Medicine

Residents with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms and are at higher risk for related complications have another treatment available at the hospitals of Community Healthcare System to help aid in their recovery. Bamlanivimab is a monoclonal antibody...

If you suffer from neck, back, leg or arm pain from stenosis, disc herniation, spondylosis or a number of other degenerative spine conditions, a non-surgical alternative option may be beneficial. A safe, gentle evidence-based solution is now...

Patients and staff at Franciscan Health Crown Point will have a convenient option for filling necessary prescriptions with the opening of a new outpatient retail pharmacy at the hospital. Pharmacy staff celebrated the opening on Nov. 16 with a...

In the cool, pre-dawn October hours, while most of the Region was still fast asleep, a convoy of ambulances converged outside of La Porte Hospital for the culmination of a process three years in the making, a move to their new and newly-branded...

An interventional cardiologist and an internal medicine physician are the newest additions to the Franciscan Physician Network’s team of doctors in Michigan City. The Franciscan Physician Network Heart Center Michigan City has welcomed...

A strong healthcare system is essential to a community’s quality of life, especially in terms of  providing access to medical care to area residents and contributing to the economic health of the community overall. La Porte Hospital’s rich...

While pet owners may only feel inclined to go to the vet when their pet is sick, going when pets are healthy can help your pet’s veterinarian identify what is wrong with pets when they are sick. Associate Veterinarian Dr. Kelly Rock from Vale Park...

For the past five years, La Porte Hospital and its sister sites, Porter Regional Hospital in Valparaiso and Starke Hospital in Knox, have collaborated to better stablish themselves as local healthcare leaders. Today they adopt a...

Porter Regional Hospital is now Northwest Health – Porter, after CEO Sean Dardeau unveiled a new brand and Healthcare System over a year in the making. The rebrand unifies the Porter Regional, La Porte, and Starke hospitals all under one name,...

Officials and dignitaries plunged their shovels into the dirt along Interstate 65, marking the start of a project that will bring a new Franciscan Health Crown Point hospital, part of a 500-plus-acre development that will transform the city’s...