If this is your year to run the GE Appliances Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon/Marathon, read on! The keys to running a successful marathon or miniMarathon are planning and pacing. The Norton Sports Health training program builds on mileage throughout the weeks leading up to the race. You’ll have a planned schedule and learn pacing so you don’t…
Mayor Craig Greenberg and other elected officials joined with representatives from LDG Development to break ground on a development that will serve local families who earn between 30-80 percent of the area median income or up to $67,000 annually (for a family of four). Located in the historic Russell Neighborhood, the development represents a $75…
It’s an all-too-common experience — lack of quality health insurance, a chronic illness and mounting bills set off a chain of bad luck and a financial struggle. A mystery illness The trouble started in the spring of 2022. “I started feeling burning in my arms, shoulders and fingers. Just excruciating pain,” said Thomas Williams, 55,…
Norton Healthcare* has announced changes to its financial assistance program. The changes are intended to increase access to health care by alleviating financial stress that often serves as a barrier and prevents individuals from seeking care. Previously, families were eligible for Norton Healthcare’s financial assistance program if their household income was equal to or less…
Norton Healthcare has been selected as an honoree for the Louisville Business First 2022 Business Impact Awards for its work promoting racial equality through the Norton Healthcare Goodwill Opportunity Campus and Norton West Louisville Hospital. Part of the honor was based on quantifiable results from efforts around racial equality. Over the summer of 2022, Norton…
If you need a COVID-19 test and don’t have symptoms, you can get an appointment for drive-thru testing at Norton Healthcare Express Services. If you are not sure whether you should see a health care provider, contact your primary care provider, especially if you have a preexisting condition that makes you at high risk for…
Mental health conditions do not discriminate. Anyone can have challenges at any point in their lives. The difference is how these issues are addressed and perceived. These differences are glaringly obvious in African American communities. How mental health affects Black communities “We hear often that Black Americans view mental health struggles as a personal weakness,”…
With construction of the new Norton West Louisville Hospital site underway, the architects’ designs are one step closer to becoming reality. Tim Fishking, partner and national health care practice leader at Moody Nolan, an African American-owned architectural firm based out of Ohio, is leading the project for the first new hospital built west of Ninth…
Colon cancer is a treatable cancer, especially if it is caught in the early stages. Screening saves lives every year. Steven Patton, D.O., family medicine physician, Norton Medical Group, wants African Americans to know that they can benefit from colon cancer screening beginning at age 45. Why should African Americans make this cancer screening a…
At a community update meeting, Russell F. Cox, president and CEO of Norton Healthcare, presented the results of a community survey in which more than 4,500 people shared their ideas about the features and services they wanted in the new Norton West Louisville Hospital, which will be part of the Norton Healthcare Goodwill Opportunity Campus…
Cada vez que Regina-Riley Smith tiene una cita con el médico, suele tener que tomarse todo el día libre en el trabajo. Si quiere llegar a tiempo a su cita, tiene que salir 45 minutos antes para conducir desde su casa en el barrio Shawnee de West Louisville hasta la consulta de su médico de…
When Regina-Riley Smith has a doctor’s appointment, it usually means having to take the entire day off from work. In order to make it to her appointment on time, she has to leave 45 minutes early to drive from her home in West Louisville’s Shawnee neighborhood to her primary care physician’s office on North Hurstbourne…