by Sutter Health | Dec 12, 2021
Your health is vitally important to you … and to us. That’s why we launched this news site, Vitals, in December 2020 right in the middle of a pandemic. We wanted to give Northern Californians a venue for accurate, reliable health news, with stories written and...
by Sutter Health | Dec 10, 2021
On the heels of a recent announcement from the Biden administration to bolster the ranks of healthcare workers, the call also continues for a more diversified workforce. Nurses in particular can play a significant role given they “are often the first and most frequent...
by Sutter Health | Dec 8, 2021
In the photo above, NBC reporter Kate Snow, left, interviewed Dr. Phyllis Napoles and pancreatic cancer survivor Jim Ford, whose cancer was detected by a blood test that Sutter Health helped to study. By Gary Zavoral and Karin Fleming, Vitals contributors Jim Ford of...
by Sutter Health | Dec 7, 2021
By Clayton Warren and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors Sam Harris spent the first three months of his life in a Bay Area neonatal intensive care unit undergoing surgery and treatment for one medical challenge after another. Born 16 weeks early at 24 weeks (a...
by Sutter Health | Nov 17, 2021
Living in a rural community, many miles from a major metropolitan area, has its advantages. But, when you need surgery, the last thing you want to do is take a road trip. Many rural, community hospitals have physicians that are trained in the surgeries that are often...
