by Sutter Health | Apr 13, 2023
By Cat Valles, Anita Creamer and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Recent studies have indicated that volunteerism is down since the middle of the pandemic. Organizations across the country are looking for additional support and one sector in particular need is...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Apr 13, 2023
Shaniya Peterson was jumping rope with her two little girls the day after Thanksgiving when she began feeling severe pain in her back, jaw and back of the head. She lay down thinking she’d overdone it in the cold, but the pain didn’t go away. Then she got what she...
by Sutter Health | Apr 13, 2023
By Anita Creamer, Vitals contributor Before their son’s diagnosis, Anthony and Lisa Lopez didn’t know much about autism. Then their son, Abraham, was diagnosed with a form of mild autism and general speech disorder. “He still wasn’t talking well past age 2, so we took...
by Liz Madison | Apr 12, 2023
Student housing has always been a part of the college experience narrative. In years past, the historically short supply was seen as an inconvenience to students and a headache for parents. But today, even as student housing options may have expanded, affording that...
by Karin Fleming | Apr 11, 2023
Ben Moseley, a healthy 13-year-old, is known for speed and agility on the basketball court. But in August 2022 an alarming spread of bacterial infection in his body stopped him in his tracks and jeopardized his life. “It was truly frightening to see how quickly Ben’s...
by Ashley Boarman | Apr 11, 2023
April is National Donate Life Month Gabby Rojas has a big reason to smile. That’s because she just got a life-saving kidney from her sister-in-law, Danielle Rojas. “My energy is really through the roof,” says Gabby, 27. “I feel happy, blessed and grateful.” Both women...
by Sutter Health | Apr 11, 2023
By Stephanie Brown, M.D., MPH Dr. Brown shares this first-person narrative as we observe Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17, 2023. When I delivered my children in 2016 and 2018, I was afraid. I was there as a patient, but as a physician, I knew the data. I knew...
by Sutter Health | Apr 7, 2023
Statement from Dr. William Isenberg, Sutter Health Chief Medical and Quality Officer “Access to safe, personal, culturally equitable healthcare is core to our mission and should be afforded to every person in this country. We are troubled and disappointed by the...
by Sutter Health | Apr 6, 2023
By Marika Rose, Vitals contributor When a teenager in Rocklin, Calif., suddenly couldn’t remember how to play the piano — a remarkable talent he had honed since the age of 5 — his mother immediately knew something was wrong. Evan Hines’ ability...
by Sutter Health | Apr 3, 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–Sutter Health has been recognized by Fortune as one of America’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023. Sutter is one of only four healthcare systems in California to earn the distinction. This award, presented by Fortune and Statista Inc., the...
