by Sutter Health | Nov 11, 2024
Thanks to Quick-Thinking Bystanders and Her Surgical Team, East Bay Mom is Well on the Road to Recovery By Clayton Warren, Vitals contributor Jennifer Carothers-Liske was playing ultimate frisbee with a group of friends in October when she suffered a...
by Emma Dugas | Feb 7, 2024
Few medical terms are more mainstream than those that deal with the heart. Most adults in America have heard of CPR and seen an AED machine. Many can also describe what an ECG or electrocardiogram readout looks like and may even wave their finger to mimic the rhythmic...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Apr 13, 2023
Shaniya Peterson was jumping rope with her two little girls the day after Thanksgiving when she began feeling severe pain in her back, jaw and back of the head. She lay down thinking she’d overdone it in the cold, but the pain didn’t go away. Then she got what she...
by Emma Dugas | Mar 7, 2023
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor With a soundtrack in her soul, Leticia Boykin-Owens keeps dancing, even after having both of her legs amputated below the knee. Ticia, as she is known to many, was determined to walk, then dance and even roller skate; in the process...
by Sutter Health | Feb 20, 2023
By Karin Fleming and Emma Dugas, Vitals contributors Overall, deaths from cardiovascular disease are on the decline. Much of this is due to the tireless work of cardiologists, who dedicate their talents to research or routine care. While cardiovascular disease is...