If your New Year’s resolution involved getting healthy in 2017, it can be hard to know where to start. Try these tips to get on the right track. Schedule your annual wellness exam. An annual wellness exam gives you an opportunity to catch health...
Read MoreLocal Couple to Create Sentimental Journey at First Friday Performance
Roger and Sue Smith performed for the first time together in the fall of 1952, for the Gideon banquet at the U.S. Slicing Machine Company cafeteria. Now, channeling some of those great memories, the couple will take audience members on a...
Read MoreLocal Sports Medicine Expert Says 10 Minutes a Day Can Lead to Success
As most people prepare to start 2017 with a renewed sense of hope for a healthier life (what’s your resolution?), one simple thing could mean the difference between success and failure: being realistic. “Many people have the misconception that it...
Read MorePorter Regional Hospital: When It’s Not A Heart Attack
Your heart has two systems, vascular and electric. The vascular system is made of veins that carry blood into the heart and arteries that carry blood from the heart to cells throughout your body. The electrical system stimulates the heart muscle to...
Read MorePorter Regional Hospital: 7 Reasons to Visit Your Primary Care Provider
Your primary care provider (PCP) can attend to the majority of your health needs. Routine screenings. Many common health problems (including colon cancer, breast cancer and diabetes) have screenings that can detect the disease at the earliest stage....
Read MorePorter Regional Hospital: All About That Brain
Several studies clearly show that physical activity contributes to enhanced mental health as well as maintaining a “younger” brain. However, by strictly focusing on physical forms of exercise, we tend to forget the merits of cognitive, or brain,...
Read MoreBlood Pressure, Blood Sugar and Flu Focus of December Mobile Health Unit Outings
Wellness outreach professionals with the La Porte Hospital Mobile Health Unit will visit various neighborhoods to provide free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings and education about the importance of preventing flu now that flu season is upon...
Read MoreLa Porte, Starke Docs Weigh in on Three Tests That Could Save Your Life
Every day, people decide to delay or skip important health screenings because they are apprehensive. Most of the fear comes from the unknown. La Porte Physician Network physicians are weighing in on three important diagnostic or screening tests that...
Read MorePorter Regional Hospital Offering eLearning Online Childbirth Education
This online version of the Childbirth Education class offers an alternative for women and their support person who cannot attend a conventional prepared childbirth class due to bed rest, scheduling conflicts or time constraints. It can also be a...
Read MoreFear Not – Knowledge is Power When It Comes to Health
Every day, people decide to delay or skip important health screenings because they are apprehensive. Most of the fear comes from the unknown. Porter Health System professionals are weighing in on three important diagnostic tests that can help calm...
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