high risk

Complementary Care 

Fighting Opioid Overdose in Kentucky, One Spray at a Time

December 1, 2017February 9, 2018 Chuck Clenney anti-opioid, anti-opioid drug, clinical test, clinical test of drug application method, college of pharmacy professor, Daniel Wermeling, distribution of Naloxone, drug application method, Fayette, Fayette county, hand of the Kentuckian, health department, high risk, high risk population, intranasal, intranasal method, Lexington, Naloxone, needle, needle exchange, neuroreceptors, new intranasal method, new opioid-related compound, Noloxone, Opioid, opioid epidemic, opioid-related compound, pain relief, pharmacy professor, PharmD, risk population, Wermeling

LEXINGTON The opioid epidemic in the United States has recently been declared a public health emergency. Drug overdose is now

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Cover Story 

Early Detection is Essential

October 1, 2017 Donna Ison 100 % survival, 3-D mammography, abnormal blood flow, ac, advanced breast image technology, age 40, battlefield radiology, blood flow, breast, breast cancer, breast density increase, breast image, breast ultrasound, cancer, Care, CEDM, Chad Harston, clinic, CN-BN, contrast-enhanced, contrast-enhanced mammography, daunt statistics, Debbie Stakelin, dense glandular tissue, dense tissue, designated lead physician, detect cancer, Dr. Chad Harston, drug administration guideline, early detection, excellent fit, glandular tissue, good detection, good prognosis, hands-down, Harston, high risk, hundred of thousand of mammogram, image interpretation, image-guided needle biopsy, Iraq perform, lead physician, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic center, lymph, lymph node, mammogram, mammogram fall, mammographic view, mammography, mammography result, metastasis, MRI, MSN, old mammogram, one-millimeter, photo, physician, possible abnormality, prognosis, radiologist, radiology, regular mammogram, RN, screen, screen mammography, sensitivity, sensitivity of traditional mammogram fall, service health education consortium, simple mission, special mammographic view, statistics show, survival, tissue, tomosynthesis, traditional mammogram, traditional mammogram fall, transitional internship, ultrasound, virtual slice, virtual slice of the breast, Wilford hall, woman 's image fellow

LEXINGTON One in eight women will develop breast cancer within their lifetime. With these daunting statistics, it is no wonder

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Audiology Cardiology Complementary Care Health Topics Heart & Lung 

Your Heart and Ears Have a Lot in Common. Love Them Both!

April 1, 2017July 2, 2018 Lisa Meeker abnormality, Aud, blood vessel, blood vessel of the inner ear, bluegrass, bluegrass hear clinic, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular health problem, cardiovascular system, decade of research point, ear, early sign, early sign of cardiovascular disease, entire auditory system, hear health, hear loss, heart disease, high risk, high risk of depression, inner ear, low risk, low risk of hear loss, nutrient supply, oxygen-rich, smoker

People tend to take matters of the heart very seriously, and they tend to brush off hearing loss as inconsequential.

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Cardiology Heart & Lung Special Section 

Perfecting Prevention

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey 100 % quality score, ACOs, biventricular, Bowling, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular care, care organization, care plan, care rate, Chhabra, clinic, defibrillator, devised treatment plan, Dr. Graves, effort of the clinic, electrophysiology, engaged patient, forefront of medicine, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert 's preventative, Graves Gilbert clinic, health of the community, high risk, high-risk procedure, important intervention, integration of the primary care, intervention, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology, Lin, low cost care, Medicare, Medicare accountable Care organization, Medicare cost, minute of conversation, MRI, Mt. Sinai hospital, multispecialty, ounce of prevention, perfect prevention, photo, physician, physician-owned, physician-owned multispecialty clinic, pound of cure, preventative, preventative population medicine, prevention, prevention plan, preventive treatment plan, procedure, quality of care rate, quality score, rehab, rehab center, Roy, Sandeep Chhabra, tangible save, TAVR, team approach, treatment plan, unique structure of Graves Gilbert, value of prevention, worth thousand

BOWLING GREEN The saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” A more practical way of

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Cancer Care Cardiology Cover Story Health Topics Heart & Lung 

Two Teams. One System. Comprehensive Care.

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton Albany, baptist health, benign disease of esophagus, Bousamra, breath, breath analysis, breath analysis study, Brian Bohannon, cancer, cancer center, Care, chest, Christiana Care, Christiana Care health system, clinic, comprehensive care, courtesy of baptist health, CT, CT scan, CT screen, CT screen program, esophageal cancer, esophagus, excite possibility, Floyd, full range of general thoracic surgical procedure, full-service, general surgery residency, general thoracic surgery, general thoracic surgical procedure, good outcome, guideline, heart side, heart side of the equation, hernia, hiatal, hiatal hernia, high risk, hospital stay, improved surgical outcome, innovative clinical trial, invasive procedure, invasive technique, Jonathan kraut, Kentucky, kraut, linker, Louisville, low-dose, lung, lung cancer, lung program, medical director, medical director of the oncology program, medical school, Medicare, Michael Bousamra, Mo. Bousamra, multidisciplinary lung, multidiscipline, new Albany, new drug, oncologist, oncology, oncology program, optimal patient care, outcome, patient care, patient morbidity, photo, procedure, progressive refinement, proven program, radiation, rapid return of function, residency, revolutionary advance, rib, Robert linker, scan, screen, service task force, St. Luke 's Mid America, steady mentality, surgeon, surgeon kraut, surgery, surgery practice, surgery program, surgery residency, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgeon kraut, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery practice, thoracic surgery program, thoracic surgery residency, treatment of lung cancer, U, US preventive service task force, USPSTF, vat

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IND. Often, when it comes to heart and lung programs, it is the heart side of

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Cancer Care Cover Story Oncology 

Focal Point

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton advantage of HIFU, advent, aggressive prostate cancer, antigen, Bahamas, biopsy, bladder, board-certified, board-certified urologist, Brooks Jackson, cancer, cancer cell, Cancun, cure cancer, cure rate, dysfunction, Eifler, erectile, erectile dysfunction, erectile function, family history, family history of prostate cancer, FDA, focal HIFU, focal point, Gleason, graduate of the U, group of local urologist, HIFU, HIFU promise result equal, HIFU prostate service, HIFU surgeon, HIFU treatment center, high intensity, high risk, HPS, HPS Kentucky, incontinence, intensity, international locale, Jackson, John Jurige, Jurige, Kentucky, leading-edge, leading-edge therapy, life alter side effect, local urologist, Louisville, medical school, metro urology, MRI, oncology, option, outcome, outpatient, outpatient procedure, outpatient procedure use ultrasound energy, photo, physician, probe, procedure, proctor, prostate, prostate cancer, prostatectomy, PSA, PSA screen, radiation, radiation therapy, radical prostatectomy, residency, Robert Densmore, school of medicine, screen, side effect, Sonablate® HIFU, spare normal tissue, specialized ultrasound probe, specific antigen, surgeon, surgery, survival, therapy, three-dimensional image, three-dimensional image of the prostate, tissue, traditional treatment, traditional treatment of radical prostatectomy, treatment option, U, ultrasound, ultrasound energy, ultrasound probe, urinary incontinence, urologic, urologist, urology, visualization

LOUISVILLE When I think of Nassau, Bahamas, and Cancun, Mexico, I picture white sand beaches, crystal blue waters, and vacation

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Special Section 

The Next Era in Stroke Prevention

September 1, 2016 Melissa Zoeller AF, AF-induced, AF-induced stroke, anticoagulation, appendage, atrial fibrillation, atrium, blood thinner, breakthrough stroke risk reduction option, cardiac electrophysiology, cardiologist, cardiology, clot, director of cardiac electrophysiology, Dr. Rakesh Gopinathannair, echocardiographer, electrophysiology, FHRS, fibrillation, Gopinathannair, groin, high risk, interventional cardiologist, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health cardiology associate, LAA, LAAC, left atrium, long-term anticoagulation, Louisville five, Louisville physician, new era, new era of stroke prevention, next level, next level of stroke prevention, non-valvular, physician, prevention, Rakesh Gopinathannair, stroke, stroke prevention, stroke-causing, stroke-causing blood clot, thinner, university of Louisville physician, upper chamber, upper chamber of the atrium, upper chamber of the heart, warfarin, watchman

LOUISVILLE Five million people in the United States suffer from atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition where the upper chambers

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Special Section 

When High Risk Is Normal

May 1, 2016 Robert Baker baby, biomedical engineer, bring mother, clinical research, confirmation of pregnancy, delivery, delivery of a healthy baby, difficult look, director of Maternal-Fetal medicine, easy look, experienced team of nurse, faculty, fetal health, fetus, frequent complication, frequent complication of pregnancy, glucose, glucose intolerance, healthy baby, high risk, high-risk pregnancy, hypertension, intolerance, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph hospital, Kentucky 's high incidence, Kentucky 's high incidence of obesity, Kentucky medical center, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Kristine, Ky., large cooperative, large cooperative of clinical research, large maternal-fetal medicine group, Lexington, Louisville, Magee woman, Magee woman 's hospital, Maternal-Fetal, Maternal-Fetal medicine, maternal-fetal medicine group, Maternal-Fetal medicine unit network, maternal-fetal patient, medical world lie life, medicine, MS, multi-center trial, next pregnancy, Norton, Norton Healthcare, obesity, obstetrics, overweight patient, physician-scientists, pregnancy, renowned researcher, risk factor, robust practice, Steve Caritis, three year fellowship, treacherous time, treat condition, ultrasonographers, ultrasound, university of Kentucky medical center, university of Pittsburgh, used telemedicine, weight-loss, work of Kristine, world of Kristine, young physician-scientists

LEXINGTON A college basketball coach once said, “I don’t want a player who can make the easy look difficult, I

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Cancer Care Complementary Care Oncology 

The Role of the Genetic Counselor

May 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Robert Baker BRCA, BRCA mutation, BRCA1, BRCA1 mutation, BRCA2 gene, breast, breast cancer, cancer, Care department, colonoscopy, colorectal, costly cancer drug, counsel, counsel patient, counselor, discussion of treatment option, double mastectomy, emphatic yes, evidence of breast cancer, example of genetic predisposition, example of proactive care, family history, family history of cancer, family of a newborn, general population, genetic counsel, genetic counselor, genetic mutation, genetic test, genetic test of healthy people, Gina, healthcare, healthcare cost, high risk, immune modify therapy, insurance, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Lexington, Liz Reilly, map-out, mastectomy, maximum efficacy, MS, mutation, old sister 's foot-steps, ovarian cancer, pre-cancerous, proactive care, Reilly, Reilly 's job, Reilly 's practice, reproductive history, revolutionary impact of molecular genetics, role of the genetic counselor, scope of the genetic counselor, sister 's foot-steps, spread presence, story of risk, symptomatic tumor, time of consultation, type of cancer, unexpected abnormality, wide spread presence, wide spread presence of KentuckyOne health, woman 's risk

LEXINGTON If the first image that comes to mind when you hear the term genetic counselor is a person who

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Special Section 

Cardiac Landing Zone

March 1, 2016 Jennifer S. Newton $, 80 to 90 % reduction, ablation, acute cardiac patient, addition of the helipad, angioplasty, assist device, atrial flutter, B., biventricular, biventricular defibrillator, cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac Landing zone, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular service, cardiovascular surgeon, care model, cath, cath lab, cath lab pathway, catheter, catheterization, complex procedure, critical cardiac patient, crown jewel, crown jewel of the new expansion, CTO, defibrillator, director of cardiac electrophysiology, door-to-treatment time, ECMO, electromagnetic navigation system, electrophysiology, electrophysiology lab expansion, elevator, emergency room, EP, EP case, EP lab, EP physician, executive director, executive director of cardiovascular service, exposure, fluoroscopy, flutter, Gopinathannair, heart muscle, heart surgery, helipad, high risk, ICU, interventional cardiologist, Jack M., Janis, Janis B., Jewish hospital, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Klempner, Klempner family helipad, lab, Louisville, Louisville market, M., MediGuide, MediGuide™ technology, miligrays, million, mortality, navigation, navigation system, navigation technology, new cardiac care model, new expansion, new helipad, new navigation technology, occluded vessel, open heart surgery, OR, pacemaker, pedway, photo, physician, procedure, radiation, radiation exposure, slaughter, Solankhi, St. Mary 's foundation, suite, surgery, SVT, TAVR, triage point, U, VAD, weak heart muscle

LOUISVILLE In new cardiac care models, the emergency room is often bypassed as the cardiac catheterization lab becomes the entry

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