by Monique Binkley Smith | Oct 28, 2024
East Bay resident Ronellyn Junius knew something wasn’t quite right –she felt a pain in her left beast. So she made an appointment to see her doctor who recommended she get a mammogram at the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center. Her subsequent breast...
by Sutter Health | Oct 26, 2023
By Kathy Engle, Vitals contributor Sixteen years after the publication of Something that Matters: Life, Love, and Unexpected Adventures in the Middle of the Journey, this collection of essays from the Oakland-based Wednesday Writers is still making an impact in our...
by Sutter Health | Oct 19, 2023
(Above) Esther Figueroa attended a screening mammography event put on by Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center and the Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California. By Monique Binkley Smith and Emma Dugas, Vitals...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Dec 15, 2022
Two years ago, the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center launched a mobile mammography vehicle to provide breast cancer screening services in the community. The goal was to improve access to mammography for underserved women in the...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Oct 4, 2022
It seems everyone knows a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. And no wonder. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosis and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths.* But there is good news. The overall...
