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$85 Comprehensive Cardiac and Stroke Screening To schedule an appointment, please call 263.LIVE (263.5483) PAD (Peripheal artery disease-screening the lower extremities) Echocardiogram (for evaluation of cardiac structure and function) Carotid exam...

As seen in the Spring 2009 Issue of Stay Healthy Magazine A little mouse first alerted Bertie Spagna that something wasn’t right. While working at her computer this past January, Bertie was having a problem printing out her work, and her husband...

As seen in the Spring 2009 issue of Stay Healthy Magazine 1. Move MoreFind more ways to move your body. Climb stairs instead of taking the elevator. Toss a ball with your kids. Mow the lawn. Anything that keeps you moving is not only a fitness tool;...

As seen in Spring 2009 Stay Healthy Magazine Studies show consuming high levels of lutein and vitamin E in your diet can reduce your risk of developing macular degeneration or cataracts.   Good Sources of Lutein include: Green Vegetables Egg Yolks...

May 18, 2009 Maureen Hughes, RN, BSN, has been named the new Director of Nursing for Orthopedic and Oncology Nursing Units at Porter Valparaiso Hospital Campus. Hughes came to Porter from Ingalls Memorial Hospital where she was a Patient Care Manager...

Many parents do not realize how quickly time passes. Before they know it their child will be crawling and walking. Young children want to touch (and eat) everything in sight. Children's curiosity causes many accidents. Luckily, many of these injuries...

From the Spring 2008 issue of StayHealthy Magazine Natalie Eddy loves to tell people how she fell in love with nursing first in her role as a critical care nurse and now with her career as a nurse practitioner at Porter's Chesterton Medical Campus....

City Administrator Bill Oeding of Valparaiso will join Porter Health System nurses at the Valparaiso Hospital Campus for a candlelight ceremony at 7:30 pm May 5. The ceremony will kick off a week long recognition of nurses during National Nurses...

May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention month! Current estimates are that 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. Melanoma is increasing faster in females 15-29 years old than males in the same age group. One...

From the Summer 2008 issue of StayHealthy Magazine When Tauhir Jones heard an uncharacteristic ‘pop’ and felt an unfamiliar pain in his right leg while playing a game of pick-up basketball on one of the first nice days in May, he knew something...