Specialty

Franciscan Health is offering $49 self-pay lung scans on Saturday, Nov. 11 in honor of National Lung Screening Day. According to the American Cancer Society, more patients die from lung cancer annually than breast cancer, colon cancer and prostate...

Cardiologist Islam Badawy, DO, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Crown Point. Dr. Badawy is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology. He attended...

 Community Hospital Fitness Pointe is marking a personal best this year. The fitness center is  celebrating 25 years of serving the community by hosting a health fair and open house.  From 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 4, members and...

Methodist Hospitals held their fall health fair and pancake breakfast at St. Timothy Community Church on Saturday, October 21. Visitors received an invitation to a free breakfast after the registration and completion of free screenings. Brad Lucas,...

Artwork commissioned and donated by Nau family Franciscan Health Munster earlier this month dedicated and blessed a new mosaic depicting St. Francis during a ceremony at the hospital. The mosaic was commissioned by husband and wife Pete Nau Sr. and...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana has selected Northwest Health – Porter as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare...

Northwest Health - La Porte hosted a “Blow Away Breast Cancer” rally to commemorate National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and honor those who have been affected by breast cancer on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The celebration was flooded with people...

Northwest Medical Group recently welcomed Ashley Milcarek, DNP, FNP-C, a family nurse practitioner who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology. Milcarek joined the practice of Julius Ellis, MD, at Northwest Medical Group – Women’s Health. She...

Hundreds of students from Catholic schools across Northwest Indiana and Chicago’s South Suburbs gathered at Franciscan Health Dyer Wednesday morning for the annual Respect Life Celebration. The event, co-hosted by Franciscan Health and the Diocese...

Northwest Health recently welcomed Chike Okolocha, DO, a family medicine physician to Northwest Medical Group. Dr. Okolocha will be seeing patients at the new Northwest Medical Group location at 2505 Calumet Ave. in Valparaiso. Dr. Okolocha completed...