Franciscan Health

The Rev. Anthony Janik, spiritual services director, blesses a new cross and garden area outside of Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point during a ceremony on Oct. 4, which also was the Feast Day of St. Francis. The cross and Christ figure...

Sudhish Chandra, M.D., is this year’s recipient of Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point’s St. Raphael Award, which, since 2005, has recognized physicians who have helped improve patient care through their relationship with the nursing staff....

Members of the Crown Point AT&T engineering and project management office, for the third consecutive year, were among area residents and organizations that responded to a recent plea to the community for donations to the St. Clare Health Clinic...

Franciscan Alliance Northern Indiana Region representatives again were among participants in the annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Walk to Cure Diabetes, which took place Sept. 29 at Hidden Lake Park in Merrillville. The nearly...

Franciscan Alliance has expanded its war on lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., through a potentially life-saving screening initiative that can uncover problems and lead to treatment. New programs being offered at Franciscan...

Munster police Lt. Edward Strbjak, foreground, was among representatives of area first-responders who attended a 13th annual Mass of Thanksgiving Honoring Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services at Franciscan St....

Franciscan Alliance will host a respiratory symposium from 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in Marian Education Center Suite C at Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point, 1201 S. Main St. Topics, presented by guest speakers, will include advances...

Timothy Mullally, D.O., of the Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point-Franciscan Point Sports Medicine Institute, presented a program titled, “Concussion in Sports” as part of a Franciscan Alliance-sponsored, Family Health Fair at St. John...

Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point will offer a “Prevention and Management of Lymphedema,” program at noon Oct. 22 in the Breast Care Center of Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point, located on the third floor of the Burrell...

Submitted by Kelly Devine Rickert, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, Registered Dietitian/Health Coach, Franciscan WELLCARE I often get asked the question, “What do I eat before I run or what do I eat the night before a race?” Well look no further! The...