When Terry Griffis laced up his running shoes last August, he had no reason to believe anything was wrong with his heart. The Jeffersonville, Indiana, resident had just turned 60…
For Angela Fields and Mary Lynne Shackelford, volunteering isn’t something you squeeze in when you have extra time. It’s a way of life. Both women recently surpassed 500 volunteer hours,…
Christy Mellons knew she needed surgery. The 53-year-old was living in constant pain with extreme scoliosis and kyphosis. Her spine was pressing down on her lungs. Her neck was hunched…
For Bryce Applegate, racing has always been about precision, focus, and control. From the time he first climbed into a go‑kart as a kid, he showed a natural ability to…
Norton Leatherman Spine has reached a major milestone in the evolution of spine care. Jeffrey L. Gum, M.D., spine surgeon with Norton Leatherman Spine, has become the first in the…
One look inside LaVonya Jones’ office reveals exactly where she draws her inspiration. Staggered on a shelf behind her desk are about a dozen Barbie dolls in unopened boxes. They’re…
When Tiffany Coleman describes her 5-year-old son, Jack, her entire face lights up. He is “funny, clever, and determined” — a child whose personality fills every room he enters. Jack…
When Hannah McKinley opened her eyes one morning in 2017, nothing felt normal. She had been coughing a lot, but now she was gasping for air. Hannah was young, seemingly…
Out on Nolin Lake is where Lisa Buckner feels most at home. It’s where her family vacationed for years when she was a child. She remembers going there for the…
The 2026 class of the Wade Mountz Heritage Society has made planned gifts of more than $5.07 million to the Norton Healthcare Foundation and the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation. To date, members of…
For nearly two decades, Jodi Gleason stood at the front of classrooms in Salem, Indiana, and later at Borden High School, also in Southern Indiana, guiding students through English lessons,…
Norton Heart & Vascular Institute specialists now have a new way to help some heart failure patients, using the first Food and Drug Administration-approved implantable device designed to improve symptoms…