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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
What began as what felt like a bad cold turned into a life-or-death emergency for Dave Scott. The 68-year-old had no history of heart disease and initially dismissed chest tightness…
It was supposed to be a happy time. The holidays were in full swing. Lauren Schneider and her husband were preparing to host a New Year’s Eve party for their…
People living with heart arrhythmias in Kentucky and Southern Indiana now have access to next-generation, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology that could make treatment of dangerous heart rhythm disorders faster, safer…