Awareness, understanding, nutrition and regular physical activity can teach lifelong healthy habits and stave off obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
More than 110,000 Hoosiers suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, which robs people of their memories and abilities to do daily tasks, and is the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death.
IU Health expects to give about $690 million worth of work to diversity contractors. That’s 30% of $2.3 billion—the amount the hospital system says the project is worth after subtracting the cost of expensive medical equipment such as imaging scanners.
An Indianapolis woman is suing Community Health Network after the hospital system mailed her test results to the wrong person and that person posted the information on Facebook.
Groups such as the Alzheimer’s Association have pushed Medicare to cover the new Alzheimer’s drugs—including those cleared on an expedited basis—saying that the FDA should be the final arbiter of safety and efficacy of drugs.
There was no comprehensive effort to address Indiana’s child-care and early-learning shortages this legislative session, but a series of smaller changes will have big impacts on Hoosier families.
Four clinician-led teams will be available to respond to mental health crises in the downtown district of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department as early as July.
Its new partner, Ascension St. Vincent, is building a four-story brain and spine hospital on its flagship campus on West 86th Street in Indianapolis, which will be largely staffed with physicians from Goodman Campbell.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a lawsuit rapidly after Holcomb signed the Indiana legislation—something the group had promised to do after Republican supermajorities advanced the ban this session.
A federal judge who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation’s health law Thursday that requires most insurers to cover preventive services that include screenings for cancer, diabetes and mental health.
The 2023 Metro Monitor report from the Brookings Institute showed that in terms of inclusive economic growth Indiana rose from 101st out of 192 metro areas in 2019 to 24th in 2021.
The Hoosier State continues to lag its peers when it comes to child wellbeing, ranking 28th overall—just one place ahead of its ranking last year. But it has made strides in reducing the number of foster children in the state.
The center operates with four goals: Reduce and alleviate the stress of practicing medicine, improve work/life balance, bring joy to the practice of medicine and develop, coach and mentor physicians at each stage of their career.
As medical director of the clinic, Dr. Robert Cater spends three Saturdays a month voluntarily treating uninsured and underinsured Pike Township residents.
Sickle cell disease lasts a patient’s entire life. Many people end up dying from it. So their care needs to follow their life span, Dr. Andrew O’Brien said.
