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...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 25, 2022
Leigh-Anne Lehrman remembers how her heart raced when she first heard she had breast cancer. When she learned it was triple-negative—one of the hardest forms of the disease to treat—she broke out in a cold sweat. “Just the word ‘cancer’ sent my body into a...
by Sutter Health | Oct 24, 2022
Sixteen hospital campuses within Sutter’s not-for-profit network received recognition today from the American Stroke Association for providing a high level of stroke care and participating in the ASA’s Get With The Guidelines® program. Sutter hospital campuses that...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Oct 21, 2022
Like a lot of young people, Jesse Young needed a job but was unsure what he wanted to do. A close friend who worked at a hospital in Oakland, their hometown, told him the hospital needed help in its Environmental Services department. Fast-forward to today, and Young...
by Sutter Health | Oct 19, 2022
By Angela Borchert and Suzanne Hopkins, Vitals contributors Notifications on our phones. Reminders via email. We all set up alerts to remind us where we and our loved ones need to be, the errands we need to complete and the meetings we need to attend. However, do we...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 19, 2022
Speaking at a recent fundraiser for breast cancer outreach and services, celebrated journalist Robin Roberts told the audience that “everybody’s got something.” In 2007, Roberts’ ‘something’ was cancer. Diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer at age 46, she faced...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 19, 2022
Eight Sutter Surgery Center Division ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) have been listed among Newsweek magazine’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers for 2023. The following Sutter ASCs have been recognized this year: Carlsbad Surgery Center PAMF Surgery Center, Fremont...
by Sutter Health | Oct 18, 2022
By Anita Creamer, Vitals contributor Steve Lau is a medical social worker in Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s acute rehab services unit. Twenty years ago, when he was 21, an accidental fall caused a complete spinal cord injury to his T7 and T8 vertebrae, leaving him...
by Ashley Boarman | Oct 14, 2022
With the last name Zhen, pronounced “zen,” Dr. Sally Zhen says it’s her “quiet confidence” in the delivery room that puts birthing moms at ease. “I pride myself in being able to stay calm in pretty stressful situations,” says Dr. Zhen, who cares for many women with...
