Did you know heavy drinking weakens the heart muscle over time? According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, alcohol also disturbs the heart’s pacemaking function, making it beat either irregularly or too quickly. Alcohol...
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Alcohol’s Impact on Your Heart
Porter Health Care System Presents “Pink at Portage” on September 27
Porter Health Care System will host “Pink at Portage” from 7 a.m. to Noon on Saturday, Sept. 27 in the Women’s Center at Portage Hospital, located at 3630 Willowcreek Road in Portage. “Pink at Portage” offers women getting their mammography...
Read MorePorter Health Care System Offers Free Preventive Wellness Screenings
Porter Health Care System will offer bone density and blood pressure, blood sugar, and body mass index screenings in September. Bone Density A bone density screening can show low bone mass, revealing your risk for bone-threatening osteoporosis. This...
Read MorePorter Regional Hospital Presents Childbirth Education Classes for September 2014
Porter Regional Hospital will present the following childbirth education classes in September: Childbirth Education This comprehensive class covers all aspects of pregnancy, labor, and birth, postpartum and newborn care. Natural coping methods will...
Read MorePorter Health Care System Presents Healthy Heart Diet Classes
Porter Health Care System will present Healthy Heart Diet classes in September. The free classes will provide an understanding on how to read food labels and choose heart-healthy food, along with teaching basic heart healthy food preparation tips....
Read MorePorter Health Care System Wins National Quality Award for Fourth Straight Year
Porter Health Care System’s Chandana Surgery Center has been awarded the prestigious APEX Quality Award for the fourth consecutive year. The APEX – Attributes for Patient Excellence Award – recognizes free-standing ambulatory surgery centers...
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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...
Read MorePorter Regional Hospital Social Worker Receives Oncology Certification
Antoinette Cardenas, MSW, LSW, OSW-C, Porter Regional Hospital’s discharge facilitator and social worker, recently received the designation of Certified Oncology Social Worker from the Board of Oncology Social Work. Cardenas’s role at Porter is...
Read MorePorter Health Care System Offers Support Groups in September
Porter Health Care System will offer the following monthly support groups in September: Breast Cancer Support Group – Hope & Healing Porter Regional Hospital offers Hope & Healing, a support group for people coping with breast cancer,...
Read MorePorter Regional Hospital Names New Intensive Care Unit Director
Stephanie Dickard, RN, has been named the new Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Porter Regional Hospital. Dickard began her career with Porter more than 10 years ago as a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit. She has served in the role of ICU...
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