by Gary Zavoral | Oct 28, 2021
A quilt featuring Batman is dedicated in the memory of “two women (who) fought cancer like superheroes.” It is one of about 300 quilts being auctioned off this weekend with all proceeds going toward fighting breast cancer in Sacramento. Every three years since 1999,...
by Gary Zavoral | Sep 27, 2021
Many Northern Californians have focused on the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the delta variant-related surge for the past several months, but infectious disease physicians are warning area residents: “Don’t take the flu lightly.” Jeffrey Silvers, M.D., Sutter’s...
by Gary Zavoral | Sep 9, 2021
Registered Nurse Carina Klescewski cares for a COVID-19 patient inside the Sutter Roseville Medical Center ICU during the initial surge in December 2020. Critical-care physicians have learned a lot about how to care for very sick COVID-19 patients in ICUs over...
by Gary Zavoral | Jul 12, 2021
The number of video visits with a physician exploded during the pandemic, and they have become a suitable, convenient complement to many in-person doctor appointments, although there are limitations. For example, the doctor still can’t perform cardiac stress tests,...
by Gary Zavoral | Jul 1, 2021
As the Delta variant of COVID-19 spreads rapidly around the world and even regionally, a Northern California pulmonologist said today — as folks head into Fourth of July activities and travel plans — to keep those masks close even if you’re vaccinated....