Multiple Sclerosis, Neurosciences, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Louisville educator diagnosed with MS finds inspiration in a Barbie box

One look inside LaVonya Jones’ office reveals exactly where she draws her inspiration. Staggered on a shelf behind her desk are about a dozen Barbie dolls in unopened boxes. They’re…

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Cancer, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

A 2nd chance: Hannah McKinley’s fight for her life and the future of her son

When Hannah McKinley opened her eyes one morning in 2017, nothing felt normal. She had been coughing a lot, but now she was gasping for air. Hannah was young, seemingly…

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Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Spine

Emergency spine surgery gets Kentucky woman back on the lake

Out on Nolin Lake is where Lisa Buckner feels most at home. It’s where her family vacationed for years when she was a child. She remembers going there for the…

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Cancer, Colon Cancer

Former teacher finds strength in her students — and joy in being a grandmother — while living with colorectal cancer

For nearly two decades, Jodi Gleason stood at the front of classrooms in Salem, Indiana, and later at Borden High School, also in Southern Indiana, guiding students through English lessons,…

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Heart, Heart Failure

Patients with heart failure have a treatment option with implantable device at Norton Heart & Vascular Institute

Norton Heart & Vascular Institute specialists now have a new way to help some heart failure patients, using the first Food and Drug Administration-approved implantable device designed to improve symptoms…

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Endocrinology

What you should know about artificial sweeteners if you have Type 2 diabetes

Patients with Type 2 diabetes often are told to cut down on how much sugar they eat. If you have a sweet tooth, you may think you should cut sugar…

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Cardiology, Heart, Heart Failure

From near death to new purpose: Louisville man enjoys ‘second life’ after heart surgery

Jim Allsopp brushed off the early warning signs — until his health crisis nearly cost him his life. After the Louisville man retired in August 2024, a back injury set…

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Cancer, Lung Cancer

Simple screening to detect lung cancer saves man’s life

Lung cancer often has no symptoms, but can be detected early David Marshall of Louisville stopped smoking around five years ago after smoking two packs a day for more than…

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Research and Clinical Trials

Bringing hope to brain cancer patients: Meet Kevin T. Breen, M.D, Ph.D.

Norton Cancer Institute welcomes Kevin T. Breen, M.D., Ph.D., a physician-scientist who is dedicated to finding better treatments for one of the most challenging cancers: glioblastoma, an aggressive type of…

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Spine

Thorough testing reveals Indiana man’s diagnosis of severe spinal stenosis, not MS

Reviewed by Shawn W. Adams, M.D., and Geeta A. Ganesh, M.D., MPH Put simply, Allan Collard loves to fix things. “When I get called in, I’ve got to go,” he…

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Cardiac Rehab, Heart, Heart Attack, Interventional Cardiology, Norton Brownsboro

A Madison, Indiana, man’s heart attack survival and cardiac rehabilitation success story

Madison, Indiana, resident Scott Koerner knows firsthand that life can change in an instant. While Scott was undergoing a stress test of his heart at Norton King’s Daughters’ Health in…

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Heart, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

‘Back in the Woods’: How a heart device helped Nelson County’s ‘Bobcat’ hunt again

When dawn breaks over Nelson County, Kentucky, there’s a particular peace that settles into the timber. It’s the hour when the woods wake slowly, first with a far-off crow call,…

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