N Good Health, Norton Healthcare’s employee wellness department, held its first-ever Norton Star Chef competition on Tuesday, April 25, at Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital. Norton Healthcare’s five chefs went head-to-head in the ultimate cooking challenge, serving up a twist to a summertime favorite — the hamburger. The first-ever Norton Star Chef has been named…
When your job is to get athletes in peak shape and performing at their highest level, it’s hard to admit you’re not there yourself. For Sarah Clinton, head strength and conditioning coach at Spalding University in Louisville, this was her reality for three years. Knowing her job required her to demonstrate Olympic lifts, lead athletes…
In many ways my husband is your typical male patient. He hates going to the doctor, thinks getting blood taken is slightly more frightening than having a root canal, and every spring and fall he suffers through allergies and bronchitis instead of getting treatment for them. What isn’t typical about him is that he has…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced today that he has appointed Steve Ready of Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky, to serve on the Health Information Technology (HIT) Advisory Committee which is within the executive branch and established by the 21st Century Cures Act. “Norton Healthcare provides critical patient services to the people of Kentucky,…
Thirteen families have joined the Wade Mountz Heritage Society after making gifts totaling $1.3 million to the Children’s Hospital Foundation and/or Norton Healthcare Foundation. Established in 2008, the society recognizes individuals who have made irrevocable planned gifts of $100,000 or more to the foundations, which benefit the hospitals and services of Norton Healthcare and Norton…
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is responsible for more deaths in the U.S. than HIV. Baby boomers make up 75 percent of all HCV cases, yet 80 percent do not consider themselves to be at risk. Top risks for HCV Born between 1945 and 1965 (baby boomers) Received a blood or organ transplant before 1992 Received…
Face: Ask the person to smile. Does the smile look even? Arms: Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drop down? Speech: Does the person have trouble speaking or seem confused? Time: Time lost = brain lost; call 911 immediately.
Norton Healthcare is the first health care provider in the region to use the latest in image-guided laser technology to treat brain tumors and lesions in the brain. NeuroBlate laser therapy uses real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to guide a laser probe that can be precisely controlled to kill abnormal tissue while doing as little…
The NeuroPace RNS System is an implantable device that constantly monitors for seizures and interrupts them without the patient feeling a thing. Similar to a pacemaker that monitors and responds to heart rhythms, the RNS System is the first and only medical device that can monitor and respond to brain activity. Gabriel U. Martz, M.D.,…
If a patient is having seizures and has not responded to two or more seizure medications, he or she may have refractory epilepsy or no epilepsy at all. The patient may be eligible for the Fast Track to the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) at Norton Brownsboro Hospital. Records are sent to Norton Neurology Services to…
A new clinical trial for patients suffering from radiation necrosis is now available at two Kentucky locations. The LIBERTI trial is investigating a potential new treatment for radiation necrosis that could reduce or resolve its symptoms, such as severe headaches, seizures and neurological deficits. The study is being conducted at both Norton Brownsboro Hospital and…
The Norton Neurosciences & Spine Rehabilitation Center continues to meet the needs of physicians and patients with the addition of new equipment. The DIERS formetric scanner allows a radiation-free and markerless surface topography scanning method, including a 3-D reconstruction of the spine, in less than 60 seconds. It will provide spine and postural images in…