May is a month for mothers, brides, graduates - an opportunity to celebrate! Learn how to be a great gift giver, cook up a great celebratory breakfast, and read about a woman making a difference in the lives of new moms every day.



Be Stroke Smart: A Quick Way to Recognize Stroke

Do you know what medical condition leaves more Americans disabled than anything else? Believe it or not, stroke is the leading...

Arm Yourself for the Fight Against Allergy Season

If it seems like your nose is running and your eyes are watering a bit more intensely this year, you are not alone. These classic...

MAKO: A New Option to Restore Your Knees

Our knees and hips keep us moving. Unfortunately, they also wear out with time, producing the joint pain and stiffness that so many of us experience as we age. In fact, 46% of...

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Celebrating Mother's Day with a Fourth Baby

This Mother's Day, Shawna Huson's day will be even sweeter than in years passed, thanks to the arrival of her fourth child, Jaben, a baby boy born in early April. Jaben is Shawna and her husband Andrew's fourth...

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Watch Your Garden Grow!

May is the perfect month to get your garden growing... Warm weather, sunny skies and longer days makes for the ideal time to dig in the dirt. Just don't wait too long...

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A Different Twist on Mother's Day Brunch

Preheat a waffle maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, salt, and pepper...

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Understanding Your Breasts

It is important for us to understand our breast.  Being familiar with our breast is a big part of breast health. By performing our monthly breast self-exams, we learn...

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Save Your Child from the Sun

More than 60,000 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma - the most common form of skin cancer - this year. Doctors are seeing younger and younger patients...

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Soup Up Your Diet with Super Foods!

If you're looking to kick start your nutritional intake, look no further than super foods! A super food is a food source that is packed with higher nutrients per calorie...

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Delivering Joy Every Day: One Nurse's Story

In honor of National Nurses' Week (May 6- May 12), this month we are profiling one of the many exceptional nurses who make a difference every day inside the Dignity Health facilities throughout Sacramento.

Few moments in a person's life are as magical and transforming as the day they welcome a child into their family. For Toni Lipp, getting to share in that experience every day through her job is an opportunity that she feels blessed to have.

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