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  • Women share heart health stories at Go Red event

    Women share heart health stories at Go Red event

    Four months before her 30th birthday, Jennifer Buss underwent a mitral valve prolapse correction.

    May 16, 2013 5:00 pm Photos

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  • Technology improves mapping of heartbeat abnormalities

    Technology improves mapping of heartbeat abnormalities

    A technology upgrade to 3-D cardiac mapping equipment at Porter Regional Hospital will improve accuracy in locating the source of abnormal hea…

    May 08, 2013 6:30 pm Photos

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  • Ask the Expert: Spine Health

    Ask the Expert: Spine Health

    The spine is one of the hardest-working components of your body, yet not many people pay attention to their spine's health. Dr. Howard Robinso…

    April 17, 2013 12:00 am
  • Acupuncture beneficial for mental health

    Acupuncture beneficial for mental health

    If days are dull and nights are too long, if not much seems to matter, the problem may be the lack of an essential process in the body-and the…

    April 17, 2013 12:00 am Photos

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Healthy Living

Herbal Healer: What is schisandra?

Herbal Healer: What is schisandra?

A hardy climber grateful for any shaded wall to call home, schisandra is a unique botanical that bears fruit possessing all five flavors (salty, sweet, sour, spicy and bitter) known to Chinese herbal medicine. This attractive, adaptable plant…

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Fitness

Natural performance enhancers closer than expected

Natural performance enhancers closer than expected

Eufemiano Fuentes, a doctor who specialized in sports medicine in Spain, was sentenced to a year in jail Monday for his role in a 2006 blood-doping ring that spanned multiple sports and included 35 athletes. It's the latest example of the len…

May 10, 2013 12:15 am

Health Care

Illinois House committee approves Medicaid expansion

SPRINGFIELD | A plan to expand Medicaid coverage for low-income adults without children squeaked through an Illinois House committee Tuesday despite scrutiny over a last-minute amendment that would give more flexibility to mental health insti…

May 21, 2013 8:07 pm

Mental Health

CDC report shows suicide surge in middle-aged Hoosiers

CDC report shows suicide surge in middle-aged Hoosiers

The suicide rate for middle-aged Indiana residents rose almost 54 percent during an 11-year period, an increase nearly twice the national rate and one of the highest among the 50 states.

May 07, 2013 5:30 pm

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Videos

St. Catherine Hospital

Director of Cardiology Pastor Llobet discusses St. Catherine Hospital's leading cardiovascular services.

Community Hospital

Community Hospital

Neurosurgeon Mohammad Shukairy talks about Community Hospital's new concussion clinic.

Franciscan St. Margaret Health

Franciscan St. Margaret Health

St. Margaret Health Certified Wound Specialist Jerry Tuel explains the hospital's hyperbaric…

St. Mary Medical Center

St. Mary Medical Center

Paul Stanish, the medical director of Healthy 4 Life talks about the weight loss program at …

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