Colon Cancer, Colonoscopy, Prevention and Wellness

Colonoscopy alternatives: What you need to know

If you’ve been avoiding getting a colon cancer screening, there are colonoscopy alternatives such as Cologuard or a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) that can catch colon cancer early while it’s…

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Behavioral Health, Norton Community Medical Associates, Norton Now

Depression can cause pain and pain can cause depression

Physical pain and depression often go together. Unexplained general aches and pain are often the symptoms that patients first bring up before their primary care providers reach a depression diagnosis….

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Norton Now

Getting intimate can cause a painful urinary tract infection — here’s what you need to know

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection in part of the urinary system. This is the system that flushes liquid waste (urine) from the body. It includes kidneys, ureter,…

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Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Spine

A lifetime of scoliosis won’t stop this woman from hiking trails around the world

Sometimes in life, it takes something drastic to inspire change. Jennifer White’s catalyst was the X-ray image of her spine. “The surgeon pulled it up on the screen, and it…

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Research and Clinical Trials

Norton Healthcare expands research initiatives with formation of Norton Research Institute

Today Norton Healthcare announced an expansion of research efforts with the creation of Norton Research Institute, the central entity overseeing all research throughout the organization, including clinical trials, across a…

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Norton Community Medical Associates, Norton Now

Home remedies for urinary tract infections can be risky

Treating a urinary tract infection (UTI) at home without the guidance of a medical professional is risky. While you may have had UTIs before and know what’s going on, home…

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Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics

Doula program helping improve health of pregnant patients

Jamia Singleton was 29 weeks pregnant and in labor when in walked Keisha Yates, a doula with Norton Women’s care. “I was very nervous and hadn’t heard of a doula,”…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare

Turning the page on compassionate service

A moment can change a life. That’s what happened to Cecilia Railey, then working as a library technician at Norton Healthcare in the late ’90s. “I had a profound experience…

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Equity inclusion belonging, Health Equity, Norton West Louisville Hospital

From Louisville’s West End to the American West and back, a career in caring and listening

When asked, Tonya Anthony, a clinical effectiveness coordinator with Norton Healthcare, offers some life advice. “You have to let go of your idea of help and accept the patient’s perspective…

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Foundation

Donors join Wade Mountz Heritage Society with gifts totaling $200,000

The 2023 class of the Wade Mountz Heritage Society has made planned gifts totaling $200,000 to the Norton Healthcare Foundation. To date, members of the society have donated more than…

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Multiple Sclerosis, Neurosciences

Symptoms of MS can look like other disorders

Do I have multiple sclerosis (MS)? If you were wondering about a handful of symptoms and began searching the internet, and now you’re convinced you have MS, take a breath….

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Gynecology, Womens Health

Cramps but no period

Cramping around the time of your cycle is very common, but what’s happening when you have cramps — but no period? “The reason for cramping could be a normal part…

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