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Norton Healthcare expands access to care in east Jeffersonville

Norton Healthcare continues its focus of expanding access to health care in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Additional emergency and diagnostic services soon will be available when Norton Medical Center opens on Monday,…

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Norton Healthcare receives 2023 Press Ganey Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award

Norton Healthcare has been named a 2023 Human Experience (HX) Guardian of Excellence Award winner and Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital an HX Pinnacle of Excellence Award winner by Press…

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The flu shot for cancer patients: Is it safe?

Both the flu shot and the COVID-19 vaccine are safe if you are a cancer patient, a cancer survivor or in the midst of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy or other…

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How long is Tdap good for?

The Tdap vaccine is given to prevent tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, also known as whooping cough. The goal is to protect you against three potentially dangerous bacterial infections with a…

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Holiday heart attack may be a real thing, but don’t blame the holidays

Statistically, more people experience a heart attack during the holidays. However, most cardiologists would agree the holidays don’t cause heart attacks. “Stretching from Thanksgiving to Christmas and even into the…

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Norton Healthcare and JCPS to expand school telehealth program to all elementary schools

Thanks to a grant from the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation, Norton Healthcare and Jefferson County Public Schools are expanding a partnership to offer virtual medical care to students and staff…

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Norton Healthcare’s four Louisville-based adult-service hospitals nationally recognized with an ‘A’ for fall 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

Each of Norton Healthcare’s four adult-service hospitals in Louisville received an “A”gradein the fall 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. This national distinction recognizes each facility’s achievements in protecting patients from…

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Norton Healthcare brings full-service imaging services to Elizabethtown

Norton Healthcare continues to build on its promise to bring accessible health care to central Kentucky with the opening of a new multi-practice location in Elizabethtown. The offices in the…

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What is a good triglyceride number?

You may know blood pressure and cholesterol play a role in conditions like diabetes and heart disease, among others. But do you know how triglycerides fit in and whether you…

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Clark Memorial Health and Scott Memorial Health officially join Norton Healthcare, bringing number of Norton Healthcare hospitals in Indiana to three

Clark Memorial Health, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Scott Memorial Health, in Scottsburg, Indiana, officially have become a part of Norton Healthcare under a new purchase agreement that is now final….

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Norton West Louisville Hospital moving closer to reality

Norton West Louisville Hospital is beginning to take shape at the corner of 28th Street and Broadway, with steel frame rising from the ground. The hospital is on schedule to…

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Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are common and treatable — here’s what you need to know

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer can develop anywhere along the digestive tract, which runs about 25 feet through the body from the mouth to the anus. Many GI cancers are easily treated…

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