Arming Patients With InformationMar 1, 2007 9:43 am US/Pacific
Six months ago, Norma Ramirez's 7-year-old daughter Cindy suffered a serious asthma attack. "She ended up in the hospital really ill," explains Norma. "Her breathing was really low, her oxygen was really bad."
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Taking Real Action to Fight Breast CancerFeb 21, 2007 12:58 pm US/Pacific
In 1990, eleven Bay Area women decided their breast cancer support group wasn't enough.
"One of them, whose name is Eleanor Pritt, said to the rest of them, look, this support group is very important to us and we should keep doing this, but isn't it time for political action?" explains Barbara Brenner.
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Award Honors Top NursesFeb 14, 2007 10:09 am US/Pacific
When we met registered nurse Cindy Ingels, she had no idea when she came to work on that day that she was being honored. Cindy is receiving a Daisy Award. Mark and Bonnie Barnes started the Daisy Foundation and the awards for nurses in 2001 to honor the memory of a loved one.
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Helping Women Make a Fresh StartFeb 7, 2007 7:06 pm US/Pacific
In a few short months, Marlinda Francis will get full custody of her young son, after drug problems landed her in jail and she had to start all over. "I was addicted to crack and alcohol and I really wanted help," she says straightforwardly. So she called Gwen Strain at the Rose Home.
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Paramedic's H.O.M.E. Team Reaches Out to HomelessJan 31, 2007 9:10 am US/PacificIf you shop or work in downtown San Francisco, chances are good you've passed Larry in his wheelchair. But Niels Tangherlini doesn't pass by - he knows Larry's name, and all about his health problems and alcohol dependency.
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Improving Services for SeniorsJan 24, 2007 7:16 pm US/Pacific
Geraldine "Gerry" Earp doesn't spend the long hours at San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital she once did, but she still finds time for visits. She comes to bring cheer to a woman she has known for more than 30 years; a woman who is 106 years old. Gerry herself is 86.
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Children's Village Welcomes Kids Home
Jan 17, 2007 7:17 pm US/PacificThere are few things as typical in suburbia as kids riding bikes, a grandfather walking a dog, and a welcome mat at the front door. But one quiet North Bay neighborhood isn't really typical at all. It's the creation of Lia Rowley, a social work consultant moved to action after horrendous crime.
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Traveling the Road to Academic SuccessJan 11, 2007 7:13 pm US/PacificIt's late December and a very special reunion is underway in San Francisco. Jacqueline Rushing welcomes her kids home from college for the holidays. There's Salahuddin, home from Texas Southern, Alicia from Alabama State, Dupre from Morehouse, and at least a dozen more. Jacqueline calls them "her" kids, but really, these are students in her Young Scholars Program.
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'WISE' Idea Seeds New Businesses  Jan 3, 2007 12:52 pm US/PacificConnie Rivera and Paulette Meyer are meeting for the very first time, but the Mexican arts and crafts store Connie has owned for two years is here because of an idea Paulette had eighteen years ago.Read More. 

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