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Keeping Women Well for Life

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Donna Ison Amy Baker, baby, Baker, Baker 's practice, Baker state, beloved home state, beloved home state of Kentucky, chi, chi saint, common ache, delivery, early teenage year, emotional support, extra knowledge, extra knowledge of the musculoskeletal system, family plan, female reach middle age, Grandview, Grandview medical center, gynecologic, gynecologic care, gynecological health, gynecology, holistic gynecologic care, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, keep woman, medicine, menopause, mom, muscle energy technique, OB/ GYN, obstetric patient, obstetrics, osteopathic advantage, osteopathic medicine, osteoporosis care, pain, pain issue, pain of pregnancy, past menopause, Pikeville, Pikeville college, Pikeville college of osteopathic medicine, portion of Baker 's practice, postpartum care, postpartum depression, pregnancy, pretty even mixture, reproductive year, sciatic leg pain, symptom, teenage year, vaccine, whole-person

LEXINGTON During her third year at Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Amy Baker, DO, underwent a life-changing experience— she helped

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Moving Towards a More Hopeful Future for Pelvic Pain Sufferers

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Tim Corkran board-certified anesthesiologist, Camellia Shirazi, central element of the practice, combination of multiple organ system, complexity of pelvic pain, comprehensive ultrasound, consistent treatment philosophy, Danesh Mazloomdoost, Dr. Maz, dysfunction, dyspareunia, elusive condition, endure relief, founder of Wellward, Gil Dunn Dr. Danesh Mazloomdoost, GYNs, hand of Mazloomdoost, hopeful future, image001 photo, impact of pelvic pain, integrated practice, intimate concern, lack specific, Lexington 's wellward, Lexington pelvic pain, libido, live laboratory of translational science, Manoocher Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost 's sister, Mazloomdoost observation, Mazloomdoost report, nerve, overlap realm, pain, pain drive behavior, pain map process, pain specialist, pain sufferer, parent 's practice, PCPs, pelvic affliction, pelvic dysfunction, pelvic pain, pelvic pain sufferer, potent innovation, psycho-emotional, psycho-emotional element, psychological overview, reliable treatment pathway, source of pelvic pain, straightforward cause, study report prevalence, symptom, Translational science, treatment pathway, under-acknowledged, under-discussed, underrepresentation of functional impairment, urogynecologist, vague diagnosis, Wellward, Wellward 's method

LEXINGTON Pelvic pain and dysfunction are one of the most elusive conditions a woman can experience. In a culture preoccupied

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‘It Is Such a Rewarding Career’

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Pat Henderson big myth, care doctor treat low-complexity case, chief resident, Chris Witzke image002, Chris Witzke image002 photo, Chris Witzke Louisville, Chris Witzke Louisville native Traci Edwards, client 's treatment, COVID, COVID-19, doctor, Dr. Edwards, dread come, dream job, Edwards, Edwards 's patient, family medicine, family medicine doctor, family medicine physician, family medicine practice, family practice doctor, family practice matter, family practice plan, family practitioner, healthcare, high-deductible, hometown doctor, image001 photo, impact care, impactful, Impactful lifestyle choice, importance of lifestyle, in-person gather, Kentucky, lifestyle, Louisville, Louisville 's west end, major diagnosis, medication cost, medicine, next kidney failure, office visit, physician, practitioner, primary care doctor treat low-complexity case, provider, reward career, reward scale, rise medication cost, south end of Louisville, specialty practice, St. Elizabeth, St. Elizabeth 's medical center, telehealth, top of the reward scale, Traci Edwards, traditional office visit, university of Kentucky college of medicine, UofL Health-Medical, UofL Health-Medical center, variety of specialty, vast body of knowledge, Wagner high school

LOUISVILLE While it may be debated as to whether the “dream job” actually exists or is just a fantasy, Traci

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Today’s VBAC Options Make ‘Once a C-section, Always a C-section’ Old News

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Menisa Marshall ACOG, Ann Grider, approved VBAC candidate, attempted VBAC, baby, birth plan, c-section, c-section delivery, candidate 's delivery, care nursery, cesarean, cesarean birth, cesarean history, cesarean section, childbirth-related, childbirth-related complication, common operate room procedure, comparable risk, complication, critical element of a successful VBAC delivery, delivery, emergency c-section, Grider, labor, laborists, legal factor, long-time assumption, Louisville, low rate, low risk, low-risk woman, maximize safety, mom, mom 's overall health, multiple c-section, national success rate, neonatal intensive care nursery, neonatal staff, OB/ GYN, online risk calculator, patient 's plan, personal birth plan, personal worry, personalized birth, personalized birth plan, physician, plan 's component, potential VBAC risk, procedure, reasonable option, repeat, repeat c-section, risk factor, room procedure, scar-related, scar-related risk factor, significant VBAC risk factor, success rate, successful VBAC, successful VBAC delivery, trial of labor, vaginal birth, VBAC, VBAC candidate, VBAC delivery, VBAC risk, VBAC risk factor, VBAC success rate

LOUISVILLE When Ann Grider, MD, joined Women First of Louisville in 1998, the pendulum had gone from the long-time assumption

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Invisible Capes

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Jim Kelsey adult congenital cardiac surgery, Afghanistan, Alexandra Rogers, Alexandra Rogers baby, Alsoufi, Alsoufi 's patient population, anticipated treatment, associate professor of surgery, baby, baby 's congenital heart abnormality, Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Brian J., cardiologist, cardiology, cardiothoracic, Cardiothoracic surgery, care unit physician, CCRN, chief of the division of pediatric cardiac surgery, CICU, complex neonatal cardiac surgery, congenital cardiac surgeon, congenital heart disease require heart surgery, congenital heart surgery, Dawn Williamson, defect, detection, director of pediatric cardiac surgery, early detection, empowered mere mortal, expect parent, family need cardiac surgery, fellowship, group of superheroes of vary superpower, heart condition, heart defect, heart disease, heart institute, heart problem, heart surgery, Holland, Hudson Hogue, image001 photography, image002 Dr. Holland, invisible cape, J., Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence cardiac intensive Care unit, Louisville, Louisville division, Louisville school, medical team, Megan Boone, multiple appointment, NCHI, neonatal intensive care unit physician, new team of superheroes, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's heart institute, nurse, nurse manager, nurse practitioner, PCU nurse educator, pediatric cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery subspecialty, pediatric cardiologist, pediatric cardiology, pediatric valvular heart disease, pediatrician, photography, physician, post-operative care, RN, single ventricle palliation, singular foe, specific heart defect, super parent, superheroes, superheroes don, superpower, surgeon, surgery, surgery subspecialty, Syria, take care, Toronto 's hospital, ultrasound, university of Damascus, university of Louisville division of pediatric cardiology, university of Louisville school of medicine, university of Toronto 's hospital, vary superpower, ventricle, ventricle palliation

LOUISVILLE In the movies, the Avengers are a group of superheroes of varying superpowers and talents. They come from countries

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