Restored Hearing Rejuvenates Vietnam Immigrant’s Life

Restored Hearing Rejuvenates Vietnam Immigrant’s Life

By Kathy Engle, Vitals contributor   Diane Nguyen has always loved to swim. As a child growing up in Vietnam in the 1970s, she swam regularly at a local pool, but she also suffered from painful ear infections that damaged her hearing. By middle school, her...
It’s a Match! New Docs Coming to NorCal for Residency

It’s a Match! New Docs Coming to NorCal for Residency

By Lara Azar, Ashley Boarman and Gary Zavoral, Vitals contributors On the heels of a two-year pandemic and with an aging workforce heading into retirement, the American Medical Association reports that one in five doctors plans to leave the profession within the next...
Two Years Later: Couple Reflect on Cruise and COVID

Two Years Later: Couple Reflect on Cruise and COVID

By Monique Binkley Smith and Clayton Warren, Vitals contributors Imagine being stuck aboard a cruise ship with a deadly new virus spreading among passengers and crew. It sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but for Michael and Ann Cannarozzo of Rochester, N.Y., it...