Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics, Womens Health

Fetal transfusions give unborn baby lifesaving blood

Every three weeks, Katrina Crume and Aaron Dean Calloway made the nearly two-hour journey from their home near Owensboro, Kentucky, to Louisville so their baby, Phoebe, could receive a lifesaving…

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Pulmonary

Treating pulmonary hypertension with medicine and trust

Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs and the right side of the heart. This pressure causes damage to the blood…

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Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Spine

Bodybuilding chiropractor back to training after successful spinal surgery

David Noonan’s interest in the spine spans decades. It started on the football field, after he experienced an injury in his neck that eventually required disc replacement surgery. That moment…

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Migraine and Headaches, Neurosciences

Norton Healthcare specialist helps relieve patient’s 15-year cluster headache symptoms

Kevin Maynard’s chronic headaches date back a decade and a half. The pain would hit suddenly behind his right eye, last for roughly 72 hours and then begin to subside….

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Migraine and Headaches, Neurosciences, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Headache turned heart condition: Headache doctor saves patient who experienced a cardiac emergency

Every so often, people are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. For Evelyn McKinney, that time was in the middle of a rain-soaked afternoon…

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Endocrinology, Norton Community Medical Associates, Norton Now

How to manage diabetic leg pain and other symptoms of diabetic neuropathy

Diabetic neuropathy occurs when high blood sugar levels damage nerves — often in the legs and feet — resulting in pain and numbness. Diabetic neuropathy has no known cure, but…

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Endocrinology, Norton Community Medical Associates

Frequent eye exams are key to identifying and treating diabetic retinopathy before it causes blindness

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is caused by damage to the small blood vessels in the retina, located in the back of the eye. High blood sugar over time increases the risk…

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Norton Community Medical Associates, Norton Now, Norton Primary Care

Rocky Mountain spotted fever can be a dangerous condition and is spread by ticks. Here’s what you need to know.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a disease caused by bacteria carried by ticks. The bacteria spreads to humans through a bite from a tick. What kind of tick causes…

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Dementia, Memory, Neurosciences

FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval for use of a new drug, lecanemab, to slow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease. Lecanemab, a monoclonal antibody treatment,…

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Heart, Heart Failure, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

LVAD patient Bob Wilson gets a heart transplant and resumes his life

Bob Wilson was busy as could be. He was working a full-time job in management, traveling with his life partner, Lucy, and active in adult sports leagues including a travel…

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Cancer, Ovarian Cancer

Transvaginal ultrasound: A tool for early diagnosis of ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecologic cancer in the U.S, behind uterine cancer, and the fifth most common cause of cancer death. New screening methods could help catch…

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Norton Community Medical Associates, Norton Now

UTI or a kidney stone? Symptoms similar, and both need to be checked out

A urinary tract infection (UTI) and kidney stones can have similar painful symptoms, and while it’s important to know the difference, any pain in your urinary tract requires treatment from…

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