Health

Join in the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease—join us for the Memory Walk!  The Memory Walk will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Hidden Lake Park in Merrillville, IN.  For more information about Alzheimer’s disease and/or the Memory …

Everyone in Valparaiso is invited to the St. Agnes Adult Day Care Center Afternoon Jazz and Silent Auction Fundraiser, with music by The Jeff Brown Trio. The fundraiser will be held on August 23, from 2 – 6pm at St. Pat’s Banquet Hall in …

With the summer in full swing and the sun out in full force, Hoosier residents are enjoying all the fun outdoor activities the season has to offer. In 2009, an estimated 68,720 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma, however, the vast majority of skin …

Antioxidants are a certain type of vitamins, minerals, and enzymes. They help protect your body from some health problems, such as: cancer artery and heart disease arthritis cataracts Beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, and selenium are the antioxidants that …

The next time you or a loved one is a patient at Porter, you should notice a subtle difference. Not loud or boisterous, the change has to do with what you won’t hear.  Believing that quiet promotes healing; Porter has quietly instituted a campaign aimed …

An apparent life-threatening event (ALTE), is the term sometimes given to a prolonged infant apnea spell. It is an episode in which an infant has apnea, or stops breathing for long enough to cause: choking and gagging color change in the skin and lips, first …

For two weeks, Porter physicians Vikram D. Appannagari, M.D., and Nicholas Retson, M.D., along with seven local nurses took their humanitarian efforts to the northern reaches of India, performing nearly 40 surgeries over five days. In doing so, the group …

In the past, arthritis of the hip has been accepted as a painful disability. Many people were resigned to living in a wheelchair. Over the past thirty years, advances in the treatment of hip arthritis, as well as hip replacement surgery, have allowed many …

Picture this: your 17 year old is at the plate, bases are loaded, the count is full. If he hits it out of the park, his team wins and he may get a college scholarship. Yes, there is a lot of pressure on these young student athletes to perform. In fact, they …

Nutrition, also called healthy eating, plays a key role in athletic performance (also known as sports nutrition). A healthy diet follows the basic Food Guide Pyramid. Athletes may need to increase their amounts of certain nutrients for peak performance …