National Recognition for Life‑Saving Critical Care

National Recognition for Life‑Saving Critical Care

Honoring ICU teams during National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month  Every year, more than 5 million people in the United States are admitted to intensive care units, where highly specialized teams provide round-the-clock monitoring...
Free Clinics Provide Physicals For Youth in Santa Cruz

Free Clinics Provide Physicals For Youth in Santa Cruz

For more than 30 years, Sutter Health has helped student-athletes across Santa Cruz County prepare for the upcoming sports season by providing free pre-participation physicals and EKG screenings, a long-running community program that continues to grow in reach and...
Where Data Meets Care: Advancing Medicine Through Research

Where Data Meets Care: Advancing Medicine Through Research

Research presented at a national healthcare conference this past month may already be shaping the care patients receive today. From safer opioid prescribing after surgery to better understanding cardiovascular risk and the role of mental health support in cancer care,...
New Care Center Expands Access in Santa Teresa

New Care Center Expands Access in Santa Teresa

A new healthcare access point is coming to South San Jose as Sutter Health prepares to open a care center in Santa Teresa, expanding primary and specialty care access for residents across Greater Silicon Valley. The new site will bring together physicians and advanced...
A Pregnancy Complicated by Chronic Gut Inflammation

A Pregnancy Complicated by Chronic Gut Inflammation

By Dr. Leila Haghighat, Vitals contributor Christmas Day back home in Michigan started just the way Lucy Hanna had imagined—a lively gathering of family and friends, all excited about her pregnancy. Then came a sharp cramp in her abdomen. She hurried upstairs to use...