by Emma Dugas | Oct 18, 2021
Valerie LaBonte spent the better part of her adult life focused on giving people second chances. Now, at 65 years old, she has received her own second chance—through a program that has helped her break her dependency on addictive pain relievers. Many in Lake County...
by Sutter Health | Oct 15, 2021
ROSEVILLE, Calif. – A new medical residency program is being launched this year in one of the fastest-growing cities in California in an effort to train and retain qualified physicians and medical specialists to care for the burgeoning region. Sutter Roseville Medical...
by Ashley Boarman | Oct 15, 2021
Matthew Farruggio is no stranger to overcoming adversity in health and in life. He was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in 2009, suffered a hemiplegic stroke in 2016 and began using a wheelchair full-time in 2019. “I’ve had some pretty significant physical setbacks,...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Oct 15, 2021
Pregnant people have a lot on their minds. They may worry about everything from “Is my baby developing normally?” to “What color should I paint the nursery?” But many pregnant people may also wonder whether to get vaccinated against the seasonal flu and COVID-19....
by Sutter Health | Oct 15, 2021
By Karin Fleming and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors With COVID-19 dominating headlines, it may be easy to forget about another deadly virus that has killed millions: HIV/AIDS. While there’s still no cure, researchers have made significant inroads on drugs...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 12, 2021
Moms and dads look to the Bay Area Parent annual Best of the Best issue as a trusted source when searching for resources in their community. After all, the Best of the Best winners are decided each year by people just like them, thousands of families from the East...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 7, 2021
Like many American children, Neel Patel remembers watching “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” on television nearly every day as a young child. Through puppet shows, stories and songs, Neel learned the value of cooperation and how to make sense of hard topics like...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 6, 2021
Hospitals in the Sutter Health network, which have among the lowest cesarean section (C-section) rates in California, were recognized today by the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) for reducing cesarean births for first-time moms with low-risk...
by Sutter Health | Oct 6, 2021
By Karin Fleming and Emma Dugas, Vitals contributors For some people, receiving a multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis represents the end of a years-long medical mystery, filled with nonspecific symptoms and ineffective treatments. “Misdiagnosis, and consequently late...
by Sutter Health | Oct 5, 2021
By Luke Pedersen and Ashley Boarman, Vitals contributors Kathy Bennett is a Bay Area resident and a program manager for the Oakland Unified School District. For more than a year, she has been battling an increasingly common health condition: long-haul COVID. After...
