by Ashley Boarman | Apr 4, 2022
When it comes to some organ transplants, getting one from someone who’s a living person has its benefits. That’s why a Northern California transplant center is encouraging residents to register to become an organ donor this National Donate Life Month. “Living organ...
by Gary Zavoral | Apr 1, 2022
Longtime action-film hero Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting due to aphasia, his family reported this week, bringing to light a condition affecting about 180,000 Americans a year. Aphasia is a condition that affects your ability to communicate that is caused by...
by Ashley Boarman | Mar 28, 2022
People want to be and feel seen, and that’s no more apparent than in the types of movies that are resonating with audiences. Movie-goers are looking for much more diverse storylines – and storytellers – and Hollywood is finally listening. Perhaps...
by Sutter Health | Mar 25, 2022
By Karin Fleming and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Recent data indicate that 12% of all colorectal cancer patients are now under the age of 50. It’s a startling trend that prompted the American Cancer Society and other volunteer healthcare organizations to...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Mar 24, 2022
Every 15 minutes someone dies in an alcohol-related car accident. That was the statistic in 1995 when a program called Every 15 Minutes was first adopted by the California Highway Patrol to give high school juniors and seniors a realistic look at the dangers of...
by Sutter Health | Mar 24, 2022
Gisel Preciado knows firsthand how having doctors and nurses who speak the same language and come from the same culture can improve a person’s health. Since middle school, she helped her Spanish-speaking grandmother manage her diabetes, accompanying her to doctor and...
by Karin Fleming | Mar 21, 2022
Dinu Morar was a 63-year-old grandfather enjoying a full, healthy retirement in Lincoln, Calif., when he received a diagnosis of lymphoma. He underwent years of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, a stem cell transplant and targeted anti-cancer therapy, but the blood...
by Sutter Health | Mar 21, 2022
By Kathy Engle, Vitals contributor Diane Nguyen has always loved to swim. As a child growing up in Vietnam in the 1970s, she swam regularly at a local pool, but she also suffered from painful ear infections that damaged her hearing. By middle school, her...
by Sutter Health | Mar 18, 2022
By Lara Azar, Ashley Boarman and Gary Zavoral, Vitals contributors On the heels of a two-year pandemic and with an aging workforce heading into retirement, the American Medical Association reports that one in five doctors plans to leave the profession within the next...
by Ashley Boarman | Mar 15, 2022
Will there be a cure for cancer in our lifetime? It is hard to say, but it’s certainly a moonshot worth taking. For now, the medical community continues to make remarkable progress in the fight against cancer. “Early diagnosis and new therapies are our most useful...
