What to know when choosing health care providers for your family

Nothing is more important than the health of your family. So when it comes to selecting the right health care providers, it is vital to do careful research and come up with the right choices for you and your loved ones.

Jerome Korn

Serviceman Jerry Korn, of East Chicago, shown in his U.S. military uniform, died in 1997 at age 81. He served as a doctor in a field hospital during World War II.

Doctor pleads to lesser charge in alleged sexual assault

VALPARAISO | Dr. Abdus Lakhani pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced misdemeanor battery charge stemming from allegations he sexually assaulted a nurse on the job in September 2010.

Costume Winners for "Best Group" at Brookfield Zoo on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011

"Five Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed" with Dad as the doctor (left) and a family tribute to Dr. Seuss with Mom as the grouchy goldfish, Dad as "The Cat in the Hat" with two tiny "Thing 1 and Thing 2" comprised the winners for the "best group costume" category at Brookfield Zoo on Saturday, …

Identifying the gap

Stress overdose for doctors

According to a Mayo Clinic report, more than half of the internal medicine residents questioned, about 52 percent, reported some symptom of burnout.

Hobart eye doctor's office is burglarized; sunglasses stolen

HOBART| Someone smashed a glass door at an eye doctor's office  just off U.S. 30 and stole a case of sunglasses, police said.

Christian Choate one of two region boys to die as doctors kept quiet

Two region boys who died of abuse-related injuries were seen by doctors who knew or suspected mistreatment but didn't report it to authorities, a Times review of state and medical records shows.

House OKs abortion restrictions, defunds Planned Parenthood

INDIANAPOLIS | The Republican-controlled Indiana House voted 66-32 Wednesday to prohibit most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and to cut off state-administered federal funds for Planned Parenthood.

Police search Centennial Park for missing doctor

Local police and search and rescue teams retraced their steps on Wednesday looking for missing Munster doctor Promila Mehta-Paul.

Search continues for missing NWI doctor

Investigators are following up on tips as they continue to search for a Munster ophthalmologist who went missing early last week.

Search for doctor from Munster turns to neighbor's home

An exam room sits empty Monday at the Highland office of ophthalmologist Promila Mehta-Paul. "Her patients were her world. She'd do anything for her patients. This was her world, and if she was able to call here, she'd be calling," said a staff member who didn't want to be identified.

Search continues for missing NWI doctor

Linda Grayson, foreground, and Camille Wiggins, employees of ophthalmologist Dr. Promila Mehta-Paul, 70, work at her office in Highland last March.

Search for doctor from Munster turns to neighbor's home

Munster police search the Munster home of ophthalmologist Promila Mehta-Paul, 70, for a second time last March. Police also searched a nearby home the doctor was watching for a vacationing neighbor.

Testifying from beyond grave

HAMMOND | Phyllis Barnes' friends and co-workers remembered her Wednesday as happy, determined and self-sufficient -- even during the worst of her battle against cancer.

Expert says Weinberger should have seen woman's cancer

HAMMOND | Former sinus surgeon Mark Weinberger subjected Phyllis Barnes to unnecessary sinus surgery and failed to recognize the signs of cancer, an ear, nose and throat specialist testified Tuesday in Lake Superior Court.

Testimony in civil trial against 'Nose Doc' to begin Tuesday

HAMMOND | Opening arguments are scheduled to begin today in a civil trial against notorious "Nose Doctor" Mark Weinberger and a physician assistant.

In a Heart Attack, Minutes Matter

The Chest Pain Centers at both Saint Margaret Mercy’s Hammond and Dyer campuses were the first accredited centers in Northwest Indiana and only two of 20 in the state.

M'ville doctor pleads guilty to Vicodin charge

A Merrillville neurosurgeon entered a guilty plea in Hammond federal court Thursday to possessing a controlled substance.

Service lets Indiana doctors come to patients' homes

SOUTH BEND | Right from the comfort of her own home in New Carlisle, Marge Horvath has had a doctor's exam, blood drawn and even an EKG performed, thanks to the new Visiting Physicians Association location in South Bend.