Multiple Sclerosis, Neurosciences

Getting started on a healthy lifestyle with MS

If you have multiple sclerosis, physical exercise can be an important part of your treatment. But don’t let that word — exercise — put you off. Everyone should be getting…

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Migraine and Headaches, Neurosciences

Those headaches you’ve been blaming on your sinuses? They may be migraine attacks

You live in Louisville or Southern Indiana, so you get sinus headaches, right? Well, maybe not. They very well could be migraine attacks, and the way you’ve been treating them…

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COVID19, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Lauren Jones offers a raw look at her life as a COVID-19 long-hauler

Most days it feels like I’m navigating through an endless sea of pain, drifting further away from shore, until the only thing I recognize is the darkness of night. The…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Health Equity, News, Norton Childrens Medical Associates, Norton Community Medical Associates

Norton Healthcare names three physicians as medical directors for community outreach

Crystal D. Narcisse, M.D., internal medicine physician and pediatrician; Maria F. Nota, M.D., pediatrician; and Steven Patton, D.O., family medicine physician, all have been named medical directors of community outreach…

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Cancer, Colon Cancer, Colonoscopy, Prevention and Wellness

Colonoscopy age dropping from 50 to 45 for most

The recommended age for colonoscopy and other colon cancer screenings is increasingly considered to be 45 for those at average risk, five years earlier than the previous guidance. The risk…

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Telehealth

How does telehealth work?

Many health care needs require your provider to touch you — listen to your heart, hit your knee with a rubber hammer to test your reflexes or look in your…

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Kentucky Derby Marathon Training, Sports Health

Taper training before race day

If you are running the Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon or Marathon, a few weeks before the race is the time to start thinking about tapering. Part of most training plans,…

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Bike to Beat Cancer, Cancer, Foundation

Bike to Beat Cancer rider, fundraiser and volunteer Mike Farmer supports other survivors and those we’ve lost

If you have ever been to a Bike to Beat Cancer training ride or event, chances are you have met one of Bike to Beat Cancer’s most dedicated riders, Mike…

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Colon Cancer, Colonoscopy, Prevention and Wellness

How much does a colon cancer screening cost?

The American Cancer Society recommends that people at average risk of colorectal cancer begin regular screening at age 45. People at higher risk for colorectal cancer should talk with their…

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Heart, Heart Attack, Heart Failure

UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart & Vascular Institute expands heart failure, transplant services in collaboration with Norton Heart & Vascular Institute

UK HealthCare (UKHC) and Norton Heart & Vascular Institute are announcing a collaboration to expand advanced heart failure, ventricular assist device (VAD) placement and heart transplant services to Kentuckians. Heart…

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NCMA, Norton Now

On a budget? You don’t have to shell out for self-care

Self-care goals for your mental health do not have to be time-consuming or expensive. Here are several surprisingly easy ways to take care of your mind and body. Simplifying self-care…

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Cancer, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Art therapy patient shares stories of hope and healing

Daniel Bulleit knows a lot about the power of art. His interest began at age 5, when he would draw pictures to stand out among a family that would grow…

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