by Sutter Health | Jun 27, 2024
By Karin Fleming and Ashley Boarman, Vitals contributors Every second counts when treating a stroke, a medical emergency that occurs when blood flow to the brain is blocked by a clot or there is bleeding in the brain. As one of the leading causes of permanent...
by Karin Fleming | May 1, 2024
Pictured: Lyle Vanhorn and Terri Vanhorn With 30 years under his belt as a telecommunications network contractor, Lyle Vanhorn has scaled incredible heights and balanced irregular work hours that would flummox the best of us. So, when in 2022 a 5 a.m. wakeup call...
by Gary Zavoral | May 5, 2022
Joe Soto, 73, of Sacramento suffered a major stroke, and his family feared the worst. However, just two days later he left the hospital — fully recovered — thanks to the quick action of his grandson and emergency medical teams. “I called my wife just six...
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...
