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Racing Against Time

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Jim Kelsey abdominal pain, Abdul Jabbar, cancer, common Hollywood story line, criminal kill, CT, CT scan, department of Gastroenterology, detective, detective race, diagnostic screen, dual fellowship, early stage, endoscopic, endoscopic ultrasound, five year survival, gastroenterologist of Gastroenterology health partner, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, Gil Dunn, happy Hollywood end, Hepatology, highest-quality care, Hollywood story line, image001 photo, internal medicine internship, Jabbar, Jabbar family, jaundice, late presentation of the disease, liver, liver cancer, Louisville school, louisville-based practice, lymph-nodes, medicine internship, mix of patient care, negative tumor, Nishtar, Nishtar medical college, nodes-positive, nodes-positive tumor, pain, Pakistan, pancreatic cancer, partner, resection, risk factor, risk of pancreatic cancer, scan, sleuth skill, survival, teenaged child, Time, tumor, ultrasound, university of Louisville school of medicine, variety of gastrointestinal disorder, weight-loss

NEW ALBANY It’s a common Hollywood story line. The detective races to find the clues to solve the mystery before

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Big Advancements Save the Smallest Patients

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Donna Ison abnormality, big advancement, Charles Mahlinger, Charles Mahlinger fetal echocardiogram, Charles Mahlinger Thomas Tabb, delivery, diabetes, echocardiogram, echocardiograms, extraordinary advancement, fetal echo, fetal echocardiogram, fetal echocardiograms, fetal heart disease, fetus, field of perinatology, gynecology, heart disease, hypertension, image001 photo, image002 photo, incidence, Kentucky, lupus, management of disease, maternal part, Maternal-Fetal, Maternal-Fetal medicine, maternal-fetal medicine department, maternal-fetal medicine fellowship, McMaster, McMaster university, medical director of the maternal-fetal medicine department, medicine, mother 's exist health problem, obesity, obstetrics, Owensboro, Owensboro health, perinatology, pregnant patient, pregnant woman, protocol review, risk factor, Tabb, Tabb care, Thomas Tabb, ultrasound, ultrasound equipment, university of Kentucky college of medicine, university of Tennessee

OWENSBORO With forty years in the field of perinatology, Thomas Tabb, MD, has seen extraordinary advancements, both in technology and

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Solving Gastroenterology Enigmas for Southern Indiana

June 1, 2019September 8, 2020 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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Stress Is Everywhere

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Ryan Brown, MD adrenal gland, axis, belly cramp, blood vessel, bowel, brain, brain event, brain-gut, brain-gut communication, broken heart syndrome, broken-heart, chronic stress, chronic stress increase inflammation, cortisol, emotional mind, endocrine system, fight-or-flight adrenaline surge, gastrointestinal annoyance, GI, Gil Dunn Cady Brown, Gil Dunn Ryan Brown, grumble bowel, gut, gut check, historic literature, hormone, hormone rush, HPA, HPA axis, image001 photo, image002 photo, intense chest pain, life 's stressors, life 's up, list of modifiable risk factor of cardiovascular disease, medicine 's strong find, medicine 's strong find of stress, metaphorical center, million of neuron, mind-body, mind-body connection, no-stress, physical symptom, physiological effect, physiological effect of chronic stress, pituitary, pop love song, risk factor, stress, stress increase inflammation, stress management, stress-related hormone, stressor, stressors, sudden stressful event, surge, surge of stress-related hormone, symptom, Takotsubo, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, tangible example of stress, tangible physical symptom, under-activity, under-activity of the GI tract

LEXINGTON The “mind-body connection” is an old concept with deep roots in our culture; this entrenchment is for good reason.

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Full Service from the Neck Up

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Donna Ison advancement, Ahn, aid fit, allergy, apnea, biotechnology information point, central Kentucky multiple survey, Chadwick Ahn, chronic ear, comprehensive otolaryngologic care, ear, ENT, ENT center, ENT residency, ENT specialist, ENT specialist partner, Frankfort, Frankfort regional medical center, full-service, Georgetown community hospital, Gil Dunn Chadwick Ahn, Gil Dunn Jessica Lange, Gil Dunn Robert Wilson, Gil Dunn Ron Shashy, group treat patient, hear aid fit, hear evaluation, image001 photo, image002 photo, image004 photo, impact first-hand, in-office, infection, Joseph east, Kentucky, Kentucky 's high rate, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health system, known service, KY image003, KY image003 photo, Lange, large risk factor, lesion, Louisville undergraduate, medicine, multitude of issue, nasal problem, nose, otolaryngologic, otolaryngologic care, partner, photo, physician, prevalent complaint, residency, risk factor, Rob Wilson, Ron Shashy, senior partner, senior partner of ENT specialist, Shashy, sinus, skin lesion removal, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep disorder, specialist, throat, throat condition, throat specialist, UK college of medicine, university of Kentucky, university of Louisville undergraduate, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, vast spectrum of treatment, west Virginia school of medicine, Wilson

CENTRAL KENTUCKY Multiple surveys have declared that Central Kentucky is one of the worst areas for allergies in the United

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Cancer Care Cover Story Obstetrics/Gynecology Women's Health 

Educating Patients, Optimizing Costs, Empowering Women

July 1, 2017December 20, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton 3D tomography, ablation, ACOG, anesthesia, appropriate professional guideline, ASC, assistant, bladder, booth, Botox, breast, breast cancer, breast exam, breast self-exams, callback, cancer, cancer screen, caregiver of the entire family, Caregivers, cervical cancer, cervical cancer screen, cervix, clinician, co-managing, co-managing partner, co-managing partner of woman, conflict recommendation, confuse information, cost-conscious way, dense breast, detection, early detection, educate patient, entire family, exam, executive director, family history, genetic test, GYN, GYN care, GYN office, GYN practice, gynecologic, gynecologist, healthcare agenda, healthcare relationship, heavy bleed, high volume, high-risk patient, historical data, hormonal age, important healthcare relationship, in-office, in-office procedure, individual risk factor, infection, interval, Kirkham, lens, lens of wellness, lens of Wellness Rebecca Booth, Louisville, low risk, mammography, medical decision-makers, Miller, nurse, nurse practitioner, OB, opportunity, overactive bladder, pap, pap smear, patient-physician, patient-physician relationship, photo, physical exam, physician, physician assistant, PLLC, practitioner, procedure, recommendation, right interval, risk factor, risk patient, screen, screen interval, screen recommendation, self-exams, smear, tomography, tomosynthesis, ultrasound, unique lens, wellness, Wellness Rebecca Booth, woman 's health, woman 's overall health

LOUISVILLE We hear this time and again – Women are often the caregivers for their entire family, the medical decision-makers,

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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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Endocrinology 

Weighing in on Health

May 1, 2015 Jennifer S. Newton Albany diet, bariatric, bariatric surgery, bariatrics, Bariatrics center, board-certified, cardio-metabolic, cardio-metabolic issue, chronic cardiovascular risk factor, clinical program director, co-morbidity, cosmetic outcome, cosmetic thing, diabetes, endocrinologist, FACS, Floyd, Floyd memorial, Floyd memorial weight management, frequency of follow-up, general surgeon, health management resource, HMR®, Joan Weston, keep participant, Lohano, lose weight, meal replacement plan, medical co-morbidity, medical director, medical director of the center, medical director of the weight management, medical weight management program, metabolic disorder, new Albany diet, nurse educator, overall health, PCOS, physician, physician-supervised, physician-supervised weight loss option, pituitary issue, program coordinator, risk factor, supervised weight management, surgery, Vasdev Lohano, weight loss experience, weight loss strategy, weight management, weight management program, weight management team, weight-loss

NEW ALBANY Diet and weight loss strategies are a ubiquitous part of American culture these days. While much of the

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Special Section 

The Prevention Model

March 1, 2015 Jill Debolt adverse cardiac event, age-old adage, Alison Bailey, ambulatory cardiology, APA, associate professor of medicine, Bailey, cardiac rehab, cardiac risk factor, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology service, cardiovascular disease, current health insurance model, diet, director of ambulatory cardiology, disorder, Dr. Alison Bailey, Dr. Alison Bailey advocate, eat disorder, emerge specialty, emerge specialty of preventive cardiology, health insurance model, high longevity, importance of lifestyle, intake, Kentucky, Kentucky physician, lifestyle, lifestyle disease, little processed food, longevity expedition, multiple heart attack, multiple risk factor, national geographic article, obesity, plant-based, plant-based diet, population remains active, prevention, prevention model, preventive cardiologist, preventive cardiology, preventive cardiology service, principle of cardiac rehabilitation, rehab, risk factor, role of the preventive cardiologist, small intake of animal product, specialty of preventive cardiology, state of disease, state of obesity, treatment of cardiovascular disease, UK college of medicine, UK Gill, UK Gill heart institute

LEXINGTON “You are what you eat!” Alison Bailey, MD, preventive cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at UK College of

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Physician Viewpoint 

The Quiet Power of Preventive Medicine

March 1, 2015 Atul R. Chugh, MD 60-year-old man, additive predictor, aortic stiffness index, ASCVD, ASCVD risk score, ASCVD score, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, augment therapy, baptist health, brave step, calcium score, cardiac valve, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular specialist, carotid intimal thickness, collective imagination, coronary calcium score, devastate rate, devastate rate of cardiovascular disease, diabetic mother, difficult life change, disease marker, emerge disease marker, fair share of controversy, Framingham, Framingham risk score, FRS, heroic measure, hypertensive man, inconspicuous mission, increase knowledge of exercise physiology, intimal thickness, intrepid patient, Kentucky, Lexington, Lp-PLA2, majority of act, medical breakthrough, miraculous cardiovascular intervention, patient home, powerful magnetism, powerful pull, preventive cardiology, preventive medicine, preventive realm, preventive test, prosperous population of Framingham, quiet power of preventive medicine, rate of disease, risk estimator, risk factor, risk factor modification, Star trek, stiffness, stiffness index, viewpoint of scientific discovery, work of preventive medicine

It is hard to deny that we live in an era of almost miraculous cardiovascular interventions. Cardiovascular specialists can fix

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