Ask the Experts

Kicking the Smoking Habit Is a No. 1 Priority at Kaiser

Dr. Jennifer Slovis serves as the medical director of the Kaiser Permanente Multi-Specialty Transitions Clinic at the Oakland Medical Center, a comprehensive care specialty clinic serving gender diverse people in Northern California since 2013. She is a physician leader in LGBTQ health care at Kaiser Permanente and is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Banish the Bulge of Varicose Veins

Beyond bulging, bumpy varicose veins and unsightly spider veins, vascular diseases, like carotid arteries or renal vascular disease, can be life threatening. Dr. Michael Ingegno, of Oakland’s General Vascular Surgery Medical Group specializes in state-of-the-art, minimally invasive varicose vein procedures, as well as a suite of surgical vascular and arterial treatments.

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Here’s the Point: Our Care Focuses Not Only on the Body But Also on Our Residents’ Social and Emotional Well-being

The Point at Rockridge, an independent, assisted-living and memory-care community in the Rockridge area of Oakland, is consistently winning community approval and hard-sought reader’s choice awards. Testimonials tout quality of care, compassionate attitude of staff and the community of residents who are “engaged, kind, bright.”

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Suffering From Sciatica? Many Self-Diagnoses Are Erroneous. Let Us Provide You the Treatment That Best Suits Your Needs.

The Joint was founded in 1999 by a doctor of chiropractic with a “vision to transform the traditional, often misunderstood concept of routine chiropractic care by making it more convenient, friendly and affordable.” Today, The Joint has grown to a nationwide network of more than 464 chiropractic offices and counting, with one in Berkeley on Telegraph Avenue.

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