Migraine and Headaches, Neurosciences

Weather shifts are no fun for those with migraine

Jokes and memes about Kentucky weather abound: You can have all four seasons in a day! One day it’s 70 degrees, the next it’s snowing. But for people who get…

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News

144 selected to walk in 2018 Oaks Day Survivors Parade

On Friday, May 4, 2018, as some of this year’s finest fillies await their chance to run for the lilies, another special group will don their favorite pink attire for…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, News

Midwife is an old profession with a place in the modern world

Who knew that a simple gesture of sharing a childhood book and video would inspire a high school student to find her career as a certified nurse midwife? For Julie Mease,…

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Kentucky Derby Marathon Training, Sports Health

Cross-train to be a better runner

You can improve your running performance by balancing runs with cross-training and rest days. Cross-training with low-impact activities is a great way to prevent injuries. A cross-training session should last…

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Neurosciences, News, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

From MS diagnosis to a Master of Science in six years

15“It was like I had the breath knocked out of me.” Owen Mercer is a talker. But one January day in 2012, he sat there silent. Doctors confirmed a diagnosis….

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News, Sports Health

Waggener High School athletic trainer helps student athletes stay healthy

Joshua Martoccio comes from a family of candy makers; his great-grandfather invented the formulas for the PayDay and Zero candy bars. But Joshua found his calling when he got hurt…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, News

Nurse practitioner fulfills cancer patient’s wish to fly

Just before Valentine’s Day, Tracey Hoffman, APRN, was so troubled she couldn’t sleep. It wasn’t thoughts of chocolate hearts or red roses that had this nurse practitioner with Norton Cancer…

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News, Prevention and Wellness

Louisville hepatitis A outbreak: How to protect yourself

The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health & Wellness announced on May 1 that at least 304 people in Louisville have been diagnosed with hepatitis A since November 2017. The…

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News, Recipes

Layered arugula salad recipe

Time can be the great saboteur of any diet or healthy eating plan. When time is running short, a trip to a fast food chain for lunch seems like a…

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News

Palliative care: Being there for patient and family when the time is right

A son, a brother, a husband and a father — Louis Kraus was many things to many people. Often described as stoic and reserved, the Army veteran from Tell City,…

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News, Sports Health

Static stretching and dynamic stretching

  Zachary Skaggs, physical therapist for the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon/miniMarathon, discusses the difference between static stretching and dynamic stretching and shows examples of each. For more information and training…

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Go Confidently, News

Laura Vanderkam shares her strategies for tracking your time

I wanted to share a few discoveries I have made in my almost two years of logging my time use. First, it is OK to lose some detail. A lot…

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