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Playground Opens for Patients

May 1, 2020June 1, 2020 MD-Update Staff administrator, assessment, assessment playground, Center-Lexington, Children®, Children® medical center, donor, donor of Shriners hospital, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn child, hospital donor, image001 photo, Lewgood, medical assessment playground, medical Center-Lexington, playground, playground open, SHCMC, SHCMC administrator, Shriners, Shriners hospital, skill, Steven Goldstein, Susan Goldstein

LEXINGTON On Monday, March 9, 2020, patients, SHCMC administrators, the board of governors, and donors of Shriners Hospitals for Children®

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Q & A with Danesh Mazloomdoost, MD

May 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Donna Ison â– , Anderson cancer center, anesthesiology residency, aspect of well-being, bloodstream, clinician, clitoral rejuvenation, control urination, Danesh Mazloomdoost, equivalent of a male erection, estrogen, founder of Wellward regenerative medicine, full-time clinician, growth factor, healthcare, healthy sexual function, image001 photo, importance of sexual health, incontinence, intensity of orgasm, John Hopkins medical institute, joint regeneration, leakage, ligament, little priority healthcare place, Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost serve, medicine, medicine fellowship, non-surgical procedure, O-Shot®, oshot.info, pain, post-fellowship, post-fellowship train, prestigious MD, priority healthcare place, procedure, procedure 's official website, psychology of sexual function, quick injection, regenerate artery, rich plasma, sexual function, sexual function of young day, sexual health, sexual wellness, small amount of leakage, sneeze, state-of-the-art lab, stress incontinence, subsequent post-fellowship train, under-prioritized, Wellward, Wellward 's primary mission, Wellward regenerative medicine, woman 's sexual health

LEXINGTON With many medical specialties now taking a more holistic approach to healthcare, it is not uncommon to place mental

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Delivering Care

May 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Jim Kelsey Bardstown, Care, career course, Carmen Folmar, cervical cancer, chi, chi saint, colleague, colposcopies, contraception, conversation, COVID, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, delivery, electrosurgical, electrosurgical excision procedure, exam, Folmar, general obstetrics, group obstetrics, gynecology, gynecology care, gynecology side, high-risk condition, image001 photo, in-office procedure, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group obstetrics, lab technologist, Louisville school, Maternal-Fetal medicine, midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, OB-GYNs, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, pandemic, patient range, pregnancy, provide quality care, quality care, retired lab technologist, routine mammography, St. Louis university department, St. Louis university department of obstetrics, support person, support skin, telemedicine, university of Louisville school of medicine, vaccination, virtual visit, wide use of telemedicine

BARDSTOWN In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the general message has been to wait, to stay home, to be

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Special Section 

Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

May 1, 2020 Donna Ison adequate prenatal care, anomaly, APRN, baby, big believer, blood sugar, Bowling, care of the mother, Charles Mahlinger Navleen Gill, Detroit medical center, diabetes, division of the Eunice Kennedy shriver, dual focus, fellow perinatologist, fellowship, fetal echo, fetal intervention, fetus, field of maternal-fetal medicine, field of prenatal diagnosis, gestation go, Gill, glucose, health of the fetus, high risk, high-risk pregnancy, hypertension, identify issue, image001 photo, increased risk, internship, joyous time, Kentucky, Kentucky university, Maternal-Fetal, Maternal-Fetal medicine, maternal-fetal medicine department, maternal-fetal medicine fellowship, Maternal-Fetal medicine team help, medicine, mother 's exist health problem, Navleen Gill, OB/ GYN, Owensboro, Owensboro health, Owensboro health 's Maternal-Fetal medicine team help, Owensboro health system, patient inspired Navleen Gill, percent of pregnant woman, perinatologist, perinatology, Perinatology research branch, photo, preconceptual counsel, pregnancy, pregnant woman, Shelton, Tabb, Thomas Tabb, ultrasound, uncontrolled diabetes, Wayne state university, western Kentucky region, western Kentucky university, woman conceive, woman experience high-risk pregnancy

OWENSBORO For most women, pregnancy is one of the most joyous times in their lives. But for women experiencing high-risk

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Ultimate Continuity of Care

May 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Donna Ison cancer, case of estrogen-driven endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, challenge aspect of the subspecialty, chemotherapy, Chris Witzke Sarah Todd, Chris Witzke Telehealth, common gynecologic malignancy, common malignancy, communication tool, complex surgery-based practice, course of the call, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, current guideline, cytologic find, Daniel Metzinger, David McArthur, diagnosis, endometrial, estrogen-driven, estrogen-driven endometrial cancer, ever-increasing obesity epidemic, field of oncology, first-time telehealth user, frontline, general obstetrics, guidance of Daniel Metzinger, gynecologic, gynecologic condition, gynecologic malignancy, Gynecologic oncologist, Gynecologic oncology, gynecologic oncology clinic, Gynecologic oncology embrace diagnosis, health literacy, HIPEC, HPV, image001 photo, image002 photo, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Louisville, Louisville school, maintain number, malignancy, malignant gynecologic condition, medical side, Moffitt cancer center, OB/ GYN, oncologist, oncology, optimal continuity, ovarian cancer, painful privilege, palliative care, pap, papilloma virus, personal distance, photo, physician, post-menopausal bleed, re-evaluation, Rebecca Todd, recurrence, respective diagnosis, Robert Todd, robotic, robotic surgery, Sarah Todd, screen, shadow opportunity, spectrum, subspecialty, surgeon, surgery, surgery-based, surgery-based practice, surgical side, system-wide rollout, telehealth, telehealth conference, Todd, Todd state, Todd treat, tumor, tumor of the ovary, ultimate continuity, ultimate continuity of care, uninterrupted patient consultation, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, vulvar dysplasia, wake of COVID-19, wide spectrum, wide spectrum of diagnosis

LOUISVILLE In early April 2020, when personal distancing and restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic were high, Sarah Todd, MD, had

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Headlines-OP/ED SLIDER 

COVID-19: Reflections, Remembrances and Recollections

May 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Gil Dunn adoption of virtual visit, affected staff, Bardstown, Becky CAROTHERS, boredom of the nurse home resident, broad adjustment, Cady Brown, CareFirst, chi, chi saint, clinical deterioration, colleague, COVID-19, COVID-19 's arrival, COVID-19 case, COVID-type, COVID-type symptom, creation of electronic medical record, Dav Doodnauth, disruptive change, downtown Drs., Drs., early patient, even prior, FACP, fear of the unknown, Flaget, GHP, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn image003, Gil Dunn image003 photo, great travesty, great travesty of the pandemic, Grow-A-Frog, Grow-A-Frog tadpole, healthcare, home infection, image001 photo, image002 photo, image004 photo, image005 photo, importance of nourishment, incredible high, incredible work, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph M. Flynn, Joseph medical group, Kentuckiana physician, long day, loved-one 's hug, M., M. Flynn, medicine, memes, minute-to-minute evolution, minute-to-minute evolution of information, moment, mortality rate, new environment, non-COVID, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's medical associate, Norton Healthcare, Norton medical group, nurse home community, nurse home infection, nurse home resident, organized parade, pandemic, past couple month, patience, patient 's compromised vision, pediatrician, photo, physician, physician owner, potential hospital visit, rehab patient, routine clinical care, routine clinical care of resident, safe care, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-2 virus, singular change, son 's Christmas present, specialist, tadpole, tadpole 's adaptation, teachable moment, telemedicine, tradeoff, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, video visit capability, virtual visit, virus, zoom visit

“What will you remember? What would you like to forget?” We asked Kentuckiana physicians and administrators to share their thoughts

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FRONT Headlines Headlines-OP/ED 

KMA Legislative Priorities Pass Despite COVID-Shortened 2020 Session

May 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Cory Meadows 53, 53 day legislative session, aid train program, appropriate professional help, approved individual, association 's advocacy, bill, Bill 153, Bill 351, Bill 46, bottled liquid, capitol annex, co-pay, co-pay accumulator program, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, deceptive advertise, disposable device, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette product, e-cigarettes, essential staff, faith leader, federal minimum legal sale age, full-time state employee, general assembly, HB153, image001 photo, individual require assistance, insulin co-pay cap, JUUL, Juul reusable device, Kentucky, Kim Moser, KMA, Kma Cory Meadows, KMA legislative priority pass, KMA priority, lawmaker, lawmaker 's time, legislative session, LRC-credentialed, LRC-credentialed medium, medication-assisted, medication-assisted treatment, mental health, pandemic, physician, possession penalty, prescriptive authority, Puff bar, robust agenda, sale age, Senate Bill 56, session, shortened session, state revenue bill, statewide mental health, substance use crisis

LOUISVILLE The 2020 legislative session will be best remembered for the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In many ways,

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Special Section 

The Latest in Testing, Tracking, and Treatment

March 1, 2020June 1, 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, 2020June 1, 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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Cover Story 

A Thinking Man’s Game

March 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Jim Kelsey Alex Rogers, aspect of internal medicine, Belmont, Belmont racetrack, bluegrass community hospital, care spectrum, career course change, CareFirst, Christine, Christine 's Chinese family, cord stem cell, creation of lifeline genetics, dad, Davanand Doodnauth, disciplinarian, doctor, Doodnauth, Doodnauth serve, early stage of the company, family of nurse, get patient, Hematology-Oncology, HIV-AIDS research, hospitalist, Howard university college, Howard university college of medicine, human virology, image001 photo, image002 photo, institute of human virology, internal medicine, internal medicine internship, internal medicine residency, Joseph east, Kentucky, Lexington, lifeline genetics, long-term care, Man, medical director, medication, medicine, medicine internship, medicine residency, mountainside hospital, multiple disease process, nurse, nurse home, pageantry of the sport, passion, patient encounter, personal aspect of care, photo, physician, post-acute, post-acute stint, practice administrator, practice hospitalist, private practice hospitalist, problem-solving aspect, problem-solving aspect of research, PSC, racetrack, retired horse, scholastic disciplinarian, shortage, SNF, Stanton, subspecialist, think man 's game, thoroughbred, thoroughbred race performance, umbilical cord stem cell, Victor Tovar

LEXINGTON In a time when physicians are in demand across the country, doctors tend to have multiple options on where

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