by Gary Zavoral | Dec 21, 2022
Because she has radioactive ‘seeds’ implanted in her brain, she doesn’t need ongoing radiation therapy. They were two of California’s first COVID patients and lived to tell the tale. His young grandson’s quick response saved him of any noticeable brain loss from a...
by Gary Zavoral | Nov 17, 2022
Dr. Dineen Greer, inset, conducts a video visit with a patient in the Sutter Health commercial. “We adopted video visits very quickly in our office when the pandemic hit” in 2020, Dr. Greer says. Dr. Dineen Greer says her mother “brainwashed” her into becoming a...
by Gary Zavoral | Oct 4, 2022
Sutter Coast Hospital, Sutter Santa Rosa to Train New Doctors With Goal to Add More Primary-Care Physicians to Rural Region CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is awarding Sutter Health a $750,000 grant to add a...
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...
