The typical time it takes an athlete to heal from a concussion ranges from two to six weeks and follows an evaluation at each step before the athlete is approved…
Health providers like to know what medical conditions your blood relatives have had. Called a family history, it can help your provider know what conditions you might be at risk…
Maybe you’ve heard a story that you’ll have to drink some kind of awful-tasting liquid, and then you’ll be in the bathroom all day and night. Maybe you’re afraid colonoscopy…
Norton Healthcare has announced the future location for its Institute for Health Equity, A Part of Norton Healthcare. The institute will move into space in The Village @ West Jefferson,…
World Down Syndrome Day is marked every year on March 21 to help raise awareness and advocate for equitable inclusion of those with Down syndrome. The date — the 21st…
One year ago, on March 8, 2020, Norton Brownsboro Hospital admitted our first COVID-19 Norton Healthcare patient. My co-workers recently have talked about how that time has passed. In many…
A broken leg like that suffered by Tiger Woods in his recent automobile crash can take several months to heal — and possibly longer since the compound fracture was in…
If you’re skeptical about getting the COVID-19 vaccine, here is something that might change your mind: It’s working. Health care employees, the first group in Kentucky to receive the vaccine,…
Almost every morning for the past two years Veronica Cook has hopped on her stationary bike and ridden for an hour. In 2019 and 2020, Veronica used her pedal power…
A social worker at Norton Children’s Hospital’s emergency department and an oncology nurse at Norton Cancer Institute – Brownsboro have been nominated for the YMCA of Greater Louisville’s Black Achievers…
You can expect to get around better with less pain after hip or knee replacement surgery, but your partner also can discover a better quality of life, according to a…
Knee replacement costs have come down in recent years as orthopedic surgeons develop more sophisticated techniques and use increasingly precise tools that can allow patients to go home the same…