Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City is offering free, take-home colorectal screening kits during March, which is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the nation. If everyone...
Safety
Sometimes Meat and Potatoes Just Don’t Play Well Together
Submitted by Lori Granich, RD, Clinical Dietitian at the Midwest Bariatric Institute There are thousands of bacteria naturally present in our environment. Not all bacteria are harmful; in fact, some are used beneficially in foods such as yogurt....
Porter Health System to Make Equipment, Patient Transfer “A Safe Environment”
“Imagine a hospital built for you.” That is the general consensus behind the plans for Porter Regional Hospital. The new hospital will include not only a new name, but new technology, new equipment, a new design and a new presence, including...
The Heart of a Woman
From the Winter 2011 Healthy Woman publication Women are strong in so many ways, but they’re just as vulnerable to heart disease as men are, according to Candice Yu-Fleming, MD, a family medicine physician with Portage Medical Group. “It’s...
Drunken Gummy Bears: The Latest Teen Trend
Leave it to teenagers to take something as wholesome as gummy bears and turn it into booze-soaked mischief. They're sweet, cute and alcoholic. Drunk gummy bear candy is now trending and slowly making its way to our area. The Internet exacerbates the...
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
As you may or may not know, I lost my dad to suicide on December 10, 2005. Since then, I've become highly active on this issue. Although more people died by suicide than by Asthma, HIV/Aids, and Parkinson's Disease, funding for research was the...
Self Defense at the Y
The Portage Township YMCA will be holding a self-defense class. Learn dynamic, hands on, reality based, defensive tactics designed especially for women. Essential survival concepts that no woman should be without. Incorporates real world scenarios in...
3 Ways to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
From the Summer 2011 Healthy Woman publication A shocking 10.8 percent of American women have diabetes, increasing their risk factors for heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, and more. But before they’re diagnosed with diabetes, many...
Screenings Defined
From the Summer 2011 Healthy Woman publication Screenings can act as your personal red flag, signaling a need to follow up with your physician for diagnosis and treatment. This advance warning can be life changing- even lifesaving. "Screenings do...
Heroin Strain Even More Lethal, Overdoses on the Rise
It sounds absurd to make the statement that there is currently some “bad heroin” in our community because we all know that heroin is one of the most addicting and deadliest drugs around. While all drug addiction becomes deadly over a period of...