin infection that caused significant loss of mobility and difficulty walking. Like many seniors, she wanted to return to her San Francisco home, but needed help with that transition. That’s where a...
