After menopause, a woman who presents with a burning sensation like a urinary tract infection (UTI) may well have genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), formally called vulvovaginal atrophy or atrophic vaginitis. Women often will tell their doctors they have a UTI because that what it feels like, and they are often treated for a UTI…
Omar S. Elbita, M.D. Hospital Medicine Rosemarie O. Serrone, M.D. Cardiothoracic Surgery Kelsey Arnold, PA-C Orthopedics Tricia A. Cortas, PA-C Cardiology Damian Morriston, PA-C Hospital Medicine LaToma J. Barnett, APRN Emergency Medicine Candice Y. Gray-Cunningham, APRN Infectious Diseases
For knee replacement patients who want to return to a more active lifestyle, robot-assisted arthroplasty offers another level of precision to fine-tune the alignment of the new joint. “Not every patient is going to select to have a robot-assisted procedure done, because the standard instrumentation can produce a fantastic result,” said Jeffrey Stimac, M.D. “But…
Time saved is brain saved, and in recent years we’ve gotten some more time to save more brain. In 2018, the American Heart and American Stroke associations updated their guidelines to say perfusion scanning can make more patients with ischemic stroke and large vessel occlusion eligible for treatment up to 24 hours after symptoms first…
A baseline concussion test provides data to measure functional change in an athlete, making it crucial to concussion care, according to Tad D. Seifert, M.D., a neurologist and sports concussion specialist who is director of the Norton Neuroscience Institute Sports Neurology Center. In addition to offering information about the athlete’s behavior when healthy, baseline concussion…
Stroke in young people has been increasing, with adults as young as in their 20s at risk. This largely is due to more young people having risk factors previously associated with the older population: a sedentary lifestyle, obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes and sleep apnea. Women on birth control who smoke and experience migraines with…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Venclexta (venetoclax) as part of a non-chemotherapy treatment of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults 75 years or older, or who have comorbidities that preclude use of intensive induction chemotherapy. Don A. Stevens, M.D., an oncologist at Norton Cancer Institute, was a pivotal investigator in…
The latest episode of the “MedChat” podcast, “Common Issues in Women’s Health” is now available. Often times, when female patients seek medical attention it is either for a specific complaint or their annual wellness exam. It is recognized that there are key issues affecting women’s health that can be overlooked if practitioners do not evaluate…
Gregory E. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D. Neurology Rachel Hart, D.O. Geriatric Medicine Amanda Buchanan, APRN Family Medicine Robin A. Schmalz, APRN Cardiology
Some women begin experiencing perimenopause as early as their late 30s, with symptoms lasting anywhere from two to eight years leading up to menopause in the usual late 40s to early 50s. Younger patients may be reluctant to bring up menopause, making it important for primary care physicians and OB/GYNs to raise the topic early…
Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Heart Rhythm Center is the first in the region to offer the Watchman FLX left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) implant, a device designed to prevent stroke in patients with certain kinds of atrial fibrillation (A-fib). What is it? The Watchman FLX, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in…
Norton Healthcare is making monoclonal antibody treatment Bamlanivimab available under the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization for certain patients at high risk for requiring hospitalization for COVID-19. We are fortunate to have extensive expertise in the development and utilization of monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of a wide array of diseases. Bamlanivimab is…