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The Latest in Testing, Tracking, and Treatment

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Donna Ison accurate blood sugar, big diabetes upgrade, blood glucose read, CGM, challenge case, chi, chi saint, diabetes, diabetes upgrade, endocrine update, endocrinologist, endocrinology, fracture, fracture risk, Gil Dunn, GLP-1, glucose, image001 photo, incorporate innovation, insulin, insulin pump, internal medicine, internal medicine residency, Joan Edwards, Joan Edwards school, Jordan, Jordan university, Jordan university of science, Jordan university science, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky rank, King Abdullah university hospital, Maali Milhem, Marshall university 's Joan Edwards school, Marshall university 's Joan Edwards school of medicine, medication, medicine, medicine residency, Milhem, Mohamad Khasawneh, oncologist, option of a continuous glucose monitor, osteoporosis, people develop diabetes, pharmacological breakthrough, physician, Pikeville medical center, pump, sensor, technology school of medicine, thyroid, thyroid cancer, traditional care, weight-loss

LEXINGTON With more and more people developing diabetes at younger and younger ages, statistics across the nation show the disease

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Teachable Moments

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey Abdul Jabbar, acid reflux come, advanced GI procedure, Albany, Barrett, Barrett 's esophagus, big deal, chief medical resident, comprehensive GI care, cut edge treatment, edge treatment, endoscopy, esophageal cancer, esophagus, fecal incontinence, Gastroenterologist Matthew McCollough, gastroenterology, gastroenterology fellowship, Gastroenterology health partner, GHP, GI, GI care, GI procedure, Gil Dunn Matthew McCollough, good GI care, help people 's quality, help people 's quality of life, image001 photo, incontinence, Indiana location, internal medicine residency, InterStim®, life change, Louisville, Louisville school, Matthew McCollough, McCollough, McCollough 's fellow partner, medicine residency, new Albany, obesity, one-on-one conversation, pathology lab, people 's quality, presence of a former colleague, reflux, scope of care, Southern Indiana resident, tailbone, teachable moment, university of Louisville school of medicine

NEW ALBANY, IN Like all physicians, Matthew McCollough, MD, completed years of education and training before reaching his current position

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Hope and Health for Louisville’s “Forgotten Side”

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Maggie McCombs age group, Brent Duncan, broad age range, Broadway, buy car, Carolina 's Spartanburg, clinic, Dageforde, David Dageforde, doctor serve, Dr. Eugene Giles, Duncan, Duncan 's career, east Louisville area, exhaust day, family care clinic, forgotten side, generation physician, Gil Dunn Brent Duncan, Gil Dunn Cardio, high quality healthcare, hurt community, image001 photo, image002 photo, importance of meet patient, improved work-life balance, Jenn, Kenya, Kenya pediatrics location, life look, Louisville, Louisville area, Louisville Brent Duncan, Louisville native, medical associate, Norton, Norton 's new family care clinic, Norton community, now-retired cardiologist, patient ample time, pediatric residency, pediatrics, pediatrics rotation, physician, prac-tices, reassure tone, residency, Shawnee, Shawnee Christian Healthcare, Shawnee Christian Healthcare center, Shawnee neighborhood, slow mail delivery, south Carolina 's Spartanburg, specialist, two-way trust, west Broadway, west Louisville, west Louisville area, YMCA

LOUISVILLE Brent Duncan, MD, a Louisville native and fifth generation physician, is a welcome sight around West Louisville. The doctor

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Broad Scope of Practice

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey abdominal pain, bacterium, bad bacterium, big advancement, biologic medication, bowel, broad scope of practice, child pediatrics, colon, colonoscopies, difficulty swallow, disease process, endoscopy, endoscopy center, fellowship, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology health partner 's Louisville location, GI, GI issue, good understand, good understand of the microbiome, high risk, IBD, IBD present, image001 photo, Krease, Louisville, Louisville location, Louisville school, medication, medicine, Michael Krease, Microbiome, outpatient scope, partner, procedure, reflux, reflux disease, scope, scope junkie, scope monkey, scope procedure, stool, swallow, trouble swallow, university of Louisville school of medicine, upper endoscopy, wide array of patient, wide range of patient

LOUISVILLE “Scope Junkie.” “Scope Monkey.” He’s heard them all, and he gets the joke, but Michael Krease, DO, wants to

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Integrated Health Center Comes to West End Community

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jennifer Flower 000, 000 square foot facility, 77, absence of illness, aspect of individual health, health equity, healthy live center, individual health, indoor walk track, integrated health center, Kentucky African-Americans, lens of health equity, Norton Healthcare, ProRehab, republic bank foundation, unique collaboration, YMCA

LOUISVILLE The Republic Bank Foundation YMCA, built on a vision for community integrated health, was more than a decade in

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Collaborating on Cancer Care in the Bluegrass

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Allison Perry AOCNS, bluegrass, cancer, cancer care, central Kentucky, chemotherapy service, CJ Cruz Markey, CJ Cruz Markey cancer center, clinic, clinical trial, collaboration, Falguni Amin-Zimmerman, good care, image001 photo, Karen Mulholland, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic 's south Broadway, Lexington clinic provider, Lexington UK HealthCare, Markey, Markey cancer center, medical hematology, oncology, outpatient, outpatient cancer care, physician, provider, Rachel Harper, Richmond, specialty, Susan Liddle, UK HealthCare, William camp

LEXINGTON UK HealthCare and Lexington Clinic joined together this year to enhance and expand outpatient cancer care throughout Central Kentucky.

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Setting the Pace

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey angioplasty, Avi Eres, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cath, catheterization, Eres, Gil Dunn Mubashir Qazi, good available service result, good care, good outcome, heart catheterization, image001 photo, intervention, interventional cardiologist, Kentucky, Kentucky cardiology, Khyber teach hospital, mom, Mubashir Qazi, one-twentieth, pace, physician, PLLC, poor reimbursement, practice present challenge, private practice, private practice present challenge, procedure, Qazi, radial approach, reimbursement, service result, stent, stress test, trans-radial, trans-radial approach, unnecessary procedure, Virginia university school, west Virginia university school, west Virginia university school of medicine

LEXINGTON When it comes to the latest advancements and equipment for his patients, interventional cardiologist Mubashir Qazi, MD, doesn’t miss

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Close to His Heart

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey Avi Eres, balloon technique, become co-owner, become co-owner of Kentucky cardiology, begin of the story, blockage, busy hospital, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, central Tel Aviv, co-owner, co-owner of Kentucky cardiology, Daniel Boone clinic, drug-coated stents, early balloon technique, early love of medicine, end of the story, endovascular technique, Eres, groin, heart care, heart disease, high prevalence, high prevalence of coronary disease, high prevalence of obesity, improvement of cardiac care, interventional cardiology fellowship, Kentucky, Kentucky cardiology, Lexington, Md., medical school, Mubashir Qazi, obesity, open heart surgery, open-heart, patient-centered, PLLC, prevalence, prevalence of extreme case, preventative, preventative therapy, private practice, single blockage, stent, stents, Stents offered good expansion, Stents offered good expansion of the vessel, surgery, technology of drug-coated stents, trans-radial

LEXINGTON You could say it was in his blood. With a mother who was a nurse, Avi Eres, MD, was

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Public Health Special Section 

Guidelines for a Healthy Diet

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, MPH active live component, available drink water, breastfeeding component, candy bar call, childhood education, component of a recent grant, Connie White, decent amount of fiber, deputy commissioner, deputy commissioner of the department, deputy commissioner of the KY department, disease control, early childhood education, easy choice, entree, food service establishment, food service guideline, food service guideline component, grain-rich, grain-rich food, guideline, health equity, healthy choice, healthy diet, healthy eat option, healthy food, healthy food service guideline, healthy option, image002 photo, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky physical activity, KY department, Ky., lean protein entree, level of a worksite, local food service establishment, nutrition, nutrition grant, nutrition program, obesity, option, physical activity, plant-based protein, protein entree, public health, safe food option, social determinant of health, span grant, state health department 's physical activity, statewide obesity, sugar-sweetened soda, sustained support, three-pronged approach, twinge of guilt, US center, vegetable option, voluntary good business practice, wellness of employee

We’ve all been there. It’s a busy day at work, you didn’t have time to pack something before rushing out

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Breathing New Life

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey additional treatment method, aggressive disease, air sack, asthma, biopsy, breath, bronchoscope, cancer, care physician, chi, chi saint, chronic lung disease, COPD, COPD cause inflammation, COPD cause inflammation of the airway, critical Care medicine, critical care physician, cure, Daliresp, diagnosis, effective treatment start, eight week program, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell regional medical center, high rate of smoker, ICU deal, inhaler, internal medicine residency, Iram Nawaz, join chi saint, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph medical group, Lexington, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer screen, lung disease, medicine residency, mom 's inhaler, Nawaz, nebulized form, new life, option, outpatient, patient breathe exercise, physician, pneumonia vaccination, prevalence of COPD, primary treatment option, procedure, proper diagnosis, pulmonary rehab, pulmonologist, Pulmonologist Iram Nawaz, quality of life, seasonal allergy sufferer, shortage of patient, shortness, shortness of breath, smoke, smoker, sufferer, SUNY downstate medical center, third-leading cause, third-leading cause of death, treatment option, university hospital of Brooklyn, valve, vaping, young patient

LEXINGTON Originally from Pakistan, Iram Nawaz, MD, attended medical school there before coming to the United States for her internal

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