by Ashley Boarman | Jul 26, 2022
Donating blood probably isn’t on your summer bucket list — but maybe it should be, say lab technicians at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center’s blood bank in San Francisco. Summertime, while a high point of the year for fun, travel and...
by Sutter Health | Jul 25, 2022
Make sure your child gets the sleep they need by following a few simple strategies. Children these days are frequently connected to the glowing screens of phones, tablets and other electronic gadgets, leading them to be more sleep deprived than ever before. In fact,...
by Sutter Health | Jul 25, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Dr. Rashon Lane joins Sutter Health’s Institute for Advancing Health Equity team as a senior health equity scientist—the latest milestone in a clinical research career spanning more than 20 years. “Dr. Lane is driven to place marginalized...
by Sutter Health | Jul 19, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Sutter Health and Aetna recently agreed to dissolve their joint venture healthcare company, Sutter Health | Aetna, by June 2023—the original relationship term and renewal date. The decision follows a comprehensive evaluation of the external...
by Sutter Health | Jul 18, 2022
by Clayton Warren, Vitals contributor When Brian White was at work in downtown Berkeley building furniture one morning in June, he never imagined that moments later, his co-workers would be calling 911 after he dropped his drill and couldn’t put the bit back in....
by Sutter Health | Jul 18, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO (July 18, 2022) – California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) researcher Dr. Steve Cummings and his team at Sutter’s San Francisco Coordinating Center (SFCC) were awarded a significant grant from the CPMC Foundation’s Research & Education Leadership...
by Sutter Health | Jul 13, 2022
By Anita Creamer, Vitals contributor A family medicine clinic in Elk Grove, Calif., doesn’t hand out suckers to pediatric patients. They give books. Mary Tucker, a family practice clinical assistant with Elk Grove Family Medicine, knew she loved books — and she knew...
by Sutter Health | Jul 11, 2022
By Clayton Warren and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors Itzel Lopez was planning to marry her college sweetheart, Jonatan Spahn, this August, but those plans were put on hold when Lopez was admitted to Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in...
by Sutter Health | Jul 5, 2022
By Veronica Bartell, Vitals contributor Judy Schoer’s father was a commercial plumber for many years and, in his 60s, was diagnosed with a form of lung cancer that’s caused by asbestos fibers from construction material. “The tumor was inoperable and, unfortunately,...
by Sutter Health | Jun 30, 2022
By Anita Creamer and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors The Fourth of July holiday often means gathering with friends and family for a barbecue or picnic before the main event: the fireworks. And that’s not good news for everyone. Because while...
