by Karin Fleming | May 17, 2022
Palo Alto resident Laura Clausen is a melanoma survivor at age 63. She credits enrolling in a clinical trial at Sutter’s CPMC for giving her hope and the trial drug needed to heal her cancer. In 2012, Clausen discovered a grape-sized lump on her neck. A biopsy and CT...
by Karin Fleming | Apr 4, 2022
Older men with low muscle mass are at significantly increased risk of hip and potentially other fractures, according to new research led by investigators at Sutter Health’s San Francisco Coordinating Center. This is in contrast to earlier studies that suggested muscle...
by Karin Fleming | Mar 21, 2022
Dinu Morar was a 63-year-old grandfather enjoying a full, healthy retirement in Lincoln, Calif., when he received a diagnosis of lymphoma. He underwent years of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, a stem cell transplant and targeted anti-cancer therapy, but the blood...
by Karin Fleming | Feb 22, 2022
An at-home study to help determine whether osteoporosis drug treatments may prevent fractures in older patients with Parkinson’s disease was designed and has been launched in Northern California. Older patients with Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism also have a...
by Karin Fleming | Feb 10, 2022
A Santa Rosa woman is the first in San Francisco to receive this new treatment for brain cancer A diagnosis of cancer is shocking for most people. But a diagnosis of brain cancer may carry additional fear when one considers these facts: no other cancer is as...
