Porter Health Care System will offer the following monthly support groups in October: Breast Cancer Support Group – Hope & Healing Porter Regional Hospital offers Hope & Healing, a support group for people coping with breast cancer, whether...

Porter Regional Hospital will present the following community wellness programs in October: Female Urinary Incontinence: It’s No Laughing Matter While a hearty laugh may bring it on, urinary incontinence- the uncontrolled loss of urine from your...

Porter Regional Hospital will present the following childbirth education classes in October: Childbirth Education This comprehensive class covers all aspects of pregnancy, labor, and birth, postpartum and newborn care. Natural coping methods will be...

Leanne Conner Gastro, Intestinal Technician of the Center for Digestive Health (Endo Labs), and Barbara (Barby) Alfredson, Environmental Services (EVS) Technician, of the New Porter Regional Hospital were both recently named Diamond Award Winners....

September is PAD (Peripheral Artery Disease) Awareness Month and to help patients uncover their risk for the disease, Porter Health Care System offers a free national screening program called Legs for Life at Porter Regional Hospital in Valparaiso....

March of Dimes and the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA) recognized Porter Regional Hospital at the Indiana Perinatal Hospital Summit today at the Ritz Charles in Carmel for their work to reduce the number of elective inductions and cesarean...

Maybe you've had pain that starts suddenly in your upper abdomen. Maybe moving around doesn't make the pain go away. Or, maybe you've had abdominal pain at night that's severe enough to wake you. Maybe it's your gallbladder. "Just like every other...

Porter’s Volunteer Coordinator Marianne Dimos was recently named “Outstanding Volunteer” by Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly magazine. Dimos has served as a volunteer at Porter for nine years, the past seven of those serving as volunteer...

The designation of Breast Imaging Center of Excellence recognizes that the Center for Women’s Health has earned accreditation in the ACR’s voluntary breast-imaging accreditation programs including stereotactic breast biopsy and breast ultrasound,...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that there were 129.8 million visits to the emergency room in 2010. Maybe you were one of them. Sometimes situations arise and there is confusion about where to get treatment – emergency...