Breastfeeding, Obstetrics

How breastfeeding support helped one mom succeed — and help other families

National Breastfeeding Month is celebrated every August to raise awareness about the benefits of breast milk and promote better support systems for nursing families. While breastfeeding can be rewarding for…

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Cardiology

What your fitness wearable is telling you (or not) about your heart health

Millions of people wear consumer devices that track everything from sleep to stress levels, heart rate to step count, and many things in between. Some wearable trackers claim to monitor…

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Neurosciences, Spine

Radiating pain explained: Why does back pain travel down your arm or leg?

Pain that stays in one spot is uncomfortable enough, but pain that travels down your arm or your leg can be extremely bothersome. This is called radiculopathy, and it’s usually…

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Neurosciences, Spine

Back tenderness causes: Is it a muscle strain or spinal injury? 

When it comes to back tenderness, that tender-to-the-touch feeling is your body’s way of flagging inflammation, irritation or injury — and figuring out where it’s coming from is the first…

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Neurosciences, Spine

Why are my legs tingly? What that ‘pins and needles’ feeling could mean

That prickly, tingly legs sensation, often described as “pins and needles,” is something almost everyone feels once in a while. Usually it’s harmless, caused by sitting cross-legged too long or…

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Heart, Interventional Cardiology

Fatigue was his only warning sign — until a calcium score found 90% blockage

For a year and a half, tiredness was just part of Randy Hamilton’s life. He’d get home from work, eat dinner and be in bed by 7:30 or 8 p.m….

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Menopause, Womens Health

New hormone replacement therapy guidelines: What women need to know about perimenopause and menopause

If you’ve heard that the rules around hormone therapy for menopause have changed — you heard right. New guidelines and updated Food and Drug Administration (FDA) communications are reshaping how…

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Heart, Norton Now, Prevention and Wellness

What is a healthy blood pressure for women?

Healthy blood pressure for women and men is generally a systolic number under 120 and a diastolic number under 80. High blood pressure (also called HBP or hypertension) occurs when the force of blood…

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Health Equity, Heart

High blood pressure in African Americans

High blood pressure in African Americans is one of the most significant risk factors for heart disease, stroke and kidney disease. New research suggests that young African Americans (in their 20s,…

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Heart, Norton Audubon, Norton Brownsboro, Norton Hospital, Norton Womens & Childrens Hospital

Norton Healthcare nationally recognized for commitment to providing high-quality cardiovascular care

Norton Healthcare has received American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines achievement awards for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, ultimately leading to…

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Arm and Hand, News, Ortho - Shoulder, Orthopedics

Indiana musician continues to share his love of country and gospel after shoulder and wrist surgeries

When recurrent shoulder and wrist discomfort placed Madison, Indiana, resident Rob Smitha at both a life and musical crossroads, he kept moving forward. Thanks to his perseverance — and the…

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Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Spine

Spine, hip surgeries get Louisville man back on hiking trail

This was not how Tim Carmack envisioned retirement — relying on a cane to make it through the door of a doctor’s office. It was summer 2025. Tim had spent…

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