CROWN POINT – Franciscan St. Anthony Health will host a free program from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, on advance health care planning. The meeting, part of National Healthcare Decisions Day, will be in the Marian Education Center, 1201 S. Main St. Ruth Ann Schaller, a social worker and member of […]
HAMMOND – Mayor Thomas M. McDermott helped raise more than $2,600 for the St. Baldrick’s fundraiser. Joanna Halinski and her 4-year-old son, Oliver, also took part, helping raise $2,660 to help sick children. “I think it’s great that a child as young as Oliver participated in an event like this,” said McDermott. It’s
MUNSTER – Cardiologists at Community Hospital have announced they are among the first in Northwest Indiana to begin implanting MRI compatible pacemakers in patients. The Medtronic Revo MRI Surescan device is safe for use around or in magnetic resonance imaging equipment. “It has been estimated that up to 50 percent of patients with
MUNSTER – Community Hospital in Munster is one o 200 hospitals nationwide that will participate in a National Cancer Institute-sponsored study to evaluate the cholesterol drug Rosuvastatin (Crestor) as a treatment to reduce the risk of colon cancer. Rosuvastatis is in a class of drugs that lower cholesterol. The study was developed because
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital has opened a new Arrhythmia Center offering heart patients local access to high-quality tests and procedures for irregular heartbeats. The Arrhythmia Center provides 24-hour advanced cardiac care. The lab was modeled after facilities at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. “The
LAPORTE – Valparaiso University nursing students, along with Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital, will hold a free community health fair from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in the IU Health LaPorte Hospital Auditorium. Glucose and blood pressure screenings will be offered and education programs on diabetes, diet, vaccines, osteoporosis, heart disease,
VALPARAISO – To help women learn more about daVinci Robotic Surgery, Porter Health System’s Healthy Women Program will hold a “Just Say NO to Abdominal Hysterectomy” seminar. Cheryl Short, an OB/GYN, will present the program at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the hospital’s Education & Rehabilitation Campus, 1401 Calumet Ave., Valparaiso.
SOUTH BEND – Gibson Insurance Group will hold its 5th annual Healthcare Summit from 8 to 11:30 a.m. (EST) on Thursday, March 10, at the Hilton Garden Inn’s Gillespie Conference Center in South Bend. A compliance update will be presented by attorney Ann Mackey of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister; John Willey, director of
VALPARAISO – Porter Health System and HealtheACCESS LLC have acquired Porter’s occupational medicine services, Northwest Indiana Occupational Medicine Services (NIOMS) by HealtheACCESS LLC. HealtheACCESS is the largest providers for occupational medicine in Porter County. The model HealtheACCESS and Porter Hospital are developing should help employers, corporations, municipalities and local government improve health
CROWN POINT – The Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point Auxiliary recently presented a $100,000 check to the hospital’s Capital Campaign. David Ruskowski, hospital president, thanked the auxiliary for the donation and for its other donations over the years. Since the hospital opened in 1974, the auxiliary has raised more than $2 million.
