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Franciscan Health is offering free scans during the week of Nov. 4 in honor of Lung Cancer Awareness Month at locations in Dyer and Munster, thanks in part to generous grants from the Indiana Cancer Coalition and the Indiana Immunization Coalition....

Did you know that Center for Hospice Care offers specialty programs for patients suffering from serious, advanced pulmonary and cardiac conditions? These programs are designed to help patients and their caregivers manage their symptoms at home and...

Running a nationwide health care organization serving more than 51 million people and contracting with over 7,000 hospitals and care facilities takes coordination and manpower, which is why UnitedHealthcare has put leaders in place to manage...

Program provides, accepts breast milk for fragile infants Franciscan Health Dyer is collaborating with The Milk Bank to become both a donation site and pick-up location for outpatient families. These programs increase access to safe human milk for...

Franciscan Health Munster is hosting a free suicide-prevention course in August aimed at helping save lives. The entry level question, persuade and refer or QPR Suicide Prevention Course, is based on curriculum developed by the QPR...

PulsePoint Respond alerts CPR-trained citizens to cardiac arrest victims nearby so they may administer aid and help save lives Today, La Porte County E-911, along with the City of La Porte HEARTSafe Community Task Force, announced the launch of...

Northwest Health announced it is opening registration for its Diabetes Prevention Program. The program was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has partnered with organizations like Northwest Health with the goal...

Crown Point woman says TAVR procedure gave her new life Franciscan Health Crown Point is now offering patients with aortic valve stenosis a minimally invasive valve replacement procedure that speeds recovery time. Transcatheter aortic valve...

The Porter County Health Department is excited to announce the launch of the Porter County Find Help website, a custom resource page for Porter County, now live at http://portercounty.findhelp.com. Since it began in 2010, Find Help has provided a...

Center for Hospice Care recently launched a new community-based palliative care program, Kaleidoscope, which offers a holistic approach to caring for patients with serious advanced illnesses wherever they call home. A team consisting of a nurse...