‘I knew the early signs of a heart attack, but ignored them. Time nearly ran out for me.’ Ken Roper was working on his heart health. He was running, watching his diet, minimizing sugar and eliminating soda. “I even mastered how to grill...

It's summertime, meaning cookouts, picnics, trips to the park and family vacations. All this extra time spent outdoors also means more exposure to bugs. From ants, ticks and spiders to bees and wasps, the potential to get bitten or stung by one of...

Porter Health Care System welcomes Vijaya Chapala, M.D., to its medical staff. Dr. Chapala, a board-certified Internal Medicine physician, is seeing new patients and joins Drs. Shane Bush, Kajal Patel and Candice Yu-Fleming in practice at Portage...

Summer fun is here! Sun, sports, pools, playgrounds, biking and other outdoor activities abound. There’s so much to do, but keeping your children safe from injury while enjoying the great outdoors should be a top priority too. Unintentional...

Porter Health Care System recently honored one of its nurses through its annual Patient Choice Award program. The prestigious award recognizes the level of quality care, comfort and compassion offered by nurses each day. This year, Porter is pleased...

We hope you enjoy this month’s health and wellness news from Porter Regional Hospital. Stroke and Heart Disease: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD) are two distinct conditions, but they have more in common than you...

We’ve been told that it’s important to get an annual physical, our teeth cleaned every six months and to have our eyes checked once a year. But what about our ears? How often should we get our hearing checked? That’s the question we asked the...

Silver linings exist even in the grimmest circumstances. Through hope and the human spirit, positive outcomes and the beauty of humanity can emerge from dire situations. On May 11th, Cindy Kroft was in a horrible car accident involving a semi on...

Many folks think that if they don’t have chest pain, they’re heart healthy and truly that may not be the case. Read on to learn how undiagnosed heart conditions impacted the lives of three local individuals and how Porter helped them regain their...

Porter Health Care System has named Janelle Miller as the hospital’s new Manager of the Medical Surgical Department. Miller has been supporting nurses and patients at Porter as interim manager of the department since August 2015. Before that she...