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Early detection helps decrease prostate cancer in Black men in Marion County

When Reggie Jones attended Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration’s health fair over 20 years ago, his tests indicated he should visit a doctor to...

Debunking common skin cancer myths

Now that the days are longer and the weather is warm, the amount of time spent playing and working in the sun increases —...

Don’t confuse it with old age: Myositis diseases can be deadly

Muscle weakness and swelling, trouble walking up a flight of stairs, difficulty breathing: Don’t mistake these as inevitabilities of growing older. It could be...

Hospitals use ā€˜village’ concept to tackle nursing shortage

Shanna Reed, a nurse at the Innovative Unit at St. Vincent Indianapolis, remembered a cancer patient she befriended. Near the end of the patient’s...

Reducing risk of stroke

While driving Toby Miller felt his right arm weaken and slide off the steering wheel. He then became dizzy and pulled to the side...

What is CBD oil?

Indiana law forbids both medical and recreational marijuana, so many might be confused when they see cannabidiol (CBD) products now legally available in medicinal...

The Independence Academy puts youth with autism on the path to finding a job

Johanne Hesse described his son Paa-Nii as joyful and always smiling, but there was a period where Paa-Nii, who has autism, constantly lived in...

The mind before, during and after opioid abuse

In recent years, society went from describing opioid abuse as a moral failing to framing it as a disease. The change in tone is...

How opioids affect the body and brain

From stick marks and infections to the psychological alterations and pains of withdrawal, opioids can take a heavy toll on the body and brain....

Virginia Caine didn’t see space for people like her in health care, so she created it

During a time when Black women were not very present in the health care industry, Dr. Virginia Caine saw a path.ā€œMy uncle was a...

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