Porter Health System’s Sleep Disorders Institute will offer Sleep Apnea Screenings in June and July. According to the National Institutes of Health, sleep apnea is a condition that occurs when a person stops breathing repeatedly while sleeping and affects …
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From the Spring 2010 StayHealthy publication While no one plans for life threatening events, some 90,000 Americans are admitted to intensive care units (ICU) every day. When someone is in an ICU, it means they are critically ill and require the type of …
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From the Spring 2010 StayHealthy publication While no one plans for life threatening events, some 90,000 Americans are admitted to intensive care units (ICU) every day. When someone is in an ICU, it means they are critically ill and require the type of …
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From the May 2010 Senior Circle publication Skin cancer is on the rise. In fact, one in every five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, which means the longer you live, the more likely you’ll develop skin cancer, according to Subha Elango …
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From the May 2010 Senior Circle publication Skin cancer is on the rise. In fact, one in every five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, which means the longer you live, the more likely you’ll develop skin cancer, according to Subha Elango …
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Porter Health System announced that all of its facilities, including their grounds and parking lots, will become totally tobacco-free beginning June 1, 2010 – which coincides with the World Health Organization’s “World No Tobacco Day” on May 31, 2010 …
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Porter Health System announced that all of its facilities, including their grounds and parking lots, will become totally tobacco-free beginning June 1, 2010 – which coincides with the World Health Organization’s “World No Tobacco Day” on May 31, 2010 …
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From the April/May 2010 Healthy Woman Publication Symptom: Trouble Finding the Right Words Likely cause: fatigue, stress, multi-tasking Worst-case scenario: Stroke It’s easy to laugh off a silly slip-up like forgetting a name or wishing someone a “dice …
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On Monday, April 26, 2010 at 6:00 pm, Portage Township Schools will be honored with the Gary Sandifur Tobacco Free School Campus Award for instituting a campus policy making school grounds totally tobacco-free. This award will be presented at the school board …
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The National Kidney Foundation of Indiana will conduct a free health screening for people at increased risk for kidney disease on April 23, 2010 at the Portage Township YMCA, 3100 Willowcreek Road, Portage, IN, from 9 am to 2 pm. The screening is part of the …
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