Medicine

Healthgrades® announced today that Community Hospital is a recipient of the Outstanding Patient Experience Award for a fourth year. This distinction places Community Hospital among the 5% of hospitals in the nation for patient experience – an...

Hemorrhoids. It was the number-one trending and most frequently searched health issue on the Internet for 2012, reported the United States Food and Drug Administration. The painful truth is that up to 75 percent of us will be affected by hemorrhoids...

Franciscan St. Margaret Health: Dyer has been a stable force in the community for the better part of its history and its commitment to the area will only grow stronger. “We are the largest employer in Dyer and have been present in the community...

Did you know that lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States? It is responsible for more deaths annually than breast, prostate and colorectal cancers combined.* Yet, according to research, early detection...

Porter Regional Hospital has become the first health care facility in Indiana to receive full Atrial Fibrillation Certification status from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC). This most recent honor further elevates the status of the...

The blessing of the Comprehensive Outpatient Therapy Clinic at Franciscan Physician Network St. John Health Center is “a dream come true,” according to Revathy Ameeruddin, medical director at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago at Franciscan...

NorthShore Health Centers is offering free blood pressure screenings at the following locations, date, and time. Goodwill in Hobart 1/11/14 9a-1p Valparaiso Public Library 1/17/14 10a-12p Portage Public Library 1/20/14 1p-3p South Haven Public...

Q. I made sure my kids got all of their childhood immunizations, but now that they’ve hit their teens which vaccinations should they have? A. As kids get older, protection from some childhood vaccines begins to wear off. Plus, older kids can also...

Porter Health Care System CEO Jonathan Nalli is pleased to congratulate Orthopedic Surgeon Michael Leland, M.D. on his 700th anterior hip replacement surgery at Porter Regional Hospital. The surgery was performed on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. “This is...

How many people can say they knew what they wanted to do as a career when they were a kid? For Dr. Lisa Booth at Vale Park Animal Hospital, her future was never a question. While just a young fifth grader at Saylor Elementary, Booth heard a...