by Karin Fleming | Nov 19, 2024
Miquel Aymerich, Gwen McCauley and Stefan Walczak. These are some of the people courageously battling cancer who have recently benefited from care at Sutter Health. Teams across the integrated system’s clinical oncology service line are known to puts patients first so...
by Karin Fleming | Aug 8, 2024
When Pat Sweeny was diagnosed with melanoma in 2014, she looked for treatments to help slow the progression of cancer that had spread to her lungs. However, she discovered few options existed. She asked her physician at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center...
by Karin Fleming | Jun 6, 2024
Rosemarie Widdicombe, left, celebrates her 85th birthday full of life thanks to having her tricuspid heart valve repaired thanks to a minimally invasive procedure and innovative device. At age 85, former flight attendant Rosemarie Widdicombe has seen the advent of...
by Karin Fleming | May 20, 2024
The world’s first clinical trial was “born” in the mid-1700s, when Scottish physician-researcher Dr. James Lind encouraged a group of sailors to join an experiment in which they ate oranges and lemons. Turns out the vitamin C-rich fruit helped prevent the onset...
by Karin Fleming | May 1, 2024
Pictured: Lyle Vanhorn and Terri Vanhorn With 30 years under his belt as a telecommunications network contractor, Lyle Vanhorn has scaled incredible heights and balanced irregular work hours that would flummox the best of us. So, when in 2022 a 5 a.m. wakeup call...