by Gary Zavoral | Sep 20, 2022
Travis Barber was feeling lucky. Less than an hour before, he had been discharged from a rehabilitation hospital a month after suffering a critical brain injury caused by a gunshot and pistol-whipping. He still had only half his skull; the other half was removed to...
by Gary Zavoral | Sep 2, 2022
With temperatures expected to soar this Labor Day weekend in Northern California, emergency services physicians are expecting to see people suffering from heat illnesses. The immediate treatment is the same for each, but if you have heat stroke, doctors want to make...
by Gary Zavoral | Aug 30, 2022
There were lots of big smiles from nearly 200 growing children who were tiny at birth, but none smiled bigger than Loriellen Byron. That’s because Loriellen was celebrating her life that started 39 years ago when she was born premature at just 1 pound, 6 ounces. Back...
by Gary Zavoral | Aug 12, 2022
In a worldwide medical first in 1992, “a 7-foot robot called ROBODOC with nerves of steel and hands more steady than a human surgeon” assisted doctors in Sacramento, Calif., in replacing a man’s hip with an artificial joint, news service United Press International...
by Gary Zavoral | Jun 30, 2022
Dr. Zachary Visinoni, originally from Paradise, Calif., is one of nearly two-dozen newly graduated physicians comprising the inaugural group of residents at Northern California’s newest teaching hospital: Sutter Roseville Medical Center. For Dr. Visinoni, it’s been an...
