May is National Bike Month, a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling —and encourage others to give it a try. Whether you bike to work or school, ride for your health or the environment, or simply to explore, National Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the unique power of the bicycle and…
How many times have you suffered through symptoms because you couldn’t get off work or your family’s schedule was too busy? We all can relate. As a nurse practitioner, my goal has always been to provide patients with safe and quality care, but I found that this care often wasn’t convenient for my patients. Through…
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A recent study reveals that people who drink diet sodas daily have three times the risk of stroke and dementia in the next 10 years. This finding has many health experts urging everyone to stop drinking diet beverages. Wait, what? Here’s the kicker “The study, published in the journal Stroke, does not prove that diet…
Spaghetti squash should be a staple on your family’s weekly menu. It’s filled with nutrients like fiber, beta carotene, potassium, Vitamins C and A, and folate — giving you important health benefits for the whole family. And, once you get the hang of cooking spaghetti squash, you can dress it up any way you’d like…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers these recommendations for when you should wash your hands: Before, during and after preparing food Before eating food Before and after caring for someone who is sick Before and after treating a cut or wound After using the toilet After changing diapers or cleaning up a child…
If you’re going to Kentucky Derby 2017, you really can say it’s for the exercise. We’ve got you and your steps covered.
You know those idyllic family gatherings that dance in your head but never seem to materialize? Here’s mine from a few weeks ago: My mother-in-law and I are in the kitchen, up to our eyeballs in roast beef and potatoes, when we hear my 5-year-old say, “How come Daisy gets candy and I don’t?” I’m…
While breast cancer in young women is rare, it happens. And it appears to be on the rise. The National Cancer Institute reports cases of younger women with advanced breast cancer have increased about 2 percent each year since the mid-1970s and show no signs of slowing down. Betsy Barefoot, 25, was diagnosed with breast…
Among all treatments available to combat stroke, perhaps the most revolutionary is the drug alteplase, which is a tissue plasminogen activator also known as tPA. Basically, tPA is a “clot-buster.” It literally can stop a stroke as it is happening by breaking up the blockage and restoring blood flow to the brain. tPA is the…
Dawne Gee, WAVE 3 News anchor and beloved local philanthropic supporter, was preparing for a busy Thanksgiving week last year. Little did she know her life would hang in the balance as she suffered a stroke on live TV. The week of the stroke, Gee knew something wasn’t right. She visited her rheumatologist, orthopedic specialist…
Norton Healthcare is holding interviews at the dates and locations listed below. Thursday, May 11 – R.N.s/LPNs: Open interviews, but you are encouraged to apply online ahead of time. 9 a.m. to noon. Norton Healthcare Human Resources 224 E. Broadway, second floor Downtown Louisville, Kentucky Tuesday, May 23 – All positions: Open interviews, but you…