by Emma Dugas | Jun 29, 2023
For many, when it comes to Fourth of July fireworks, the bigger the bang the better. But are all those loud explosions harmful to your hearing? How can you protect your ears while celebrating? Dr. Douglas Hetzler, a Sutter otolaryngologist with Palo Alto Medical...
by rosemvv@sutterhealth.org | Jun 29, 2023
With families getting out in excessive heat after an unseasonably mild start to the summer, 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...
by Karin Fleming | Jun 27, 2023
Shanaz Dairkee, Ph.D., a senior scientist at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (CPMCRI) in San Francisco has been studying the potential link between environmental chemicals and breast cancer since 2005. Now, she and research colleagues...
by rosemvv@sutterhealth.org | Jun 27, 2023
Michelle Bradley, an exercise physiologist with Sutter’s Palo Alto Medical Foundation, offers these simple tips to step up your fitness and heart health. Get up and get moving, and make conscious activity a part of your daily routine! Start Moving Every Day The...
by Emma Dugas | Jun 23, 2023
Malaka’s life took an unexpected turn the year she turned 40. She found a lump in her breast, but she thought it was a cyst that would go away on its own. Her doctor requested a mammogram, but she was busy with work and family. Then a scheduler called and encouraged...
by Emma Dugas | Jun 22, 2023
Two trends are converging in America: the growing demand for mental health treatment and a widening shortage of psychiatrists to meet the need. In San Mateo County, several unique graduate medical education options seek to close the access gap by strengthening the...
by Sutter Health | Jun 21, 2023
By Anita Creamer and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Richard Branson famously said, “Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.” While some may nit-pick the British mogul’s phrasing, there...
by Sutter Health | Jun 17, 2023
Juneteenth marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, TX in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. By the late 1800s, widespread celebrations sprang up across Texas within the Black community to commemorate...
by Ashley Boarman | Jun 15, 2023
Sutter’s travel medicine clinic specializes in preventing and treating health problems related to international travel and provide services including vaccinations, health advice and in-person or tele-health consultations. Whether it’s a business trip, bucket...
by Liz Madison | Jun 15, 2023
Growing numbers of healthcare systems recognize that wellness goes beyond what conditions you have or diagnoses you receive. Healthcare needs to account for who you are as well—your experiences, the social drivers surrounding your circumstances and your preferences....
