COVID19, Infectious Disease, Prevention and Wellness

Proper hand-washing is like a DIY vaccine

Here’s the proper hand-washing who, what, where, when, why and how. Who should wash their hands? Everyone. Think of hand hygiene as a do-it-yourself vaccine — it’s something you can…

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Bariatric Surgery, Weight Management

Life after the gastric sleeve

When you ask Renee Beard when her issues with weight and emotional eating began, she’ll say, “At birth.” That’s why, after years of dieting and decades of an unhealthy relationship…

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Expecting, Labor and Delivery, Obstetrics, Planning Your Pregnancy

Water labor helps first-time mom have natural birth experience she wanted

Vanessa Aho’s grandmother gave birth at home in a small town in Portugal. Her mother also had experienced a natural birth. When Vanessa became pregnant with her first child, she…

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Arm and Hand, Orthopedics

Trigger finger treatment without surgery

A temporary sticking or popping in any finger or thumb when you bend the finger — trigger finger — can be treated without surgery, but in some cases an outpatient…

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Sleep Medicine

Consider these changes before turning to melatonin

Some people who have trouble falling asleep try melatonin supplements to boost levels of the hormone, which already is produced by the body. Sold over the counter in pill and…

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Orthopedics, Sports Health

Lifelong Cardinals fan and orthopedic surgeon cares for the women’s basketball team

Samuel Carter, M.D., has always rooted for University of Louisville basketball. This season, as the orthopedic surgeon to the women’s team, he’s had a front row seat. The women’s basketball…

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Gynecology, Spine, Womens Health

If you sleep less do you eat more?

If you’re a woman, you know that getting enough sleep can be a challenge. Between raising children, taking care of daily activities of work — in or out of the…

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Heart, Heart Attack, Interventional Cardiology, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Scottsburg, Indiana, man credits speedy heart attack care for saving his life

When Jamie Lowry arrived at work at Westwood Golf Course early one fall morning six years ago, he was 43 years old and looking forward to the birth of his…

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Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiology, Diagnostics, Electrophysiology, Heart, Heart Failure, Interventional Cardiology, Norton Audubon, Norton Healthcare Foundation

Major gift and expansion for Norton Healthcare heart services

Today Norton Healthcare held a celebration to honor the Norton Heart & Vascular Institute team. During the event, local businessman G. Hunt Rounsavall, a long-standing member of the Norton Healthcare…

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Cardiology, Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Heart, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

A health care executive learns to take his heart seriously

Russell F. Cox, Norton Healthcare president and CEO, admits he was not a very good patient in the past. Before an employee health and wellness initiative – N Good Health…

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Prevention and Wellness, Weekly Health Tip

Spring into action at the Louisville Zoo

Walking is the simplest way to get fit — you can do it anywhere, anytime. The average American takes 5,117 steps a day, which is equivalent to walking just over…

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Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Gynecology, Norton Womens & Childrens Hospital, Ovarian Cancer, Uterine Cancer, Womens Health

Surgeon’s mission trip takes expertise in women’s surgery to Nicaragua

Each year, more than 200 women are able to see David L. Doering, M.D., for issues requiring surgery for gynecologic cancers. A “Master Surgeon” as designated by the Surgical Review…

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