Mid-level Practitioners are Redefining Roles in Health Care

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Malpractice lawsuits cost all of us

A few years ago, at a local legislative forum sponsored by the Indiana State Medical Association, there was a lively and interesting debate between one of our local legislators (who happened to also be a lawyer) and some docs who were attending.

Doctor accused of sexually assaulting patient in Valpo

VALPARAISO | A local doctor was taken into custody Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting a female patient on two occasions last fall at his office at 60 S. Valparaiso St.

HEALTH CARE IN 2013: Changes will affect Northwest Indiana

If seismic devices monitoring planet earth could measure the universe of health care, health geologists would report significant tremors. As heat and pressure shift the tectonic plates beneath our feet, economic pressures and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) change the infrastructure and landsc…

Creating your own indestructible self

As one of the country’s top physicians, Dr. Alex Lickerman was leading quite a blessed life. He had just turned forty years old, and the future never looked brighter both personally and professionally. He sat down to enjoy a delicious Sunday brunch…and within hours, his world turned upside down.

Colts' Arians ready to step in for ill Pagano

INDIANAPOLIS | Bruce Arians always wanted to coach his own NFL team.

OFFBEAT: Dyer's Chang family competing for prizes on 'Family Feud' tonight

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Local physician, race car driver smoothly shifts gears through careers

HAMMOND | A physician and a race car driver have qualities in common, a local doctor said.

Identifying the gap

Gerry Wozniak and Dr. Jerry Coltro Charm a Chicago Urban Bee Hive

Beekeeper hobbyists Gerry Wozniak (left) and Dr. Jerry Coltro are shown on Sept. 11 "charming" a colony of bees to transfer their "sweet operations" to a makeshift hive to be moved to a better location, after the swarm adopted a tree on a busy Chicago street near a school and park.

Benefit of bees: Raise your own pollinators, reap a sweet harvest

The buzz about honeybees in recent years has been about their vanishing act from gardens and farm fields.

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.

Blessing inaugurates Franciscan Hammond Clinic

Sister Jane Marie Klein, chairman of the board of the Franciscan Alliance, sings a hymn with others gathered Wednesday for the blessing of the Franciscan Hammond Clinic in Munster.

Blessing inaugurates Franciscan Hammond Clinic

The Rev. Tony Janik, director of Spiritual Care Services of Franciscan St. Anthony Medical Center, blesses the Franciscan Hammond Clinic on Wednesday in Munster. The clinic is the newest member of the Franciscan Alliance.

Blessing inaugurates Franciscan Hammond Clinic

Gene Diamond, center, CEO of the Franciscan Alliance Northern Indiana Region, along with Dr. Cynthia Sanders, left, of the Hammond Clinic, and Sister Jane Marie Klein, chairman of the board of the Franciscan Alliance, participate in the blessing of the Franciscan Hammond Clinic Wednesday in …

Lake County sheriff brings in new jail doctor

CROWN POINT | Lake County commissioners hired a new county jail medical director five days before federal authorities arrive to inspect health care in the 1,040-bed lockup.

EDITORIAL: Health care reform won't be easy

Health care providers are facing a major change in the way they keep records, so it's not surprising they are nervous about the switch. They need help to make sure the implementation goes smoothly.

Pulling himself up by Army bootstraps

Willie Hernandez Jr. is only 18, yet he already has his life's goals set. He hopes to become a doctor in the Army Medical Corps. Hernandez, who will graduate from Griffith High School, will take a major step toward achieving those goals when he leaves June 28 to begin studies at the U.S. Mil…

Pulling himself up by Army bootstraps

HEATHER EIDSON | THE TIMES Guillermo "Willie" Hernandez Jr. hopes to someday be a part of the Army Medical Corps. He believes his acceptance to the prestigious U.S. Military Academy at West Point will help him achieve his goals. Hernandez will leave for West Point next month.

Pulling himself up by Army bootstraps

HEATHER EIDSON | THE TIMES The parents of Guillermo "Willie" Hernandez Jr. helped him achieve his goal of pursuing a college degree by teaching him education was his first priority, the soon-to-be Griffith High School graduate said. Georgina Hernandez and Guillermo Hernandez Sr. will see him…