Behavioral Health, COVID19, Migraine and Headaches, Neurosciences

Stress and coronavirus pandemic may be driving uptick in migraine attacks

If the last several months have given you a headache, you’re not alone. Brian M. Plato, D.O., FAHS, neurologist and headache specialist with Norton Neuroscience Institute, warns that the outbreak…

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COVID19

COVID-19 hospitalizations increase at Norton Healthcare, but cases less severe

Hospitalizations for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, have increased at Louisville’s largest health care system in recent weeks, but cases are generally less severe, according to the head…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Norton Childrens Medical Associates, Norton Now

Kimberly A. Wright, APRN, is back home in Shelbyville to take care of friends and neighbors

Primary care nurse practitioner Kimberly A. Wright, APRN, is where she wants to be, doing what she wants to do. The Shelbyville, Kentucky, native is caring for her friends and…

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Breast Cancer, Cancer

Cancer during pandemic, quarantine

A few months ago, when Americans began feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, state mandates required a focus on urgent and emergency care. Along with patients’ own concerns about being in…

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Cancer, Prostate Cancer

New technology reduces side effects and allows for fewer, but stronger, prostate cancer radiation treatments

For the more than 60,000 men each year whose prostate cancer is treated with radiation therapy, the close quarters around the prostate and rectum meant that prostate radiation treatments used…

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Electrophysiology, Heart

Innovative care to help make patients safer

When Arnold Belker, M.D., went for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan at Norton Brownsboro Hospital recently, he became a medical pioneer of sorts. His cardiac device had to be…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, News

Norton Healthcare names new leader of Norton Audubon Hospital

Norton Healthcare has named Randy Hamilton the chief administrative officer of Norton Audubon Hospital. As chief administrative officer, Hamilton will oversee the continued growth of Norton Audubon, including completion of…

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COVID19

Allergies or coronavirus?

Right now, it seems like every little sniffle or cough is cause for alarm. But before you worry that you could have the coronavirus/COVID-19, remember that it just might be…

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COVID19

National coronavirus test processing backlog hits Louisville

What started as a three- to five-day turnaround for coronavirus test results has become a more typical wait of up to seven days for some individuals to find out if…

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COVID19

What has COVID-19 taught us about ‘getting sick’?

As the COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease and life moves towards a new reality with face masks, social distancing and other practices, lessons can be learned from our experience during…

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Immediate Care Centers, Norton Community Medical Associates, Norton Primary Care, Prevention and Wellness

Sunburn or sun poisoning: When is it time to seek treatment?

Most people get sunburns. That painful tightness and red skin causes discomfort with every movement. Have you ever blistered from sunburn, or wondered if you have sun poisoning and need…

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Migraine and Headaches, Neurosciences

It’s not just a headache: What you need to know about migraine

Despite 39 million Americans experiencing migraine attacks each year, many people still don’t take the condition seriously. People who’ve never had a migraine may not understand and offer unsolicited advice:…

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