by Ashley Boarman | Jun 24, 2022
The time has arrived for the United States’ arguably cutest cohorts – “the littles” ages 6 months to 4 years – to get vaccinated against COVID-19. As our nation’s final eligible group to receive the go-ahead, the announcement comes as a relief for many parents and...
by Sutter Health | Jun 24, 2022
By Melissa Fuson and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Being hospitalized is not necessarily familiar territory for most people. The experience can be confusing. Keeping track of important details is harder, too, since patients simply don’t feel well. But a...
by Ashley Boarman | Jun 21, 2022
Clinical trials are the very foundation of novel drug and device discoveries. They also have a complicated history of racial, social and economic inequities, as illustrated most recently by research stating Black women with metastatic breast cancer do not have the...
by Gary Zavoral | Jun 19, 2022
Jonathan Judy-del Rosario of Alameda always wanted to be a father, but as a gay man he didn’t think it would be possible. Then he met Kurt del Rosario, and he wanted kids, too. “We listed with an adoption agency in August 2012 and started our journey,” Jonathan says....
by Gary Zavoral | Jun 17, 2022
William Bramhill, 11, likes to wrestle and named his practice wrestling dummy T.O.D. “T.O.D. means ‘The Other Dude,’ like, ‘You should have seen The Other Dude,’ “ he explains. So, when Sutter Surgical Hospital in Yuba City held a contest at schools throughout the...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Jun 16, 2022
Editor’s Note: David Glover has a lot to celebrate this Father’s Day. David and his wife Tia have two baby girls –Billie born last year and Daisy born in April –who are now flourishing thanks to the staff at Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit in Berkeley who cared for the...
by Ashley Boarman | Jun 15, 2022
“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” … The 1990s advertising catchphrase from an older American in distress was and still is the butt of many jokes. However, falls are no laughing matter for all of us as we age. Among older adults, falls are the No. 1 cause...
by Liz Madison | Jun 15, 2022
Can one person really make a difference in their community? Ask those who knew Gregory Bunker, and they will say yes. “He had this small sign on his desk and it said, ‘A bed for every head.’ And that became Greg’s motto,” said Dave...
by Sutter Health | Jun 14, 2022
DAVIS, Calif.— Traci Sheesley has been named the new chief nurse executive at Sutter Davis Hospital—the latest milestone in a nursing career spanning more than 20 years. Sheesley’s leadership development started early as a registered nurse caring for patients inside...
by Karin Fleming | Jun 9, 2022
Studying the effectiveness of trial drugs aimed at preventing HIV/AIDS in people most impacted by the virus seems logical – but for a number of reasons that’s not always been possible. The tide is slowly changing though, and now through the East Bay Advanced Care...
