You are invited to join Little Company of Mary’s Health Education Center for “Achy Breaky Parts,” a special event for community members, patients, and healthcare providers that will provide up-to-date information about joint and back health, joint replacement, osteoporosis and fracture prevention. At the event, community members will learn about joint pain, arthritis, joint replacement, [...]

The Evergreen Park Fire Department and Little Company of Mary Hospital is sponsoring the 6th Annual Kids Health Fair for children and families of Evergreen Park. Children can bring their teddy bear and have a Little Company of Mary Doctor or Nurse performs a check up.
Fun and educational activities ranging from a petting zoo, teddy [...]

Every month, we feature a physician as an opportunity for the community to learn more about the great doctors on staff at Little Company of Mary Hospital. This month, we had the chance to talk with Dr. Colleen A. Heniff, a Family Medicine Physician at Little Company of Mary Hospital.
Dr. Heniff practices at two locations:
Mary [...]

April is National Donate Life Month, a time to call attention to the more than 5,000 Illinois residents and 117,000 people nationwide waiting for lifesaving organ transplants and the thousands more who will need life-enhancing tissue transplants at some point in their lives. 
During National Donate Life Month, Little Company of Mary Hospital and Gift of [...]

April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month, and so in honor, we have talked with Dr. Stanley Polit, a Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine physician at Little Company of Mary Hospital. IBS affects up to 55 million people across the US, so those who are experiencing IBS are not alone. Learn more about this common [...]

More than 200 people filled the Chateau Bu-Sche in Alsip on March 14th, where Little Company of Mary’s Bariatric Surgery Center celebrated living well and weight loss. Loud cheers were heard from a distance as more than hundred patients showed off there new and healthy bodies. The Bariatric patients had successfully participated in the comprehensive [...]

It’s that time of year again—time to Spring forward this weekend! This means it will be light an hour later, so most people celebrate this as a sign of the approaching Spring season. But it also means that on Saturday night, we will lose an hour of sleep for those who aren’t disciplined enough to [...]

Life for Stella Nolan-Thompson was quite normal. Stella was a busy wife, mother of two, and a corporate events planner for a well-known financial institution. On many occasions Stella found herself consumed with the day-to-day activities as many women today feel.
Despite juggling work, home and civic obligations, Stella did it all with a smile. “As [...]

 
The 14th Annual Beverly Breast Cancer Walk will be held this Mother’s Day, May 12, 2013.  This very special event is the largest walk in Chicago’s Southwest area with proceeds to benefit Little Company of Mary’s Nationally Accredited Comprehensive Breast Health Center.  The three-mile route starts in Ridge Park (96th and Longwood Drive).  To help [...]