Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Recruiting

2 Norton Healthcare employees nominated as Black Achievers

Norton Healthcare has nominated two employees for the YMCA of Greater Louisville’s Black Achievers Awards Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 22. The nominees are both members of Synergy, Norton Healthcare’s African…

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Prevention and Wellness, Weekly Health Tip

Spring into action at the Louisville Zoo

Walking is the simplest way to get fit — you can do it anywhere, anytime. The average American takes 5,117 steps a day, which is equivalent to walking just over…

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Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Gynecology, Norton Womens & Childrens Hospital, Ovarian Cancer, Uterine Cancer, Womens Health

Surgeon’s mission trip takes expertise in women’s surgery to Nicaragua

Each year, more than 200 women are able to see David L. Doering, M.D., for issues requiring surgery for gynecologic cancers. A “Master Surgeon” as designated by the Surgical Review…

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Recruiting

Respiratory therapists are in demand, and here’s a paid apprenticeship opportunity

Respiratory therapy is one of the fastest growing career paths, and to fill the need for skilled caregivers in this important field, Norton Healthcare is offering a paid 12- to-18…

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Cancer, Lung Cancer, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Prevention and Wellness, Pulmonary, Weekly Health Tip

Lung screening catches woman’s cancer, avoids need for chemo or radiation

Margaret Taylor, 72, started smoking as a 14-year-old growing up in Tell City, Indiana. It became an addiction of at least a pack a day that lasted a total of…

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Sports - Hip, Sports Health

The difference between a hip dislocation like Tua Tagovailoa’s and a fracture

Hip injuries like the one that ended University of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s season are more common in auto wrecks, but can occur in high-speed contact sports collisions. The hip…

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Heart, Heart Failure

African Americans disproportionately affected by heart failure

The stereotype of the heart failure patient often does not match the reality, according to Kelly C. McCants, M.D., medical director, Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Advanced Heart Failure and…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Norton Audubon, Recruiting

Military experience prepared nursing leader for his career

How do you prepare for just about any situation work life throws at you? For Justin Thornsberry, R.N.,   director of quality and clinical effectiveness at Norton Audubon Hospital, his experience…

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Bariatric Surgery, Weekly Health Tip, Weight Management

Getting help with weight loss: ‘I couldn’t do it on my own’

Lori Lively’s gradual seven-year weight gain after an automobile accident raised her blood pressure, elevated her blood sugar level to diabetic range and worsened an existing heart condition. After the…

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Cardiology, Heart, Heart Attack, News, Women’s Heart Program

How I learned heart attacks in women are different

A lot is written about the differences between men and women. The battle of the sexes is a constant source of material for jokes to serious debate, and everything in…

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Cardiology, Heart, Heart Attack, Interventional Cardiology

Back pain can be a symptom of a heart attack, especially in women

Esta publicación también está disponible en español. Upper back pain can be a sign of a heart attack, especially in women. Maybe you spent a little extra time doing yardwork…

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Spine

Norton Leatherman Spine surgeon pioneers minimally invasive lumbar fusion

Jeffrey L. Gum, M.D., spine surgeon with Norton Leatherman Spine, has pioneered a new, minimally invasive, robotic-assisted surgery that shortens operations and cuts down on recovery time. His work has…

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