Prevention and Wellness

Turn your living room into the waiting room

When you don’t feel well, sitting in a waiting room is the last thing you want to do. Now you can turn your living room into the waiting room by…

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Hepatitis C, Infectious Disease

Hepatitis C is contagious — know the risk factors that make infection more likely

The sharing of used needles as well as blood transfusions before 1992 have been the main causes of hepatitis C transmission in the United States. Anyone can get the hepatitis…

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Newsjacking, Womens Health

What is a menstrual cup?

For women who are looking for a cost-effective, eco-friendly way of managing bleeding during periods, the menstrual cup is one option. It has been available since the 1930s but has…

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Back to School, Womens Health

Fun, games, school supplies and wellness exams at Unity Jam

Come to the third annual Unity Jam, a community health and back-to-school fair hosted by Synergy, Norton Healthcare’s African American employee resource group. Unity Jam Aug. 10, 2019 10 a.m….

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Hepatitis C, Infectious Disease

The baby boomer-hepatitis C connection

Baby boomers are five times more likely to have a hepatitis C infection, because they may have been exposed to the virus before precautions were taken with medical equipment and…

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Newsjacking

Norton Healthcare’s Kempf named to national CFOs to know list

Becker’s Healthcare has recognized Adam D. Kempf, Norton Healthcare senior vice president and chief financial officer, as one of the 106 hospital and health system CFOs to know in the nation. Those on…

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Dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heatstroke symptoms and what to do

Dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heatstroke can catch you off guard and be life threatening during the high temperatures and humidity of summer in Louisville and Southern Indiana. The…

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Cancer

Patient navigator Karen Allen educates patients and learns from them too

Karen Allen, R.N., oncology patient navigator for Norton Cancer Institute, sees the patient navigator role as a “bridge across the canyon of uncertainty” for patients who are newly diagnosed with…

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Orthopedics

That fabulous handbag may be causing pain and damage to your body

You have a thing for bags. The bigger the better, right? Sure, a big, fabulous bag might be able to hold everything you want to carry with you, but all…

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Prevention and Wellness

The benefits of creating a meal plan

Do you tend to grab your meals from a vending machine or a drive-through? You know it’s not good for you, yet you continue to do it. Eating healthy meals…

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Epilepsy, Neurosciences

Disney star Cameron Boyce’s family says a seizure led to his death: What is sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)?

When actor Cameron Boyce, a star of the Disney Channel show “Jessie,” died at age 20, his family said in a statement that his sudden death was due to a…

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MyNortonChart, Prevention and Wellness

3 ways to manage your family’s health this summer

Who couldn’t use some help keeping track of your family’s health? When a new school year approaches, there are health forms, physicals, vaccinations and screenings to track down or schedule….

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