by Sutter Health | Dec 12, 2021
Your health is vitally important to you … and to us. That’s why we launched this news site, Vitals, in December 2020 right in the middle of a pandemic. We wanted to give Northern Californians a venue for accurate, reliable health news, with stories written and...
by Gary Zavoral | Dec 8, 2021
While the world grapples with the newest COVID-19 variant – omicron – flu cases continue to rise. That’s why it’s important to get your flu shot as well as being vaccinated for COVID-19 and getting your booster when the time comes. That’s the recommendation of Dr....
by Sutter Health | Dec 8, 2021
In the photo above, NBC reporter Kate Snow, left, interviewed Dr. Phyllis Napoles and pancreatic cancer survivor Jim Ford, whose cancer was detected by a blood test that Sutter Health helped to study. By Gary Zavoral and Karin Fleming, Vitals contributors Jim Ford of...
by Emma Dugas | Dec 8, 2021
Cynthia Mendoza is comfortable with contradictions. The 40-year-old mother of three is shy with strangers but bold with family, friends and co-workers. Equal parts loyal and restless, she says being a medical assistant is the perfect job. No two days have been the...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 7, 2021
Few individuals with a chronic illness have the opportunity to experience medical research advances from the “inside.” Sutter patient Tom Schaaf, 63, joined a clinical trial to help pave the way for new knowledge of how best to treat multiple sclerosis, also called...
by Sutter Health | Dec 7, 2021
By Clayton Warren and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors Sam Harris spent the first three months of his life in a Bay Area neonatal intensive care unit undergoing surgery and treatment for one medical challenge after another. Born 16 weeks early at 24 weeks (a...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 6, 2021
“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul.” – Mahalia Jackson, African American gospel singer Although COVID-19 has changed how individuals and communities gather in places of worship and...
by Emma Dugas | Dec 2, 2021
Sarah Heyl has been walking a proverbial tightrope since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Heyl was three months pregnant with her first child when the new coronavirus was first making headlines. She spent her second and third trimester in a tight bubble to avoid catching...
by Ashley Boarman | Dec 1, 2021
Hilda Martinez and her special “Angel” will be in the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena. “Angel” is the donated kidney that saved Martinez’s life. Martinez will ride on the Donate Life “Courage of Hope” float down iconic Colorado Boulevard on New Year’s Day 2022 to raise...
by Ashley Boarman | Nov 30, 2021
Two Northern California medical centers say that incorporating a bit fun into a child’s hospital visit can help minimize their emotional trauma and improve the hospital experience for the entire family. “As child life specialists, play is what we do,” says Lori...
