Education

Join board-certified cardiologist Jessica Williams, MD, to learn the importance of caring for your heart today, tomorrow and for decades to come at Northwest Health’s next HealthyU wellness seminar. The free event entitled Do Your Part, Care for...

Heart disease is often thought to be more of a health issue affecting men.  However, it’s the most common cause of death for women in the United States, causing more than 314,000 deaths in 2020. Because symptoms in women can differ...

Take heart, Northwest Indiana. Community Healthcare System is hosting fun, informative and potentially lifesaving events throughout February, which is Heart Awareness Month. Make sure to mark your calendars for the following: WEAR RED DAY Friday,...

To commemorate American Heart Month, Northwest Health will host “Stories from the Heart,” a special event showcasing the many ways heart disease, the number one cause of death in men and women in the United States, connects us all.  The events...

February is American Heart Month, and Community Healthcare System invites the public to join in the annual Hearts of Hope campaign. Funds raised help improve local access to treatment options achieved through research. This year, the 19th annual...

Happy New Year, and welcome to another round of new rules and key numbers to help make sense of things. Here is a list of 2024 changes to Medicare, Social Security, retirement accounts and tax brackets. No one will be affected by all of them, but...

On Thursday, January 11, Methodist Hospital hosted a virtual seminar designed to help people understand pre-diabetes and how to prevent and manage type-2 diabetes, from daily exercise to different types of diets to medications. “If you have...

Lifestyle and unhealthy choices can impact your immune system more than you may know, making it easier to get sick. To learn how to build a robust immune system, join family medicine physician Chike Okolocha, DO, as he leads Northwest Health’s next...

With the press of a button, the “patient” starts hemorrhaging. His blood pressure begins to plummet. The nurses in the room must decide what to do next to save his life. Nurses may face this scenario in the Simulation Laboratory at Community...

If you are like so many Americans who are having difficulty finding long-term relief from painful, chronic acid reflux or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), it may be time to  consider a minimally invasive procedure that fixes the root...