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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — SIA Associates and Officers gathered today for the ground breaking of the new SIA Health & Wellness Center. Managed by WeCare, TLC, the center will provide SIA associates, retirees and dependents with primary and urgent care services, including laboratory services, medication distribution and Total Lifestyle Counseling (TLC). The center will be located […]

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Kathryn Weil Center for Education, Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health and the Spirit of Women will host the 2011 Spirit of Women Day of Dance for Health from 12:00 noon to 6:00p on Saturday, Feb. 26 at Tippecanoe Mall’s Macy’s Court and Kohl’s Court to inspire area residents to dance for better […]

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health and the Kathryn Weil Center for Education announce several Heart Month activities during February for residents of the Greater Lafayette community to participate in. Don’’t Have a Stroke: Stroke Awareness and Handling Anger’: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Carol Bailey, R.N., MSN, division director of […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue Student Health Center will offer H1N1 vaccine at four sites Monday through Friday (Feb. 1-5) as part of university’s Wellness Week, Healthy Planet 2010. The vaccine schedule is as follows: Monday, 4-7 p.m., Recreational Sports Center. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Purdue Memorial Union, Room 118. Thursday, noon […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Policy-makers who establish health screening guidelines, such as mammograms for breast cancer, need to consider that it takes time for people to change their health behaviors, says a Purdue University health communication expert. “People are not light switches,” says Jakob D. Jensen, an assistant professor of communication. “It takes people a […]

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The St. Elizabeth Breast Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in breast imaging as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The accreditation designates the center as a “Breast Imaging Center of Excellence” in the fields of mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound […]