Norton Community Medical Associates, Norton Now

The effects of alcohol and cannabis on your blood pressure

You’ve heard the usual heart health advice — exercise more, cut the salt, maybe swap the fries for a salad. But no one talks about your weekend wine and cocktails,…

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Norton Community Medical Associates, Norton Now

Aging aches and pains: Normal or a red flag?

Are my aches and pains due to aging? Or something else? You used to bounce back after a weekend of yard work — now your back feels it for days…

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Norton Community Medical Associates, Norton Now

Caring for aging parents can be challenging. Here are some things to know

Your parents cared for you for the first years of your life, and they may need your help as they get older. Caring for aging parents can be both challenging…

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Norton Community Medical Associates, Norton Now

Medication side effects and your intimate life: A guide for older adults

Changes in sexual desire and behaviors are normal as we age, but often there is a stigma attached to topics around seniors and intimacy. Older people take proportionately more medications…

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Norton Orthopedic Institute surgeon performs new robotic-assisted shoulder replacement

New robotic technology has arrived at Norton Brownsboro Hospital. Justin M. Givens, M.D., orthopedic surgeon with Norton Orthopedic Institute, is among the first five surgeons in the country — and…

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Norton Clark Hospital recognized for excellence in infant, maternal health

Norton Clark Hospital was recently recognized by the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA), in partnership with Indiana Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver, M.D., FACEP, for its commitment to infant and maternal health…

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Norton West Louisville Hospital

Students honor West Louisville’s health care pioneers

History was alive at Brandeis Elementary School in Louisville, where students participated in their annual “living wax museum” honoring historical African American heroes during Black History Month. This unique, interactive…

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Norton Healthcare expanding services in Valley Station

Norton Healthcare continues to fulfill its promise to expand access to health care with the opening of a new $2.2 million location in Valley Station in southwestern Louisville. The offices…

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More than half of U.S. adults report feeling lonely

When the U.S. surgeon general called the loneliness epidemic in this country a public health issue in 2023, it called attention to the potential damage that social isolation can do…

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When you love someone, let them know — a lot

Bonny and Robert Parker, who are in their early 60s, met years ago at the former Heads Up Pub in Louisville.  As sometimes happens in life, when they first met,…

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When a Norton Healthcare nurse had surgery on her wrist, an employee benefit helped with driving her and her dad

Sheila Geiger, R.N., a relief charge nurse on the mother/baby unit at Norton Hospital, hadn’t heard of Papa until she was working her night shift last August. One of her…

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Even when your fever goes away, you still can spread the flu for about 24 hours

Influenza, or flu, is an upper respiratory infection caused by a virus. It affects the nose, lungs and throat. This influenza is not the same as a stomach flu, which…

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