Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital has earned Magnet Recognition with Distinction from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the highest honor a healthcare organization can achieve for nursing excellence. The…
For Rebekah Israel, M.D., choosing to begin her medical career in Madison, Indiana was a rather easy decision. “Madison is like coming home,” Dr. Rebekah Israel said. She moved to…
Richie Heil thought he was simply coming down with something. In March 2026, after routine blood work at his primary care physician’s office, he felt a little nauseous. It wasn’t…
Norton Healthcare celebrated the grand opening of Norton Pharmacy – Blankenbaker, a full-service retail pharmacy and home to the health system’s new central fill pharmacy. This innovative facility uses advanced…
National Breastfeeding Month is celebrated every August to raise awareness about the benefits of breast milk and promote better support systems for nursing families. While breastfeeding can be rewarding for…
Millions of people wear consumer devices that track everything from sleep to stress levels, heart rate to step count, and many things in between. Some wearable trackers claim to monitor…
Pain that stays in one spot is uncomfortable enough, but pain that travels down your arm or your leg can be extremely bothersome. This is called radiculopathy, and it’s usually…
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…