Cardiology, Heart, Prevention and Wellness, Recipes

Heart-healthy recipes: Low-fat pineapple slaw

Love coleslaw but wish for a version without so much mayo? Here’s a solution. This refreshing take on slaw boasts bold flavors, but stays light with the addition of sweet pineapple and light yogurt. This recipe is low-fat, easy, speedy, gluten-free and uses five or fewer ingredients. It will yield four generous servings. Nutritional benefits…

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Spine

Spine problems treated with Norton Leatherman Spine’s nonsurgical expertise

Norton Leatherman Spine is known around the world for taking care of complex spinal issues, such as scoliosis in children and adults. Its specialists also treat much more common conditions like degenerative spine problems. Such degenerative conditions can cause back pain and imbalance due to the loss of structure and function of the spine over…

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Endocrinology

The latest Type 2 diabetes diet trend is clean eating

Conventional wisdom around nutrition and diabetes says that carbohydrates are bad. We now know that carbohydrates are not our enemy. The problem in a Type 2 diabetic’s diet is the processed sugar and sweeteners. Population studies have shown that eating or drinking more sugar increases the incidence of Type 2 diabetes. In fact, the correlation…

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Neurosciences, Norton Healthcare Foundation, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Stroke

Stroke treatment results in recovery and leads family to give back

Donna Gensheimer was enjoying a quiet supper with one of her 10 children at her home on the evening of Sept. 12, 2018. Sitting at the table, she was enjoying corn on the cob when the timer went off. Donna remembered turning in her chair to ask her son to turn off the timer when,…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Health & Wellness

Congratulations to Norton Healthcare’s 2019 Nurses of the Year

Norton Healthcare has recognized 11 extraordinary nurses for exceptional service with its 2019 “Nurse of the Year” awards. The awards were presented May 13 at a banquet honoring the finest of its more than 5,350 nursing staff members. “Our nurses make Norton Healthcare the best place to receive care, and the best place to provide…

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Prevention and Wellness

Norton Healthcare facilities receive grade A from The Leapfrog Group

Norton Audubon Hospital, Norton Brownsboro Hospital and Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital have each been awarded an A from The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. The Safety Grade assigns an A, B, C, D or F grade to adult-service hospitals across the country, based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to…

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Cancer

Support group for breast cancer helps women on their breast cancer journey

When Beth Hubbard was diagnosed with breast cancer, she forced herself to attend a support group to be around people who had been through what she was going through. “I kept making myself go because I knew it was good for me,” Beth said. “I could laugh and cry and everyone understood.” Five years later,…

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Prevention and Wellness

Sinus infection treatment: Where do I go for care?

Sinus symptoms can be easy to recognize when you’re used to experiencing them around the same time every year. In most places, that’s cold and flu season, which occurs in late fall and into winter. But here in Kentucky? Due to high pollen counts, we can be susceptible to sinus infections all year. The trademark…

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Atrial Fibrillation, Heart, Neurosciences, Norton Brownsboro, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Stroke

Stroke motivates patient to work hard to recover and get back to life

Robby Speer is delegating more these days. He’s had to slow down a little since he experienced a stroke in 2018. “I realized that if I’m doing everything, someone else isn’t getting the chance to,” Robby said. “It’s been good for me to learn the importance of giving others the opportunity to do what they…

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Behavioral Health, Neurosciences, Stroke

After a stroke, depression and anxiety a concern for many

Anxiety or depression after a stroke is common. Not only do the many immediate challenges facing survivors affect their emotional well-being, but physical and chemical changes in the brain can have an impact as well. Addressing depression and anxiety post-stroke is important and can play a major role in the success of therapies and recovery….

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Health & Wellness

4 ways company culture shapes your experience

Company culture is often an important factor when choosing a place to work. It also can determine the kind of service we receive when we shop for clothes or groceries, hire a plumber or electrician, visit a department store or make an appointment with a health care provider. Are employees friendly and eager to help,…

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Brain Cancer, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumor, Cancer, Neurosciences

The other brain cancer treatment: Helping patients through a difficult prognosis

How do you tell your family you have incurable brain cancer? How do you go on with life while facing an uncertain prognosis? These are difficult questions that many of us will never need to answer, but for patients facing brain cancer or a brain tumor, these questions are part of the reality of their…

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