by Ashley Boarman | Mar 1, 2022
B-R-A-I-N P-O-W-E-R These five-letter words are solid Wordle plays. If you have no idea what we’re talking about, let us get you up to speed. Wordle is not a sound you make, rather it is a web-based word game that’s been described as fun, simple and, like a crossword,...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Mar 1, 2022
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. – Shannon Thomas, RN, MSN, is the new chief administrative officer of Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley. Thomas begins her role on March 7. Thomas comes to Eden Medical Center, part of the Sutter Health not-for-profit integrated network of...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Feb 28, 2022
One woman overcame gender bias in the 19th century medical community. Another would start her career with nothing more than a few dollars and unwavering determination. Still another was a prominent community member with a dream of a healthier community. In a day and...
by Sutter Health | Feb 25, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif., —Today, not-for-profit integrated healthcare system Sutter Health announced its participation in Medicare Direct Contracting. This innovative, value-based payment model with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is designed to...
by Sutter Health | Feb 24, 2022
By Marycon Young and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors A teenager’s bedroom—once a safe haven for young people—transformed in the time of COVID. Rather than serve as sanctuary, bedrooms morphed for many into lonely places of isolation. A recent photo essay in The New...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Feb 23, 2022
Timing is everything when it comes to maintaining good health. That’s according to Dr. Rita Kwan-Feinberg, MPH, FACS, a Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation surgeon who specializes in breast cancer and serves as co-director of the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at...
by Karin Fleming | Feb 22, 2022
An at-home study to help determine whether osteoporosis drug treatments may prevent fractures in older patients with Parkinson’s disease was designed and has been launched in Northern California. Older patients with Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism also have a...
by Ashley Boarman | Feb 16, 2022
Dr. Robert Mayle, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon in Novato, Calif., has a new partner — a robot. A new knee replacement robot has taken up residence in an operating suite at Novato Community Hospital, and Dr. Mayle says the robot doesn’t replace him...
by Sutter Health | Feb 16, 2022
By Karin Fleming and Ashley Boarman, Vitals contributors Ovarian cancer has long been thought to be a stealth disease, with many women discovering they have it only after the illness reaches a more serious stage. Now a new review of ovarian cancer records shows more...
by Sutter Health | Feb 15, 2022
By Emma Dugas and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Lessons Learned Dr. Mercedes Kwiatkowski offers three main themes when helping kids through a positive COVID test • Preparation and education • Age-appropriate communication and information-sharing • Good modeling of...
