Research program offers clinicians opportunities
Norton Healthcare offers a wide range of research opportunities for clinicians and their practice groups, as well as clinicians partnering from other entities. More than 850 studies were active or pending through mid-December 2017. “Norton […]
View moreBenign murmurs in children
A HEART MURMUR is the audible vibration of blood flow. Many children have murmurs; the types we hear most commonly vary depending on a child’s age. If we were to listen to the heart for […]
View moreSyncope in children
BENIGN SYNCOPE (fainting) is a common occurrence in adolescents and older children. It is a brief and sudden loss of consciousness and postural tone with spontaneous recovery. Causes include dehydration or dysfunction of the autonomic […]
View morePatient Spotlight: A miracle in the making
No one watching Ethan Byler play on the swing set with his sister, Emily, would point to the toddler and say, “He had a heart transplant.” They wouldn’t know that Ethan was the first child […]
View moreBenign chest pain in children
CHEST PAIN is very common in children. Fortunately, serious heart conditions are very rare but include pericarditis, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, coronary artery abnormalities, aortic dissection and ingestions. Noncardiac causes of chest pain are seen most […]
View moreNorton Children’s Cancer Institute launches
Norton Cancer Institute and Norton Children’s Hospital, in affiliation with the University of Louisville, have founded Norton Children’s Cancer Institute to provide improved access, new programs to treat rare tumors and benign blood disorders, and […]
View moreFirst patient consents to lymphoma trial
Norton Cancer Institute has enlisted the first patient ever to participate in a clinical trial studying a potential new drug to treat a type of rare lymphoma. The female patient will receive a drug designed […]
View moreNew equipment at Norton Neurosciences & Spine Rehabilitation Center
The Norton Neurosciences & Spine Rehabilitation Center continues to meet the needs of physicians and patients with the addition of new equipment. The DIERS formetric scanner allows a radiation-free and markerless surface topography scanning method, […]
View moreEpilepsy monitoring unit fast track
If a patient is having seizures and has not responded to two or more seizure medications, they may have refractory epilepsy or no epilepsy at all. The patient may be eligible for our fast track […]
View moreRobotic laser therapy treats epilepsy, brain tumors and lesions
Multidisciplinary teams from Norton Neuroscience Institute and Norton Cancer Institute work in tandem to achieve optimal patient outcomes with new technology Norton Healthcare is the first health care provider in the region to use the […]
View moreNorton Neuroscience Institute first to use latest robotic surgical device
Norton Brownsboro Hospital is the first hospital in Kentucky to use the newest generation of robotic neurosurgery technology, called ROSA. Norton surgeons already have performed several operations using the ROSA robotic surgical assistant from Medtech […]
View morePseudotumor cerebri
Children with slowly worsening headaches and vision loss, blurry vision or double vision may have pseudotumor cerebri. Pseudotumor in adults is associated with obesity and is much more frequent in women. In prepubertal children, pseudotumor happens equally […]
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