Health

March 24 is National Kick Butts Day where youth from around the country organize events to fight tobacco use. Members of the Portage Boys & Girls Club small leadership group Torch Club held their annual Kick Butts Day Carnival to teach fellow...

Portage High School students recently finished the Race to Spring contest, inspired by PE teacher Kristen Peterson. From February 23 to March 18, the freshmen students were challenged to walk or jog as many laps as they could around the gym, up and...

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...

NorthShore Health Centers believes that seeing your baby in the womb should be an unforgettable experience - A time of bonding, captured by more than just static and lines. Your first baby pictures should create a lifetime memory. Will he or she have...

A Harvard-trained brain scientist who survived her own massive stroke at age 37, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor has enlightened society with her compelling story of how she recaptured and retrained her brain’s functions to regain a higher quality of life,...

Benjamin Franklin was quoted as saying that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Join the Portage Township YMCA, in cooperation with Porter Health Systems and NIOMS for their “Spring into Wellness” week event April 19 thru April...

At age three, he wouldn’t eat green beans at all, and would only eat carrots if he was rewarded with a popsicle. At ten, he wouldn’t clean his room without a 15-minute bargaining session and six reminders. At 16, he considered you the worst...

Porter Health System’s Senior Circle program will present an educational seminar, “Supermarket Survival” by Porter Dietitian Jill Kilhefner at 12:30 pm, on Tuesday, April 20. This two-part event will begin with a heart-healthy lunch at...

The Portage Township YMCA will host the National YMCA Healthy Kids’ Day event on Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 10:00am to 12:00pm. This event is open to the public and free of cost as it is sponsored by Porter Health Systems. The YMCA will offer...

Porter Health System recently donated more than $3,500 from its 8th Annual Sleighbell 5K Run/Walk to local food pantries including Hilltop Food Pantry, Portage Township Food Pantry and Westchester Food Pantry. Pictured in photo: Cardiac...