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Solving Gastroenterology Enigmas for Southern Indiana

June 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Maggie McCombs acid reflux, Albany, Albany Emori Carrara, anatomy lab detail, Anna Feitelson, anxiety, bowel, bowel movement, bowel syndrome, branch of Gastroenterology health partner, cancer, Carrara, Carrara 's discipline, Carrara treat, clinical trial, colitis, Cologuard, colon, colon cancer, common patient complaint, constipation, cousin 's medical train, Crohn’s/ulcerative, Crohn’s/ulcerative colitis, diarrhea, diet, disease presentation, diverse disease presentation, doctor, experienced GI doctor, female hormone level, female patient population, female-dominant, gastroenterologist, gastroenterology, gastroenterology discipline, Gastroenterology enigma, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology health partner 's new Albany, gastroenterology practice, gastrointestinal symptom, gender-specific issue, GHP, GI, GI doctor, GI trouble, Gil Dunn Emori Carrara, great Louisville region, gross anatomy lab detail, gut health, Hepatology, IBS, image001 photo, Indiana, intimate doctor-patient relationship, intricate puzzle, irritable bowel syndrome, large independent gastroenterology practice, liver, liver disease, Louisville, Louisville native, Louisville OB-GYN, Louisville region, medication, Nash, nation 's hotspots, new Albany, new Albany Emori Carrara, non-alcoholic, non-alcoholic liver disease, obesity-related epidemic, patient base, pediatric rotation, practice gastroenterology, procedural field, reflux, risk factor, symptom, variety of GI, young patient

NEW ALBANY Emori Carrara, MD, has practiced gastroenterology and hepatology at Gastroenterology Health Partners’ New Albany, Indiana, location since 2010.

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Special Section 

A Discussion Worth Having

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Jim Kelsey $, $600 million industry, 600, A., acid reflux, adult diaper industry, Albany, bowel, bowel control issue, cancer, colon, colon cancer, diaper, diaper industry, diarrhea, discussion worth, drug use, esophageal cancer, fecal incontinence, frank incontinence, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology health partner handle condition patient, Gil Dunn Jim Strobel, gynecologist, hepatitis, hepatitis A, hollow organ, house-bound, identify patient, image001 photo, incontinence, Indiana, InterStim®, intravenous drug use, Jim Strobel, liver, liver cell, local gynecologist, muscle, new Albany, partner, patient 's gynecologist, patient face, pelvis, polyp, pre-cancerous, reflux, satisfied patient, screen, secret health issue, Southern Indiana community, Strobel, symptom, symptom of fecal incontinence, virus

NEW ALBANY The adult diaper industry is a $600 million industry in the United States. That’s one of the facts

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News News & Events 

Colon Cancer Screenings Increase

March 1, 2019March 21, 2019 MD-Update Staff ACA, adoption of the affordable Care act, cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer screen increase, colorectal, colorectal surgeon, impact of colon cancer, journal of the American college of surgeon, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky cabinet, Kentucky cancer registry, Kentucky hospital discharge database, Kentucky study, MD-UPDATE, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, Medicaid patient, News item, outcome of colon cancer, post-expansion, Pre-ACA Medicaid expansion, screen, surgeon, UK Markey, UK Markey cancer center, university of Kentucky study

LEXINGTON A University of Kentucky study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows a direct link

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Cover Story 

He Sees and Heals Brains

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Holly Hinson Ali Choucair, assistant job, baptist health, Beirut, board-certified, board-certified neurologist, brain, brain scientist, Calgary school, cancer, cancer of the brain, chance conversation, Choucair, door of a breakthrough, field of neuro-oncology, foreign student, future of cancer treatment, grade 3 glioma, grandfather, grandmother, hotel banquet hall, image001 photo, image002 photo, interviewer, Lebanon, little-known specialty, Louisville, math whiz, medical school, medicine, meet of the society of Neuro-Oncology, MS, neighbor, nervous system, neuro-oncological, neuro-oncological research, Neuro-Oncologist, Neuro-Oncology, neuro-oncology fellowship, neuro-oncology program, neurologist, neurology, neurology residency, new neuro-oncology program, patient experience brain complication, picture of the brain, Rob Densmore, Rob Densmore Ali Choucair, shoe-care, single cell, state-sponsored school, teach assistant job, university of Calgary school of medicine, US embassy, USA foreign student, wing of a professor

LOUISVILLE Today, he is a board-certified neurologist specializing in the field of neuro-oncology at Baptist Health Louisville. With more than

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News News & Events 

News – Dec 2018

December 1, 2018December 28, 2018 MD-Update Staff A grade, A., accreditation, accreditation program, advanced laparoscopic, American college, American Gastroenterological association, arthritis, baptist health, bariatric, bariatric surgery, Blair, blood flow, board-certified, board-eligible, breast, breast center, breast disease, breast program, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer center, CDC, CDC recognition, center accreditation, chief resident, clinic, Daryl Nisbett, diabetes, diabetes prevention program, disease control, disease management, doctor, doctor of medicine, family medicine, fellowship, gastroenterological, Gastroenterological association, gastroenterology, general surgery, Grade, hospital safety, image001 Mathis, injection, Inova Fairfax medical center, internal medicine, J., James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Kendrick, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne surgical associate, Kim, laparoscopic, leapfrog, leapfrog group, Lexington, Lexington baptist health, Lexington clinic, Lexington Rachel Mathis, Lifeline®, Lifeline® heart attack, Lifeline® heart attack receive center accreditation, Louisiana state university, Louisville, Mathis, MD-UPDATE, Md., medical degree, medicine, NAPBC, NAPBC accreditation, national conference, News, News item, obesity, obesity center, oncology, osteopathic medicine, physician, prevention, recognition, residency, resident education, resident research award, rheumatology, safety, Sizemore, specialist, surgery, surgical associate, surgical education, surgical fellowship, U, undergraduate, undergraduate degree, university of Kentucky, wellness

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Physicians Join KentuckyOne Surgical Associates in Lexington LEXINGTON Rachel Mathis, MD, has

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Special Section 

Flynn’s All In

November 1, 2018December 28, 2018 Holly Hinson Brownsboro, cancer, cancer patient, care people, celebration of courage event, center 's feature, center of the process, change need of patient, configured panel, courage event, destination program, field of cancer, Flynn, Flynn 's career path, four-floor, four-floor center, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn Joseph Flynn, Gil Dunn new Norton cancer institute, great match, guide principle, hematology, image001 photo, image002 photo, Institute-Brownsboro, Joseph Flynn, Louisville, modular interior design system, new destination program, new facility, new Norton cancer, new Norton cancer institute, Norton, Norton cancer, Norton cancer institute, Norton Healthcare, oncology, operational business process, patient 's need, patient room, patient-centered care, patient-centric, patient-centric cancer care advancement, photo, physician-in-chief, physician-in-chief of Norton cancer institute, registration area, self check-in, square-ft, strategic use of color, streamlined registration area use mobile app, therapy, use of a modular interior design system, wealth of experience

“The guiding principle in building the new facility was to put the patient’s needs squarely in the center of the

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Complementary Care 

Fighting Cancer with Food

November 1, 2018December 28, 2018 Maggie McCombs adult cancer patient, advanced nutrition study, baptist health, bud baptist health cancer center, cancer, cancer patient, cancer treatment modality, chemotherapy, dietician, dietitian, fight cancer, great risk of cancer patient, health cancer center, image001 photo, impact symptom, individualized plan, LD, Lexington, Lexington Betty Simms, Lexington cancer foundation, MAEd, modality, nutrition, nutrition internship, nutrition-focused, nutrition-focused service line, nutritional impact symptom, nutritional issue, nutritional need, nutritional risk, nutritional status, oncology, oncology dietician help cancer patient, outpatient, outpatient oncology dietitian, painful swallow, Patient-First, Patient-First service, rd, Simms, Simms interview patient, sore mouth, specialized nutritional service, symptom, taste change, type of cancer, type of cancer surgery, type of nutritional risk, variety of nutritional impact symptom

LEXINGTON Betty Simms, MAEd, RD, LD, outpatient oncology dietitian with Baptist Health Lexington, graduated from the University of Kentucky with

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Special Section 

Early Detection and Straight Talk

November 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Jim Kelsey -David Dresner, 4.4 % lifetime risk, 4.4 % lifetime risk of develop colon cancer, active duty, adenoma, approach help patient fight colon cancer, bomb of Benghazi, cancer, colleague aim, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer mortality, colon cancer patient, colon cancer survival rate, colonoscopy, colorectal screen, combine resource, death rate of patient, decreased vegetable consumption, detection, detection rate, develop colon cancer, direct approach help patient fight colon cancer, division of Gastroenterology health partner, Dresner, Dresner stand, efficient quality, excessive red meat, false enthusiasm, fecal immunochemical test, five, five year survival rate, four year obligation, four year obligation of service, gastroenterologists, Gastroenterologists of Southern Indiana, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, GHP David Dresner, health profession scholarship program, high quality medicine, image001 photo, inactive reserve, incidence of colon cancer, Indiana, it‘s, left-sided colon cancer, Louisville Gastroenterology, Louisville Gastroenterology associate, Mayo, Mayo clinic, misplaced optimism, misunderstood aspect of colon cancer, new Albany, one-pound hole, polyp, program regulation, quality medicine, rectal bleed, right-sided colon cancer, Southern Indiana, stool, straight talk, survival, survival rate, Tennessee medical school, U.S. navy 's health profession scholarship program, U.S. navy prior, university of Tennessee medical school, vegetable consumption

NEW ALBANY, IN. David Dresner, MD, gastroenterologist with Gastroenterology Health Partners in New Albany, Indiana, speaks to his patients in

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Combining Cutting-Edge Care and Convenience

November 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Donna Ison active responsibility, appreciative patient, Bardstown, Bardstown community, boutique, boutique nature, breast, brown cancer center, brown cancer center 's bone, brown cancer center of Louisville, cancer, cancer center 's bone, care close, chemotherapy, community-based center, complete care close, cutaneous t-cell lymphomas, cutting-edge care, Flaget, Flaget cancer center, full cancer care, full-service, full-service cancer center, hematologic issue, hematology, image001 photo, internal medicine, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, lymphomas, marrow transplant unit, Martin, Martin state, medical director, medical oncology fellowship, Monte Martin, name basis, obesity, oncology, oncology fellowship, oncology-certified, oncology-certified nurse, outpatient, patient connection, required patient, small staff, soft tissue malignancy, St. George 's university school, St. George 's university school of medicine, t-cell lymphomas, team of oncology-certified nurse, therapy, tissue malignancy, treat melanoma, tumor

BARDSTOWN According to the American Cancer Society, there will be nearly 26,000 new cancer cases in Kentucky in 2018. Many

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Audiology Complementary Care Health Topics 

Chemotherapy and Hearing Loss

November 1, 2018December 28, 2018 Lisa Meeker Aud, auditory nerve, brain, buildup, cancer, cancer treatment, chemotherapy, conductive hear loss, dose, ear, hair, hair cell, hear loss, high dose of radiation, high-dose, inner ear, inner ear fluid, lower-pitched sound, middle ear, mixed hear loss, nerve, radiation, sensorineural, sensorineural component, sensory hair cell

It has long been known that the chemotherapy drugs and radiation needed for the treatment of cancer can damage one’s

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