by Sutter Health | Nov 11, 2022
Skills learned by John Ready’s service in the U.S. Navy, left, transfer over to help guide safety in the treatment of cancer patients, while Nicolas Caster uses his healthcare experience to assist the Navy today in its Medical Service Corps. By Anita Creamer and...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Nov 4, 2022
A Bay Area couple is in a race against time to find an effective treatment for their baby who was diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic condition for which there is no treatment or cure. Little Lucy is missing a single gene called PGAP3. As a result, her cells...
by Liz Madison | Nov 4, 2022
Linda Martinez, 71, sounds like a kid again when she talks about the Salvation Army’s new senior program in south Modesto. The program, which opened earlier this fall, offers a wide variety of health and wellness activities for vulnerable older adults. She says she...
by Ashley Boarman | Nov 2, 2022
Have you spotted the elaborate displays that have popped up in celebration of Día de los Muertos? Known as the Day of the Dead, these vibrant altars, called “ofrendas,” celebrate reuniting the living with the dead. One transplant center in San Francisco sees a deeper...
by Sutter Health | Nov 1, 2022
By Karin Fleming and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Cancer treatment has come a long way since the days of Mad Men where characters appeared to smoke as much as they spoke. Yet cancer is still one of the most foreboding diagnoses one can hear—especially when it...
by Liz Madison | Nov 1, 2022
Amy Bonillas says she wants to change the world. Keep in mind, she isn’t a wide-eyed, young person brimming with idealism. She is older, wiser and has faced her fair share of adversity. It’s this background that propels her to try and make a meaningful impact on...
by Sutter Health | Oct 28, 2022
Hundreds of virtual attendees and dozens of in-person guests gathered on Oct. 14 to hear health equity experts, researchers and change agents at a symposium focused on unconscious bias in healthcare in Sacramento. “We can and must do better,” said Kristen M.J. Azar,...
by Sutter Health | Oct 27, 2022
Online symptom checkers have grown in popularity, offering the public a convenient way to consider their next steps for care. But now one symptom checker goes beyond stomach aches and skin rashes to include offering direction to mental health resources. Users now...
by Ashley Boarman | Oct 26, 2022
A troubling virus is making a comeback this fall, and this news isn’t good for young children and babies who haven’t built up immunity to respiratory illnesses. Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like...
by Sutter Health | Oct 25, 2022
By Anita Creamer, a Vitals contributor During his 35-year career in healthcare, Sutter Health Interim President & CEO James Conforti has seen the traumatic impact of cancer on patients, their families and their caregivers. That’s why, as a healthcare leader, he...
