How to help patients stop smoking
Physicians can help patients stop smoking using some techniques and free resources from Norton Healthcare. In 2019, 14 of every 100 of U.S. adults ages 18 and over smoked cigarettes. The Truth Initiative reported that in [...]
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Extremely low-dose EOS orthopedic imaging available at Norton Healthcare and Norton Children’s
Spine and orthopedic specialists at Norton Healthcare and Norton Children’s are using low-radiation EOS Imaging to evaluate and monitor spine conditions such as scoliosis and conditions affecting the hips and lower limbs. The EOS system […]
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Norton Healthcare named national Orthopaedic Center of Excellence
Norton Healthcare has received certification as an Orthopaedic Center of Excellence, one of only 12 hospital systems in the country to receive the designation. Norton Healthcare’s Norton Orthopedic Institute and Norton Leatherman Spine received the […]
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January 2022 Norton Medical Group new providers
Norton Medical Group welcomes these new providers. Kenneth Fomulu, M.D. Hospital Medicine Douglas A. Nelson, M.D. Hematology/Oncology Ayryn Chilton-Gelfo, PA-C Cardiology Catherine Jarrett, PA-C Orthopedic Surgery Tiffany Amburgey, APRN Urgent Care Diana M. Bratcher, APRN […]
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After a career in the U.S. Navy, orthopedic surgeon returns to Louisville
Joseph A. O’Daniel Jr., M.D., had his first experience with orthopedic surgery as a Trinity High School student. While playing basketball, he fractured a finger bad enough that it needed surgery. He went on from […]
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Diagnosing heart disease in women
afdfd The notion that heart disease is a man’s disease can be misleading. Women are at greater risk for heart disease than men, yet their symptoms more often are overlooked by physicians — and women […]
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Louisville’s first Spanish-English bilingual clinic opens
Norton Community Medical Associates – La Clínica Preston, Norton Healthcare’s first 100% bilingual practice, is now open in Okolona. The facility features staff and providers who understand the unique concerns of Louisville’s Latinx community and […]
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Quick stenting procedure repairs ruptured AAA
Visiting Louisville on a business trip, Rob Priest thought he might have come down with a terrible case of food poisoning. The pain was so bad that he called 911 from his hotel. When Rob […]
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Narrowing racial and ethnic disparities among lung cancer patients
Black Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival rate of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S. for most cancers, according to a 2019 study. Lung cancer is the second most common [...]
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Catching that small percentage of young people with a dangerous heart condition
When someone 35 or younger complains of symptoms concerning for heart disease, such as palpitations, shortness of breath or chest pains, we see them at the new Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Young Adult Cardiology […]
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Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) for oligometastatic disease
Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) is playing an important role in treating oligometastatic patients with breast, lung, colorectal and prostate tumors, according to a review of published literature. With each of these cancers, SABR showed […]
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VAD program established and thriving with strong outcomes
An update from Kelly C. McCants, M.D., medical director of the Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Advanced Heart Failure & Recovery Program and executive director of the Institute for Healthy Equity, a Part of Norton […]
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