Vim & Vigor Magazine

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Vim & Vigor is Community Healthcare System's family health magazine containing helpful information on your health. This quarterly publication also features articles on services of Community Healthcare System, highlighting patients' experiences with various new treatment approaches.

At the Community Healthcare System, we believe education is an essential component to help prevent disease and illness and improve the quality of health in our community. This magazine was written to further these goals.

List Index:

Winter 2007
Fall 2007
Summer 2007
Spring 2007
  • Endowment giving is a healthy investment in the future. “Women for Change” in East Chicago gave a $30,000 check to a St. Catherine Hospital endowment fund - Making a Difference

  • Making healthcare stronger for everyone - A Community Healthcare System Message from John Gorski

  • da Vinci Surgical System masters prostatectomy and other intricate procedures - The Art of Surgery

  • What to do when the prospect of sleep gives you nightmares: Check out Community Healthcare System’s sleep diagnostic facilities - Nodding Off?

  • Booksmart from birth; Protecting kids in the car; and Care Van helps patients - Community Update

  • Group raises funds to benefit the Cancer Resource Centre--and makes some friends in the process - Circle of Friends

  • The rhythm of the drum invokes healing for some cancer patients - Holistic Power at Hand

  • New hip resurfacing procedure offers alternative for younger, active adults - Hip, Hip, Hooray

  • The three hospitals of the Community Healthcare System are committed to making healthcare safer for you - Patient Safety Is Our Priority





Winter 2006
  • High school students attend "Discover Nursing" camps and job shadow; Community Healthcare System hospitals' auxiliaries award 48 college scholarships - Making a Difference

  • Physicians by phone, Physicians online - Your Connection to Extraordinary healthcare

  • Study findings spotlight local women and indicate a bright future in breast cancer prevention - Star Treatment

  • Nanci Moore survives aortic dissection, thanks to being in the right place at the right time - One in a Million

  • Exercise is key to getting back on your feet after peripheral arterial disease (PAD) - Never Too Late for a Tuneup

  • 'Take Five' takes fifth graders to new level of fitness - Students Step Up for Health

  • Varicose veins cam be painful. Fortunately, treatment is available - right here - Pains in the Veins

  • Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has met its match with Community Hospital's new laser treatment - Cool Laser Is Hot

  • Silverhawk procedure saves limbs and lives from peripheral arterial disease (PAD) - Attacking Plaque





Fall 2006
  • Three stories of giving and receiving within the Community Healthcare System that are “Making a Difference.” - Heroes among us

  • One patient’s journey will forever be remembered, not only what it did for her family, but also for the solace it will bring others. - Hearts in the right place

  • Pilates is the hot new fitness trend that makes a Pointe within Community Hospital Fitness Pointe®. - To the Core

  • Three stories of giving and receiving within the Community Healthcare System that are “Making a Difference.” - A Stroke in Time

  • Searching for Answers – Knowing where to turn in the face of a cancer diagnosis can make all the difference in the world. - Searching for Answers

  • Patients with essential tremor, Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders turn to Community Healthcare physicians for steady advances. - Implanting new Hope

  • New treatment places men with enlarged prostates back on the path to freedom. - Newfound Freedom





Summer 2006
  • St. Catherine Hospital is rated among the top five percent in the nation for clinical excellence as a 2006 HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital. - Distinguished Excellence

  • The latest and greatest in healthcare - A message from John Gorski

  • Read how one patient wouldn’t settle for anything less than a happy ending with her neuropathy experience. - A Fairy-Tale Ending

  • Thanks to CyberKnife, Marietta Cebedo is still able to dance the night away despite a diagnosis of advanced lung cancer. - Still Dancing, Still Hopeful

  • Community Healthcare nurses don’t have far to travel to continue their education. - Bringing the Classroom to the Hospital

  • Find out how all the right moves helped St. Catherine emergency department staff save the life of a stabbing victim. - “Thank You for Saving My Life”

  • Community Healthcare System offers patients with back pain a number of treatment options, including new advances in spinal care. - Support System





Spring 2006
  • St. Helen's Ladies Philoptochos Society chapter 2034, of Merrillville, know what's good for the heart. The Society organized a dinner dance for The Foundation for Cardiovascular Research which raised $10,000 - Hearts of Gold

  • Relief efforts, supported by the Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana (CFNI) and led by system employees and physicians, helped raise $194,140 to help victims of Hurricane Katrina - Helping One Another

  • Endless hours of fundraising done by system auxiliary volunteers added up to hefty donations for each hospital - Awesome Auxiliaries

  • Finding the right doctor is just a few keystrokes away. Our new Web-based physician referral service provides easy access to information 24 hours a day, seven days a week - May we help you?

  • Do you suffer from chronic pain? Good News: Relief is in sight - A Painful Reality

  • A new, minimally invasive procedure offers an alternative to tubal ligation - Stopping the Stork

  • Metabolic testing can help you over the weight-loss hurdle - Know Your Number

  • The Women's Diagnostic Center offers the care you need, when you need it - Extraordinary Women's Care

  • St. Mary Medical Center receives the 2005 HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Patient Safety - Safety First

  • The new Community Cardiology Center is a joint venture between Community Hospital and a dedicated group of physicians who understand that safe, heartfelt care is what patients in our communities need - Expanded Options

  • Community Healthcare System is keeping residents safe with a new emergency reporting system - Standing Watch





Winter 2005



Fall 2005



Summer 2005
  • Three-year accreditation awarded to the acute rehabilitation departments of Community Healthcare System; Upgrade to Community Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory; Daughters of Penelope donate $4,000 to St. Mary Medical Center Pediatric Unit - Community News

  • Top HealthGrades ratings and pioneering cancer treatments - Why do anywhere else?

  • Metabolic syndrome - Analyze This!

  • Cryosurgery for prostate cancer - Cold Case

  • The new Family Birthing Center at St. Mary Medical Center - Special Delivery

  • St. Catherine Hospital's Daybreak Outpatient Behavioral Health Services - Everything Looks Brighter at Daybreak

  • Cutting-edge treatments for carotid artery disease and PAD - New Frontiers

  • CyberKnife - New Hope

  • Automation of Community Healthcare System labs - In the Lab


Spring 2005
  • Nurse Nomiki Vorgias receives the Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award - Hope & Healing

  • Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations for Community Healthcare System John Gorski receives the American College of Healthcare Executives Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regents Award; Paula Nellans receives Indiana Hospital and Health Auxiliaries Association Auxilian of the Year Award - Meet our amazing people

  • The STAR Study comes to a close - Shining Stars

  • Community Hospital earns HealthGrades Awards - Making the Grade

  • St. Catherine Hospital Occupational Health Services - Working Toward Good Health

  • Minmally-invasive radio-guided parathyroidectomy (MIRP) - An Extraordinary Approach

  • Wellness coaching - Well, Well, Well

  • Teaching area fifth-graders to make healthy choices - Take 5 for Life!

  • Expansion to Community Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Room to Grow


Winter 2004
Fall 2004

Summer 2004
  • Healthcare Advocacy Group - A Shining Example

  • Center for Imaging & Radiation Oncology of St. Mary Medical Center; National Cancer Survivors Day; Pregnancy Loss and Early Infant Death Program at St. Catherine Hospital; Back to school sports physicals - Community News

  • Ureteropelvic junction obstruction disorder (UPJO) - Finding the Time

  • Minimally-invasive surgery and ceramic joints for hip replacement - Get Hip!

  • The Cancer Resource Centre is helping children cope with cancer - Embracing Our Children

  • Tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) for correcting female incontinence - Conquering Incontinence

  • Minimally-invasive hysterectomy - A Lot to Live For


Spring 2004
  • Community Hospital Administrator Edward P. Robinson retires - Robinson retires

  • Community Hospital heart surgeons cited in Money Magazine and Consumers' Checkbook; Fetal Loss Memorial at St. Mary Medical Center - Community News

  • Minimally-invasive techniques make surgery easier than ever - Modern Medicine

  • Physical therapy helps athletes get back in the game - Making a Comeback

  • New knee replacement surgery options are helping patients of all ages get back on their feet again - Get Moving!

  • The Arteaga Family's life-saving bond with St. Catherine Hospital - It's a Family Thing

  • Community Healthcare System works to alleviate nursing shortage - A Commitment to Care

  • Pediatric physical therapy at Community Hospital - One Child's Challenge


Winter 2002

  • Holiday giving programs of Community Healthcare System - A Season of Caring

  • Awareness and screening campaigns made possible by Ahepa Chapter 78 and Daughters of Penelope Chapter 81 - Colon Cancer

  • Advanced lipid testing helps stave off heart disease - Changing the Future

  • Specialized speech therapy benefits people with Parkinson's Disease - Think Loud

  • The specialized services of Community Healthcare System's wound care teams - On the Mend

  • Transilluminated Powered Phlebectomy for treating varicose veins - More Than Meets the Eye


Fall 2002



Summer 2002



Spring 2002



Winter 2001

  • 7th Annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance and Awareness Day - Community News

  • Donald S. Powers explains the formation of The Community Healthcare System in a letter to readers - A Change for the Better

  • Honoring those who light up our lives while finding a cure for breast cancer - Lights of Life

  • Fibroid embolization is a less-invasive treatment option for uterine fibroid tumors - An Empowering New Choice

  • The new Community Healthcare System promises better service to meet the needs of the Community Hospital - Caring as One

  • The Community Hospital's programs to educate the public about diabetes detection and management - The Type 2 Avoid
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysms are now treated with successful endovascular repair at The Community Hospital - Ticking Time Bomb


Fall 2001