by Monique Binkley Smith | Feb 7, 2022
According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. for men and women. Catching colon cancer early through screening reduces the number of deaths from the disease, yet many people are not up to...
by Emma Dugas | Feb 1, 2022
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor The COVID-19 pandemic led many people to postpone routine visits to their primary care provider in 2020. The result: missed physicals and cancer screenings, less chronic disease monitoring and medication adjustment, and overdue...
by Sutter Health | Feb 1, 2022
By Karin Fleming and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors It’s no surprise to hear that pregnant people can experience shortness of breath, swollen feet and fatigue. But for some of those who are expecting, these and other clinical symptoms can be signs of misdiagnosed or...
by Ashley Boarman | Jan 28, 2022
One-size-care does not fit all, and that’s no more apparent than in the emergency room setting. Just like pediatric emergency departments are tailored to meet the needs of kids and babies, the same is true for seniors. “Older adults have special medical, social and...
by Sutter Health | Jan 28, 2022
By Nicole Townsend and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors The relentless COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on mental health. Long-term stress is turning into burnout. This phenomenon is rapidly surfacing across industries and it’s considered a key driver to the “Great...
by Sutter Health | Jan 19, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dave Cheney, CEO of Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento since 2017, has been named CEO of Sutter Health Hospitals, which includes overseeing all 23 Northern California acute-care facilities in Sutter’s integrated network. In addition to his...
by Sutter Health | Jan 19, 2022
By Stephanie Breitbart and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Eighteen years ago, Kim Watson took her first steps inside a hospital as a registered nurse. There were many unknowns in that moment. Perhaps one consideration that didn’t cross Watson’s mind was how she and...
by Ashley Boarman | Jan 18, 2022
The United States’ blood supply is dangerously low on all blood types. “Blood banks are hurting right now,” said Denise Sobiek, a head nurse at Vitalant, a national nonprofit that collects and provides blood products and services. Sobiek and Vitalant were at...
by Ashley Boarman | Jan 10, 2022
On New Year’s Day, 29-year-old Bradley Ganoe got a new lease on life. That’s the day Ganoe received a liver transplant that saved his life, about four months after he went into multiple acute organ failure. The Berkeley resident also became the 10,000th organ...
by Sutter Health | Jan 7, 2022
If you have cold-like symptoms and fear you have COVID-19 but aren’t sick enough to go to the hospital, stay home and take care of yourself. That’s the consensus of healthcare professionals as they grapple with short supplies of COVID-19 tests and long waits for...
