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…
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…
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…
As the coronavirus outbreak continues, the medical community learns more about how it affects certain populations. A study released July 9 by the University of Milan in Italy found the…
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…
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…
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…
As a cancer patient or someone who has completed treatment, you may be at greater risk from the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Norton Cancer Institute and all of Norton Healthcare…
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…
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…
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…
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…