Summertime and warm weather mean spending more time outside, but if you want to enjoy the great outdoors, you also should know how to treat a tick bite. Mitchell F. Elliott, M.D., a physician with Norton Immediate Care Centers, shares tips on preventing tick bites, at-home treatments and when you should see a provider. How…
Menopause can cause an increase in sex drive or a decrease as hormone levels fluctuate, but very often it’s the symptoms of menopause — mood swings, weight gain, hot flashes and vaginal dryness — that can leave you uninterested in sex. Lower estrogen levels can lead to vaginal dryness as blood supply to the vagina…
Summer is in full swing — don’t get sidelined by injury or illness this summer. Here are four of the top summer injuries and what to do about them. Heat-related illness The summer sun can feel great, but too much can wreck your holiday. Prolonged time outside in the sun without proper preparation can be…
For a third consecutive year, Norton Audubon Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline STEMI Receiving Center Gold Plus recognition for its commitment to offering rapid, research-based care to people experiencing a specific type of heart attack known as ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This type of heart attack is caused by a…
Norton Healthcare earned a 90 score on the 2022 Disability Equality Index (DEI) in its first time participating. Companies earning 80 and above, on a top score of 100, are recognized as “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion.” DEI is a comprehensive benchmarking tool that helps companies build a road map of measurable, tangible…
If medication fails in controlling epilepsy, there is still hope. Medication failure means that two different medicines have not controlled your epilepsy. Surgery for epilepsy is an alternative means of stopping seizures or reducing seizure severity. Should I have surgery for epilepsy? “Medication-resistant epilepsy” (known medically as refractory epilepsy) is a condition where seizures do…
When you’re sick, you want to feel better faster. You might think antibiotics are always the answer, but that’s not exactly true. Are antibiotics “bad” for you? No. And also yes. Read on to learn when to use antibiotics — and when not to. Antibiotics are a group of medicines that fight infections caused by…
The body goes through many changes after having a baby, and having some yellow discharge after birth is normal. This type of discharge is called “lochia.” It is part of the body’s way of healing itself after delivery, and it is a normal part of recovery after a vaginal birth or cesarean section (C-section). How…
Cada vez que Regina-Riley Smith tiene una cita con el médico, suele tener que tomarse todo el día libre en el trabajo. Si quiere llegar a tiempo a su cita, tiene que salir 45 minutos antes para conducir desde su casa en el barrio Shawnee de West Louisville hasta la consulta de su médico de…
When Regina-Riley Smith has a doctor’s appointment, it usually means having to take the entire day off from work. In order to make it to her appointment on time, she has to leave 45 minutes early to drive from her home in West Louisville’s Shawnee neighborhood to her primary care physician’s office on North Hurstbourne…
Today, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky and Norton Healthcare broke ground on the Norton Healthcare Goodwill Opportunity Campus at 28th Street and Broadway that will include a 120,000 square-foot opportunity center and the first hospital west of Ninth Street in more than 100 years. Together, both organizations are investing more than $100 million to transform a 20-acre brownfield site in…
Driving and aging, dementia or other memory loss conditions are hard topics to discuss with loved ones. When to stop driving is a difficult thing to consider for yourself, as it can mean the loss of independence. It may be harder still when you realize your dementia or memory loss is putting you and others at risk…