Franciscan breaks ground on Munster cancer center
Friday morning's cold, blustery and wet weather made the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Franciscan Alliance's new comprehensive cancer center in Munster a bit of a challenge. But with the...
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CP clinic aims to assist uninsured, improve health care access
Cedar Lake resident Mark Ogibovic knew that his health was less than ideal — high blood pressure and high blood sugar put him at risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease....
Pence: Parents need support to raise children
As Parenting Awareness Month kicks off in Indiana, First Lady Karen Pence spoke of the importance of raising children to be responsible citizens as well as supporting parents through the...
Officials: Northwest Indiana not in need of needle exchange yet
Four Indiana counties have launched needle exchange programs to curb a statewide Hepatitis C outbreak, but both Lake and Porter county health officials say the local numbers don't show a...
Local hospitals focusing on mental health needs
One in five adults will experience a mental illness, but many feel embarrassed about seeking help or don't know where to look. St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago is working...
Daylight saving can be timebomb for kids
Spring is in the air and this Sunday is the day to spring forward — and lose an hour of sleep in the process — as daylight saving time goes...
Judge delays decision on separate Vann murder trials
A pair of large, bespectacled blue eyes — a reference to "The Great Gatsby" — looked out from a poster on the wall behind the jury box as attorneys in...
Hospitals aiming to curb local health disparities
Lake County has three times the number of homicides per capita than the national average. Deaths due to heart disease and cancer also are higher than average — and they...
Munster, other communities not waiting on state for LGBT protections
Efforts to include sexual orientation and gender identity in Indiana's civil rights code failed during the current session of the Indiana General Assembly, but several communities in Northwest Indiana and...
Schools frustrated by ISTEP+ question woes
A number of schools across the state started the applied skills portion of ISTEP+ testing this week, but the test is already proving frustrating to administrators due to unclear instructions...