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Northwest Health – Porter now offers a $50 heart scan. The heart scan is a noninvasive, painless cardiac calcium scoring scan that measures the extent of plaque buildup in the coronary arteries. The 30-minute procedure can help predict coronary...

As a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, John Oakley lives by the motto, “A burden heavy to one is borne lightly by many.” That same approach by a multidisciplinary team at Franciscan Health Crown Point is being credited with saving the...

Northwest Medical Group interventional cardiologists, Anshuman Das, M.D., FACC, FASCAI and Fahd Syed, M.D., MPH, FACC, recently added a new office in the medical offices adjacent to Northwest Health – La Porte, located at 1331 State St., in La...

Nature journaling can be done in any place where you can listen to your thoughts, feelings and ideas while taking in the sights and sounds around you. Nature journaling builds creativity, critical thinking and calmness. This activity can be done...

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...

Two nursing students with very different paths toward their studies will continue their schooling with assistance from the Maria Petti Memorial Scholarship. Lori Jones of Chesterton and Madisyn Perry of Union Township received the scholarship, which...

Keith Nichols, CEO for Northwest Health – La Porte and Northwest Health - Starke, has appointed Scott Ellis, DNP, MBA, BSB, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, CVRN-BC as its Chief Nursing Officer.  Ellis holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from South...

Franciscan Health and BroadStreet recently launched a new collaboration with the hope of leveraging data into action using nationally available dashboards for promoting violence prevention across communities. The dashboards present evidence-based...

Northwest Health will be welcoming two new family medicine physicians, Andrew House, M.D., and Monica Medrano, M.D., MBA, to Northwest Medical Group this September. Dr. House completed a family medicine residency at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital...

Known for high quality cancer care, the hospitals of Community Healthcare System have provided patients with some of the newest and most advanced non-surgical treatment options available in the country. To continue to provide the latest...