Medicine

Barbara Brown’s plan to spend retirement pedaling cruiser bicycles on trails with her husband and hiking along Michigan’s beaches was interrupted by a medical diagnosis. “It’s hard to enjoy a bike ride with this condition,” the 70-year-old Portage …

While influenza viruses (flu virus) spread year-round, most flu activity peaks between December and February. The flu vaccine is your best bet for avoiding getting and/or spreading influenza this winter. This year’s seasonal flu vaccines each provide …

Board-certified family nurse practitioner Jessica Van Noort is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Cedar Lake. Van Noort, NP, earned her master of science degree in nursing at Chamberlain University and her bachelor …

Getting your mammogram early and often is important for long-term breast health, but one of the most significant barriers to access for many women in the Region is cost. The Northwest Indiana Breast Care Center at Methodist Hospitals is always looking for …

Refilling a prescription often feels like a guessing game. Sometimes the medication costs twice what you expect, other times it’s next to nothing. Many people worry about the price of medications even when using Medicare’s pharmacy benefits. It is …

Vale Park Animal Hospital strives to keep the pets in our community as healthy as possible, and one of the biggest ways it can do that is by educating and warning pet owners about things they might have heard of before but don’t know much about. One of …

With classes getting back in session soon, it’s important to stay on track with preventive doctor’s appointments for your child to help ensure a healthy school year. Appointments with your pediatrician are essential to help maintain your child’s health …

With the abundant advancement of technology, it can be hard to decide which treatment to go for when it comes to aligning teeth. There’s ranting and raving from both sides but sometimes, it’s best to go the traditional route — braces. Offering …

Discover the best way to dispose of expired, unwanted, or unused medications. Are you looking to clean out your medicine cabinet filled with expired medication you no longer use? It is important to properly discard medication as it can pose a harmful risk if …

Jeffrey Pruet, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, and Danielle Orozco-Nunnelly, PhD., associate professor of biology, and their team of student-researchers have been awarded $19,733 by the Indiana Space Grant Consortium to research natural antimicrobial …