Gynecology, Planning Your Pregnancy, Womens Health

Important doctor appointments for women to schedule

Finding time for regular checkups can be difficult, but it’s important to catch issues before they get worse. Visiting providers who focus on particular aspects of a person’s health gives women more power to prevent illnesses. Your doctors work best as a team, contributing unique abilities and expertise to collaborate in protecting your health. Every…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Injury and Trauma, Ortho - Hip, Orthopedics

More hip replacement patients can recover at home quicker with the arrival of Carl Kure, D.O.

One of the first things Carl Kure, D.O., noticed about Louisvillians is how active they are. It’s “one of the things that made us fall in love with this city,” Dr. Kure said, referring to himself and his fiancée. “I hope to help more of them enjoy that lifestyle for as long as possible.” Dr….

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Bariatric Surgery, Medical Weight Management, Weekly Health Tip, Weight Management

What is the best diet?

For those thinking of starting the new year by shedding some pounds to reach a healthier weight, our weight management specialists have broken down some pros and cons to help you decide what is the best diet for you. Whole30 Pros Increased energy Possible weight loss Possible improved health from identifying foods that cause skin…

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Cancer, Foundation

Churchill Downs named Philanthropist of the Year – Organization

In 2017, Churchill Downs named the Norton Healthcare Foundation its charitable beneficiary of the Kentucky Oaks. Over the past year, Churchill Downs raised more than $75,000 to benefit breast health at Norton Cancer Institute, specifically funding a 3D tomography machine for the Norton Healthcare Mobile Prevention Center. Sprinkle Some Cheer This Holiday As a not-for-profit…

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Cardiology, Heart, Weight Management

Your how-to for a healthy heart diet

If you’re ready to get serious about adopting a healthy heart diet, you don’t need to deprive yourself, and you don’t need the latest fad. Eating wholesome foods is a simple lifestyle change that can make a huge difference to your heart. Eat any of these foods instead of high-calorie, high-added-sugar foods or drinks, and…

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Bike to Beat Cancer, Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Foundation, Recruiting

More than 10 years of participation in fundraising events merits recognition

Gene Gruver ensures that patients, guests and staff have access to food and beverages nearly around the clock at Norton Healthcare’s cafeterias and bistros. Gene is system director, food services, but his commitment goes far beyond his 18 years working at Norton Healthcare through the health care system’s partnership with Morrison Healthcare food service. Gene’s…

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Dementia, Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Norton Childrens Medical Associates, Spirituality

Physician’s kindness shown through gift of shoes to patient

Crystal Narcisse, M.D., did not think twice about taking off her new tennis shoes and giving them to the patient in front of her, whose own shoes were falling apart. Rain was pouring on the brisk day in February 2019, and Dr. Narcisse, an internal medicine physician and pediatrician at Norton Community Medical Associates –…

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During Your Pregnancy, Expecting, Labor and Delivery, Obstetrics, Planning Your Pregnancy

Doula vs. midwife: Who does what?

If you’re pregnant, you may be weighing the differences of a birth doula versus a midwife. You may think that the roles are interchangeable, but the roles they play in the delivery room are very different.  What Is a Midwife? A midwife is a trained medical professional who helps women before, during and after pregnancy….

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News

Tushar Nayar, M.D., goes above and beyond to facilitate organ donation

Tushar Nayar, M.D., volunteered to come to the Norton Brownsboro Hospital operating room late one April night during his week off and worked longer than necessary to care for a patient and their family, all to help a group of people he would never meet. Dr. Nayar stepped up when a hospitalist was needed on…

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Behavioral Health, Epilepsy, Neurosciences

Epilepsy and depression often come together

There is a strong relationship between epilepsy and depression. The two come together so often that there are suspicions that brain changes that make people more susceptible to seizures also can bring on depression. In a study of adults, researchers found that those with epilepsy were twice as likely as adults without epilepsy to report…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Recruiting

Norton Audubon Hospital nurse helps unconscious passenger on flight

While relaxing on a flight to California in May, Stacy Low​e, R.N., an operating room nurse at Norton Audubon Hospital, was needed to save the life of a passenger who was unconscious and showing no signs of life. Stacy calmly and quickly enlisted the help of other passengers on the San Diego-bound flight to lay…

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Pulmonary

Emphysema vs. COPD: What’s the difference?

The difference between emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be confusing. “While both are chronic conditions of the lungs, emphysema and COPD refer to different aspects of the diseased state of the lungs,” said David A. Hasselbacher, M.D., FCCP, pulmonary disease physician with Norton Pulmonary Specialists. “They are related but not the same.”…

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