by Karin Fleming | Nov 15, 2023
Stefan Walczak, 74, has experienced his fair share of journeys as a volunteer train driver in Yuba City, Calif., about 40 miles north of Sacramento. But nothing could prepare him for the “ride of a lifetime” his seventh decade would bring. Walczak, a former smoker and...
by Karin Fleming | Oct 25, 2023
Many people with cancer know well the challenges of taking the right chemotherapy medicine at the right time. “I take pills for several different chemo drugs to treat my breast cancer, and all have varying instructions for proper use. Some days it’s like finishing a...
by Karin Fleming | Oct 5, 2023
Dr. Charles McDonnell has glimpsed the future—in the blood of an individual originally undiagnosed with cancer but who later developed the disease in his tongue and kidney. Dr. McDonnell recalls this “medical magic” of early cancer detection in Sutter patient Louis...
by Karin Fleming | Sep 5, 2023
For most children, few things are scarier than monsters in the closet or the first day at school after summer break. But topping the list of kids’ common fears may also be vaccines. That’s why Sutter Health piloted vaccination clinics to support kids who have...
by Karin Fleming | Aug 16, 2023
The Sutter Health Telestroke Program facilitates access to remote specialty care for patients across Northern California. Individuals who experience a stroke know well that life can change in an instant: Brain cells begin dying seconds after a stroke-induced clot...
