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Women share heart health stories at Go Red event

Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3244

Four months before her 30th birthday, Jennifer Buss underwent a mitral valve prolapse correction.
May 16, 2013 5:00 pm
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Technology improves mapping of heartbeat abnormalities

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3244

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
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Ask the Expert: Spine Health

Julie Dean Kessler

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

Julie Dean Kessler

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
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Illinois House committee approves Medicaid expansion

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Mental Health

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.