Imagine dinner with friends at a restaurant in the Highlands or on Frankfort Avenue. You bring up the topic of gratitude and awkward silence ensues. These are tough times and isn’t gratitude a little soft and sappy? Everyone looks down at their plates. Well, it’s time to look up — because now is exactly the…
Annie’s Angels started riding in the Bike to Beat Cancer for Annie, Mindy Scott’s co-worker with pancreatic cancer. In five years, they’ve raised more than $3,500. “When people say (the Bike to Beat Cancer ride is) too hard — these people are battling cancer. This is easy.”
Like author Janice Kaplan, most of us have been blessed with much, but fall short in expressing gratitude for it. A desire to be happier led Kaplan on a year-long commitment to live gratefully. At Norton Healthcare’s free July 19 “Go Confidently” event, she’ll discuss her journey to joy, captured in her New York Times…
Bike to Beat Cancer raises money to cure cancer and eliminate suffering right here in our own community. The dollars raised go toward research, support services, educational programs and therapeutic resources for patients of Norton Cancer Institute and Norton Children’s Cancer Institute. The 35-, 65- or 100-mile bike trek (or 5-mile family ride) is on…
Get ready for Bike to Beat Cancer with these training rides, including a family-friendly ride on Saturday, July 1. Saturday, June 24 • 9 a.m. Meet at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park between the pool and tennis courts 3000 Freys Hill Road, Louisville, Kentucky Ride level: 2/3 40 miles Self-supported Sunday, June 25 • 2…
Join Janice Kaplan, author of the New York Times best seller, “The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform your Life,” at Norton Healthcare’s free July 19 “Go Confidently” event. During the public event, Kaplan will detail what led her to practice gratitude daily, and how, although practicing gratitude initially…
Bike to Beat Cancer has teamed up with Dan Delph to give you “Dan’s Training Tips.” These videos are designed to give riders answers to basic cycling questions and concerns. In this video, Dan discusses proper nutrition and hydration to fuel you through your bike ride. Pack portable snacks and try to eat something every 30…
The Norton Sports Health team has scheduled Bike to Beat Cancer training rides to help you get ready for the Sept. 9 event to support Norton Cancer Institute. On Saturday, June 10, the first big training ride of the season will start at Kroger in Central Station and go through Iroquois Park before returning. The…
In many ways my husband is your typical male patient. He hates going to the doctor, thinks getting blood taken is slightly more frightening than having a root canal, and every spring and fall he suffers through allergies and bronchitis instead of getting treatment for them. What isn’t typical about him is that he has…
Eamonn and Elizabeth Murphy, of Louisville, had dreams of what a lot of couples want in life — to get married, experience the joys of being newlyweds, have children, a “white picket fence” and live happily ever after. All in a perfect world, right? Nobody dreams about the curve balls that life inevitably throws us….
Cyberattacks seem to be in the news at an increasing rate. They can put confidential personal information at stake, including Social Security numbers, credit card information, bank accounts and, yes, personal health information. If you are a Norton Healthcare patient, you have access to MyNortonChart, a secure online source for your personal health information. You…
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…