To help individuals develop a healthier lifestyle, lose weight and improve their fitness levels, Porter Health System will present “Fitness 4-All Wellness Challenge,” an eight week course from 6:30 to 8 pm, every Monday, from Oct. 12 through Nov....
Nutrition & Exercise
Remain Mindful of our Nervous System Health
It’s not the prettiest description, but when we think about our bodies, one to way to think about it is that we are essentially a walking, talking, sloshing bag of chemicals and electrical impulses. Thumb through the Physician’s Desk Reference or...
VNA Preparing for Busy Flu Season
The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) is preparing for another busy flu shot season. Influenza (flu) is a serious disease of the nose, throat, and lungs. It can make you sick for a week or longer with coughing, fever, aching, and more. It can lead to...
Fitness 4 All Wellness Challenge
Come one come all to the Fitness 4 All Wellness Challenge! Develop a healthier lifestyle, lose weight and improve fitness levels during Porter's "Fitness 4 All Wellness Challenge," an eight-week wellness challenge for families, groups and individuals...
What are Your Risk Factors?: Total Cholesterol Screening
Please join in at the Portage YMCA next Wednesday, Aug 26th at 9AM for a Total Cholesterol Screening, a complete computerized risk assessment and a presentation by Mike Nimmons of Porter's Cardiac Rehabilitation Department all hosted by Porter's...
Boozing Blunts Ability to Read Faces
THURSDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Heavy drinking can affect the ability to recognize other people's facial emotions, a new study has found. Researchers used functional MRI to monitor brain activity in 15 abstinent long-term alcoholics while they...
Advice From the Nutrition Coach
August 6, 2009 Georgia Kostas has helped more than 50,000 patients use diets for disease recovery, prevention and weight control. She was also a consultant to the 1996 U.S. Olympic team. I look at myself as a nutrition coach," says Georgia Kostas....
WIC Program for Valpo Families
The Valparaiso WIC program is here to provide healthy foods to women, infants and children at no cost. They also reach participants how to eat better. Realizing the importance of breast feeding, the WIC program provides breast feeding education...
The ACS Birthday Declaration Movement
To most people, birthdays are just a reminder that they're getting older. But at the American Cancer Society, "Happy Birthday" is a victory song, because a world with less cancer is a world with more birthdays. And that's definitely something to...
Exercise and Stress
Exercise has always been linked to better mental health, but until recently researchers have struggled to prove why.Work at the University of Georgia and the Indiana School of Medicine suggests that exercise not only increases the release of...