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Even an Ironman trainee needs a break sometimes

At what point does this training become less like a hobby, and more like a part-time job? I think I’ve reached that point. Between a full-time job and three side hustles (yoga, coaching and dog sitting), I needed a break. I went to Austin, Texas, with my childhood bestie. It was nice to get away,…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare

Employee finds bigger meaning to being part of the Norton Healthcare family

Alissa Prince, patient navigator with Norton Infectious Disease Specialists, has found community not only within Louisville but also within Norton Healthcare. She points out how important that is as a member of the LGBTQ community. “For some, the LGBTQ community is the only family they have, and being part of it is just as great…

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Breast Cancer, Breast Health, Cancer

Cokie Roberts’ 17-year breast cancer survival points to medical advances

When television journalist Cokie Roberts was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, she had reason to be optimistic. The 15-year survival rate for breast cancer patients was about 70%, meaning the odds were with her, then 58, living well into her 70s. Cokie died at age 75 of complications from breast cancer, ABC News announced…

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Labor and Delivery

Nurses organize hospital wedding when early labor scare interrupts plans

The bride beamed as she walked down the aisle on her wedding day, albeit at a different venue than the one she had originally planned. At 25 weeks pregnant, Kendall Brady, of Campbellsville, Kentucky​​​​, went into preterm labor. She was brought by ambulance to Norton Hospital a week before her and fiance Matt Howell’s planned…

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Neurosciences

Treating patients with kindness as well as medicine

Steven L. Spalding, M.D., has been a physician for more than 25 years and counting. He practices a simple rule: Treat people the same way you want your loved ones to be treated. Having cared for his mother in her later years as she battled Alzheimer’s disease, Dr. Spalding can appreciate the value of positive…

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Prevention and Wellness, Recipes

Free classes to learn how to make heart-healthy meals

Eating healthy can be difficult. Finding tasty recipes that are easy to make is hard enough. Then there’s the time involved and the willpower to adapt to a new heart-healthy diet. Would free heart-healthy cooking classes help? Norton Healthcare regularly offers classes led by a nutritionist in a relaxed and enjoyable classroom environment. Attend a…

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Spine

Trouble getting around? Don’t confuse cervical myelopathy symptoms with aging

74-year-old Rodger First started having trouble getting around, he assumed it was just a part of getting older. For months, he struggled on uneven surfaces. “I remember falling three or four times one day,” Rodger said. As Rodger’s condition worsened, he developed numbness and tingling in both arms and legs. Then, he suddenly couldn’t raise…

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Sleep Medicine

Create ideal sleeping conditions in your bedroom

Your Ideal Sleeping Conditions Checklist Create the right environment with clean sheets, a cool climate, plants to freshen the air and darkness Prepare for the next day, choose a power down activity and turn off the devices. No work materials in the bedroom Clear the mind with meditation Stretch Switch your nightcap from alcohol to…

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Common Cold, Norton Now, Prevention and Wellness

How to handle some of the more common bugs kids bring home from school

Germs, viruses and bacteria are back in school too. And they’re coming home which means their sick day could potentially turn into your sick day. Here are some of the more common illnesses that kids pick up in school and bring home, along with tips on how to treat them. Cold Symptoms: Sneezing, runny nose,…

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Bike to Beat Cancer

Here’s how your Bike to Beat Cancer donations help

Donating to Bike to Beat Cancer continues a cycle of hope for your parent, spouse, partner, sibling, friend or loved one as we pedal one step closer to beating cancer. Because of donations to Bike to Beat Cancer: More than $3.5 million has been raised since 2008 to support Norton Cancer Institute. A second Norton…

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Epilepsy, Neurosciences

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) now a treatment for epilepsy

There’s a new treatment option for patients in Louisville with medically-refractory epilepsy. Louisville’s first patient to get deep brain stimulation for epilepsy — a patient treated at Norton Neuroscience Institute — now has an implanted stimulator to alter pathways in the brain involved in seizures. The stimulator was implanted recently at Norton Brownsboro Hospital. The…

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Prevention and Wellness

8 tips for healthy grocery shopping

Eating healthy isn’t complicated, but healthy grocery shopping can be work. Getting real, whole foods to the table at every meal isn’t easy. Navigating the grocery can feel overwhelming, but let’s talk a bit about healthy grocery shopping with more confidence and higher success! The main goal is to avoid highly processed foods filled with…

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