Health

A Calumet Region Striders Gold Cup Series Race and an XYZ Trail Series Race Xtreme Partners: Portage Parks and Re/Max Affiliates Date and Time: Memorial Day, Monday, 5/31/2010 Kids’ Mile at 8:15 am. Xtreme 12K at 9:00 am. Registration from 7:30 am...

American Red Cross supports Senate Bill 46 The American Red Cross is excited to announce that a new law, Senate Bill 46, will encourage 16 year-olds to start a lifelong habit of donating blood. In the past, Indiana state law was silent on the issue...

The Alzheimer's Association of Greater Indiana, will host Community Conversations, a free Alzheimer’s education series featuring information on a variety of topics that are of interest to all community members with a focus towards caregivers. The...

The Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County will present "Elder Abuse" at locations in Lake and Porter Counties in May. This informational program will discuss what constitutes elder abuse and what can be done to prevent or stop it. May 6 at...

Cops For A Cure Incorporated, a public benefit Corporation, has been established to generate financial support and public awareness for breast cancer and related research. In March of this year Officer Flora Akers of the Portage Police Department was...

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,...