November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and in response to this growing epidemic, Cancer Care Services of Porter Regional Hospital will be increasing awareness of its CT Lung Cancer Screening program to promote the early detection of lung cancer. Porter Regional Hospital recently received the designation of Screening Center of Excellence by the Lung Cancer […]

WEST LAFAYETTE — Michelle Munk, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center, will speak at Purdue on Nov. 20 about her career. The talk, “From the Beach to Mars: One Engineer’s Journey,” will be at 5:30 p.m. in Armstrong Hall, Room B061. It is sponsored by the Women in Engineering Program and the School

Valparaiso community leaders, accompanied by Porter Health Care System’s board members and senior management ceremoniously broke ground for the system’s first freestanding 24/7 emergency room (ER) that is expected to open fall 2015 at Valparaiso Medical Center located on the corner of Roosevelt Road and Glendale Blvd. in Valparaiso. Adding 10,740 square feet, the new

Porter Health Care System opened its second Health At Work corporate occupational and wellness clinic on Monday, Nov. 17. in its Portage Hospital located at 3630 Willowcreek Road. The first clinic, which opened in September 2013, is located at 809 LaPorte Ave. in Valparaiso. Health At Work offers medical services for employees who have suffered

Two Franciscan Alliance leaders are among the 2014 lnfluential Women of Northwest Indiana. Presented the Supporter of the Year Award was Sister Aline Shultz, who has served as Franciscan Alliance corporate vice president of marketing and development for five years. Receiving the Influential Women Healthcare Award was Trish Weber, who, since 2008, has been vice

GARY — A marketing professor at Indiana University Northwest’s School of Business and Economics has been named Small Business Advocate of the Year by the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center. Since 2012, Subir Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D., has played a key role in the school’s organization of workshops aimed at helping local nonprofit organizations improve their

The U.S. Small Business Administration announces the launch of Destination: HUB.  The HUB Zone program encourages economic development and employment growth in distressed areas by providing opportunities for firms to become active participants in the federal supply chain. Destination: HUB will promote and highlight HUBZone opportunities in federal procurement.  In Indiana Fayette County is the

MISHAWAKA — Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC), Home Instead Senior Care and Harbor Light Hospice will present The Conversation: Talking with your loved ones who are dealing with issues of aging at 5:30 pm on Nov. 18 in the SJRMC Education Center. This special program is designed to help prepare families for the difficult