A new radiation technology is helping make treatments faster, more comfortable and safer for patients at Norton Cancer Institute. ExacTrac Dynamic, developed by Brainlab, is a motion-tracking and patient positioning system that improves accuracy during radiation therapy, supporting stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) across a range of cancer types. How ExacTrac…
What your patients eat may shape who they become A landmark study published in JAMA Network Open is giving pediatric providers new clinical ammunition for conversations about early childhood nutrition — and the findings go well beyond waistlines. Studies on the link between processed food and behavior have been around for a while and evaluate…
A standardized primary care approach to knee and shoulder conditions — X-rays, a couple months of physical therapy followed by possible MRI and maybe referral to orthopedics — can prevent chronic disability as well as unnecessary imaging and referrals, according to Nyagon G. Duany, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist with Norton Orthopedic…
Reviewed by Bassel Alkhalil, M.D., Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Norton Heart & Vascular Institute has been selected as one of only two sites in Kentucky to participate in TEAM-HF, a pioneering clinical trial that could fundamentally change how advanced heart failure is treated. The study, sponsored by Abbott and led locally by principal investigator…
The patient Patient is a 61-year-old male with a past medical history significant for mitral valve prolapse (diagnosed at age 14). He presented to a Norton Immediate Care Center location with complaints of rash on his lower legs. He had been having shortness of breath for several months after a back injury left him with…
Most pediatric neurology patients transfer to adult care between ages 18 and 23, yet there is a critical gap between transfer and transition, the long-term process of preparing patients and families for independence and self-management. For patients with neurological disorders, many of whom have intellectual or physical disabilities, this transition is particularly complex and requires…