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February 2010

• Healthy Woman presents "When to Take Your Child to the ER"
• Healthy Woman Program: "Estrogen Dominance: Hormone Imbalance"
• Senior Circle presents "Minutes Matter! Heart Attack Signs & When to Act"
• Porter Health System Offers Adult Fitness Promotion
• Porter Health System Celebrates American Heart Month with Cooking Personality Graham Kerr

January 2010

• Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit To Celebrate First Anniversary
• Fitness "4-All" Wellness Challenge

December 2009

• Healthy Woman Program: "A New Option: Uterine Fibroid Embolization"
• Manager of Marketing and Communication Named at Porter
• Porter's Valparaiso Hospital Has Been Designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care
• Porter Health System Names Managers of the Year

November 2009

• Healthy Woman Program: "Your Emergency Room - When Should You Visit?"
• New Director of Women's Services
• Cardiac & Vascular Institute presents the 8th Annual Sleighbell 5 K Run/Walk
• New Director of Case Management and Physician Recruitment Named
• Healthy Woman Program: An Evening of Empowerment
• Healthy Woman Program: "Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters"
• Senior Circle Program: "Get Fit While You Sit"

October 2009

• Porter Health System Temporarily Alters Visitor Guidelines
• "Be Healthy. Be Safe" A Medical Panel Discussion on Diabetes Care
• Hospital Quality Study Places Porter Hospital in Top 5% Nationally for Stroke Care
• Porter Health System Acquires Land for New Replacement Hospital
• Porter Health System offers Mammogram Special
• Healthy Woman presents "Osteoporosis: Not for Women Only"
• Healthy Woman presents "Why Can't I Lose Weight? Try Eating by the Glycemic Index"
• Porter Health System's Sleep Disorders Institute to Provide Sleep Apnea Screening
• Porter Health System presents Fitness "4-All" Wellness Challenge

September 2009

• Porter Leads in Pandemic and Disaster Readiness
• Pelvic Health - Stop Coping. Start Living

July 2009

• Shoulder Replacement: Is It Right for You?
• New Nursing Directors Named at Porter
• Porter's Chief Financial Officer receives Outstanding Achievement Award

June 2009

• Porter hosts "An Afternoon with daVinci" - June 19
• Healthy Woman presents "Urinary Incontinence: What All Women Should Know"

May 2009

• New Nursing Directors Named at Porter
• Porter Celebrates National Hospital Week with Employee Awards Event
• Porter CEO to speak at International Conference on Robotics Surgery

April 2009

• Candlelight Ceremony and Mayor to Kick Off Nurses Recognition Week
• Porter Teams with American Stroke Association to Present "Power to End Stroke" Events
• Arias Named Chief Nursing Officer at Porter
• Porter Health System Honors Volunteers

March 2009

• Porter Health System Looking for Patients' Choice in Nursing
• April is National Donate Life Month-Become an organ, eye and tissue donor!
• Dove Real Beauty Workshop hosted by Porter Healthy Woman
• Porter Opens New Service Line at Portage Campus

February 2009

• Porter Offers Affordable Comprehensive Cardiac, Vascular & Stroke Screenings
• Porter Celebrates Multiple 2009 HealthGrades® Ratings

December 2008

• Tom Felter is Porter's "Associate of the Year" for 2009
• Keeping Tabs on Cholesterol

November 2008

• Staying Healthy This Winter
• Health eCooking at www.porterhealth.com
• Healthy Woman Celebrates One-Year Anniversary with Laughter
• Porter's Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center Helps Heal Stubborn Wounds

October 2008

• Metabolic Syndrome - How it is Diagnosed and Why It's Important
• Porter Announces New Inpatient Rehab Unit to be Located at Portage Hospital 

September 2008

• MR-Guided Breast Biopsy Now at Porter
• Porter Welcomes 64-Slice CT Technology
• Porter Hosts Wound Care Symposium

August 2008

• Meet Winnie the Pooh at the Porter Gift Shop Book Fair
• Da Vinci Surgical Platform in Use for Gynecological Procedures
• Safeguarding Your Heart; Ventricular Assist Device Now at Porter

July 2008

• Shhh.. At Porter, Quiet Means Patients are Healing
• Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery Today -- Salsa Dancing in the Future

June 2008

• When Snoring Signals Hidden Dangers

March 2008

• Porter Names Non-Clinical Managers of the Year
• Jan Ault Named Porter “Associate of the Year”
• Porter Physicians Make First-Ever Humanitarian Trip to India

February 2008

• Porter Paints the Health System Red in February
• “Take a Load Off Your Health – Successful Strategies for Managing Everyday Stress”
• “Heart-Healthy Living in a Super-Size World”
• Join the Circle – Porter’s Senior Circle
• “Colorectal Cancer: What You Need to Know”
• “The State of Women’s Health in Porter County” A Talk by Indiana State Health Commissioner by Dr. Judith Monroe
• Porter Named Organ Donation Champion
• Porter Treats Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in a Hurry