All individuals in Kentucky, regardless of profession, are required by law to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Health care providers, due to their knowledge and expertise, can offer investigators a wealth of information and insight into children’s medical conditions and injuries. Making reports to investigators clearly, effectively and without delay can significantly alter the…
An artificial pancreas is the Holy Grail of diabetes technology. We are not there yet, but new technology is moving us closer by managing insulin more precisely than ever before — and changing the trajectory of patients’ lives in the process. A continuous glucose monitor (CGM), sometimes called a continuous blood glucose monitor, actually measures…
The new Norton Neuroscience Institute Memory Center provides multidisciplinary care to patients with memory impairment and their families. Leading the care team at the multidisciplinary center are neurologist Gregory Cooper, M.D., Ph.D., and geriatrician Rachel N. Hart, D.O. “One of the benefits of the program like the one we’re creating is that we now become…
Patients with advanced/unresectable or metastatic breast cancer treated with palbociclib combination therapy experienced low levels of baseline pain and fatigue, a recent study found. The study is apparently one of the first outside a clinical trial to evaluate the day-to-day effects of advanced/unresectable or metastatic breast cancer and its treatment along with the effects of…
Menopause affects bone health and sexual health. It can affect mood and emotional well-being, sleep and weight. It also can increase the risks for different cancers or for falls. The average person reaches menopause at age 51 or 52, meaning more than 40 million people in the United States are experiencing menopause. Menopause is tough…
Laura B. Bishop, M.D. Pediatric Hospital Medicine Swapna K. Chandran, M.D. Pediatric Otolaryngology Clayton B. Cummings, M.D. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Hazar Hassuneh, M.D. Pediatric Hospital Medicine Vicki L. Owczarzak, M.D. Pediatric Otolaryngology Ndah Akwesi Poteh, M.D. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Wayne Stark Jr., M.D. Pediatric Emergency Medicine M. Kathryn “Katie” Alonso, APRN Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Mary Jeanne…
Bone health often is overlooked and undertreated in postmenopausal patients, even though appropriate management is critical to lower the risk of fracture and potentially catastrophic falls. Estrogen protects bones by inhibiting osteoclast cells, which break down bone. With menopause and lower estrogen levels, bone mass starts declining. A person can lose up to 20% of…
When vascular surgeon Nathaniel T. Liu, M.D., sees patients, one of his goals is to communicate and help them understand their treatment options. Hearing a doctor explain arterial blockages or how damaged veins are responsible for leg pain can be a bit confusing and even scary to a worried patient. But knowledge, as they say,…
Establishing an asthma action plan for your pediatric patients is a great first step, but helping them and their families adhere to it could be even more important. Self-management through an asthma action plan that guides patients in adjusting their medication improves quality of life, reduces use of health care and leads to fewer days…
Erythrocytapheresis (automated red cell exchange) increasingly is used to replace sickled red cells in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients as an alternative to transfusion. The procedure doesn’t significantly raise the total hemoglobin — a frequent result of other methods — when replacing sickled red cells with healthy donor cells. Erythrocytapheresis removes the patient’s sickled red…
Gregory Cooper, M.D., Ph.D., neurologist and accomplished memory disorders researcher, has joined Norton Healthcare as medical director of the new Norton Neuroscience Institute Memory Center. Dr. Cooper was most recently medical director of memory care for Baptist Health in Lexington, Kentucky, his hometown. He is a faculty member at the University of Kentucky College of…
UK HealthCare (UKHC) and Norton Heart & Vascular Institute are announcing a collaboration to expand advanced heart failure, ventricular assist device (VAD) placement and heart transplant services to Kentuckians. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Kentucky, and the commonwealth has one of the highest rates of heart disease in the country. Norton…