Northwest Health

Renae Atkins, FNP, recently joined Northwest Medical Group and will be practicing family medicine in Starke County. This is part of a continued effort by Northwest Medical Group to meet the growing demand for primary care. Atkins is a family nurse...

Skin Cancer is on the Rise – Know How to Protect Yourself When you think about sun protection, you might think about a day at the beach. But during your lifetime, you get sun exposure doing everyday things like walking the dog, mowing the lawn and...

Northwest Health announced recipients of the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nursing. The team members honored were from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and included: Autumn Reese, RN-BSN; Lauren Haller, ASN-RNC; Jill Volk, ASN-RNC; Elizabeth...

Northwest Health – Porter recently became one of the first hospitals in Northern Indiana to offer patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) an alternative to long-term blood thinners with the next generation left atrial appendage...

Over twenty million Americans suffer with daily heartburn or other symptoms of gastro reflux, such as regurgitation, chronic cough, hoarseness and dental erosions. Until recently, these people faced either a lifetime of daily medications, and often...

The Indiana State Department of Health has designated the Special Care Nursery at Northwest Health – La Porte, located in downtown La Porte, as a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. According to the revised Indiana Perinatal Hospital Standards,...

Stay on schedule with a full night of sleep for your best physical and mental health We’ve all experienced the tiredness and lack of clarity that comes from a sleepless night, but a study published last year by the Journal of the American College...

Northwest Health has announced recipients of the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nursing at both Northwest Health – La Porte and Northwest Health – Starke.    Lori Bridegroom, RN, an Emergency Room nurse at Northwest Health –...

Study finds average weight gains of 1.5 pounds a month during pandemic As the days get longer and more of our community is opening up, local physicians are encouraging patients to reverse the extra pounds they may have added over the past year of the...

Good health. We all want it – a life where our bodies remain strong and able, allowing us to do the things we most enjoy. And, there's never been a time when good health and wellbeing have been more essential for our human connections, whether it...