May 21st marked the start of National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week - a tradition of honoring a critical segment of first responders in the U.S. for nearly 50 years. This year’s celebration theme is “Where Emergency Care Begins,” which...

Northwest Health – La Porte now offers a screening to detect peripheral artery disease (PAD) and it is available for community members who are most at risk for the disease. PAD is a circulatory problem in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow...

Two Northwest Health hospitals received high marks for quality of care today from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit upholding the standard of patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Northwest Health – Porter received an...

Northwest Health - Starke furthered its mission of helping people live healthier lives by presenting a $1,500 donation to the Knox Parks and Recreation Department on April 28. The donation was made as a part of its Doctors’ Day celebration and to...

To celebrate Doctor’s Day, Northwest Health - La Porte honored the doctors on its medical staff with a donation of $5,000 check to the La Porte Parks Department’s Chessie Trail Project. CEO of Northwest Health - La Porte Keith Nichols shared that...

Northwest Medical Group recently welcomed Jennifer Aversano, FNP-C, a family nurse practitioner with a special interest in cancer care. Aversano joined the practice of Tareq Braik, M.D., and Mary Klein, M.D., at Northwest Health – Hematology &...

Are you exhausted after waking, or keeping your bed partner up at night with your loud snoring? You may have undiagnosed sleep apnea. According to the National Institutes of Health, people with sleep apnea are unable to get the oxygen their bodies...