There’s a new treatment option for patients in Louisville with medically-refractory epilepsy. Louisville’s first patient to get deep brain stimulation for epilepsy — a patient treated at Norton Neuroscience Institute…
Immunotherapy is a method of treating cancer, and new immune treatments are being studied across the country. Norton Cancer Institute is participating in a clinical trial conducted by AIVITA Biomedical…
March 2016 was a life-changing time for the Davis family. On March 23, Matt Davis and his wife, Hailey, celebrated the birth of their son, Finley. The next day, Matt…
When actor Cameron Boyce, a star of the Disney Channel show “Jessie,” died at age 20, his family said in a statement that his sudden death was due to a…
Jackie Stafford was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1977. Back then, patients with MS were told not to exercise because it was thought that the increase in body temperature…
Donna Gensheimer was enjoying a quiet supper with one of her 10 children at her home on the evening of Sept. 12, 2018. Sitting at the table, she was enjoying…
Robby Speer is delegating more these days. He’s had to slow down a little since he experienced a stroke in 2018. “I realized that if I’m doing everything, someone else…
Anxiety or depression after a stroke is common. Not only do the many immediate challenges facing survivors affect their emotional well-being, but physical and chemical changes in the brain can…
How do you tell your family you have incurable brain cancer? How do you go on with life while facing an uncertain prognosis? These are difficult questions that many of…
During one patient’s brain surgery, Kellie Kopp, R.N., noticed the patient’s wife sitting in the waiting room alone. So she joined her. “I couldn’t stand that she was there by…
When most people think of aneurysm or stroke treatments, they imagine brain surgeons cutting into the skull. But in reality, surgeons usually stop these dangerous clots and bleeds by passing…
Stroke is a leading cause of death and long-term disability, and strokes are on the rise in younger people. Many common risk factors can be changed by modifying your lifestyle…