Healthy Living Blog

Logansport Memorial Hospital is pleased to congratulate Lori Parker, RN of Medical/Surgical on her retirement. Lori has served more than 46 years at LMH in a variety of nursing roles, from outpatient nursing to patient care coordination.

Logansport Memorial Hospital is pleased to congratulate Laura Douglass of Medical Records/Coding on her retirement. Laura has served a dedicated 12 total years at LMH in various roles, starting in 1986 in the Women’s Health Center.

Logansport Memorial is pleased to welcome Samuel Anderson-Been, MD to the Logansport Memorial Physician Network. He is a primary care physician with a passion for providing full-spectrum primary care for his patients. Beginning in August, Dr. Anderson-Been will see patients in LMPN Family Medicine, located on the second floor of Medical Office Building West. In September, he will also see patients at the LMPN Camden Health Center in Camden, Indiana alongside his brother, Dr. Ben Anderson.

The average person takes about 3,500 steps a day, or roughly 1.5 miles. Each step can place 2-3 times the force of your body weight on your feet. Most of us rely on our feet and ankles to take us from Point A to Point B without any problems. However, some of us are on our feet all day!

Did you know that every 6 minutes, someone in the United States is diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease? Before 2022, it was estimated that 60,000 people in the United States were diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease each year. Of those 60,000 people diagnosed, 10 – 20% were under 50 years old. Parkinson’s Disease does not only effect older populations, and it’s important to know the signs so that you can catch it early.