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Cover Story Special Section 

Gynecologic Oncologist Promotes Broader Use of Robotic Surgery

June 1, 2018September 10, 2018 Holly Hinson 3-D field, anesthesia, benign condition, camera, cancer, complex cancer surgery, da, Daniel, Daniel S., development of anesthesia, endometrial, endometrial cancer, ergonomics, estrogen, exceptional vision, firefly software, great medical community, gynecologic, gynecologic disease, Gynecologic oncologist, gynecologic oncology program, gynecological surgery, hand movement, image001 photo, improved visualization, improvement, injury avoidance, J.B. speed school, L., laparoscopy, level of surgery, Metzinger, mindset, next realm of exploration, obese woman, obesity, oncologist, oncology, outcome, pain med, people 's career, photo, physician, predictive capability, revolution robotic surgery, robot imitate hand movement, robotic, robotic procedure, robotic room, robotic surgery, S., site of the cancer, software capability, successful robotic procedure, superior ergonomics, superlative care, surgeon, surgeon treat woman, surgery, SVILLE Daniel, SVILLE Daniel S., tech-savvy mindset, tool, traditional laparoscopy, traditional mindset, U, U of L., university of Louisville hospital, Vinci®, Vinci® robotic surgery system, wristed, wristed movement

LOUISVILLE Daniel S. Metzinger, MD, associate professor at the U of L School of Medicine, and gynecologic oncologist at University

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Special Section 

Child Neurologist Uses Acupuncture to Treat Migraines

June 1, 2018September 10, 2018 Holly Hinson 9 month program, acupuncture, acupuncture clinic, acupuncture train, additional Norton physician, blockage, blockage of energy, child experience migraine, child neurologist use acupuncture, child neurology, combination of genetics, Danielle Graff, Doll, endure misconception, familial predisposition factor, general child neurology, generous allow, Gil Dunn Elizabeth, Gil Dunn Elizabeth S., headache, image001 photo, inpatient consultation, invasive way, Louisville, Louisville physician, male gender ratio, Mark McDonald, med, medication, medicine, migraine, migraine research foundation, mind-body aspect, multidimensional approach, needle, neurologist, neurology, new treatment, niche treat pain, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's hospital, Norton child 's pediatric specialist, Norton physician, Olivia Mittel, online course work, onsite train, pain, pain-related condition, pediatric acupuncture, pediatric hospital set, placement of small needle, predisposition factor, S., stimulator, stress, treat headache, treat migraine, university of Louisville physician, western medicine

LOUISVILLE When Elizabeth S. Doll, MD, was completing her residency in child neurology in Salt Lake City, Utah two years

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Letter from the Publisher 

From the Publisher

June 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Gil Dunn advance care, advanced diagnostics, ancient therapy, child neurologist, community counsel, dysfunctional home environment, Elizabeth Doll, Gil Dunn, gynecologic, Gynecologic oncologist, gynecologic robotic surgery, hormone change, implant embryo, infertility specialist, instance of implant embryo, Kelly Padigas, MD-UPDATE, Metzinger, Mohammad Mian, new generation of resident, Norton child, Norton child 's hospital, physician employ cutting-edge, publisher, remarkable advancement, S., specialty, troubled adolescent, U, utilize technology, Wellstone regional hospital

Welcome to MD-Update, the Women and Children’s Health issue! Remarkable advancements are being made every day in Kentucky in the

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Special Section 

Surgeons at Jewish Hospital First in Kentucky to Implant HeartMate 3™ After FDA Approval

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Barbara Mackovic advanced heart failure, advanced heart failure patient, blood cell, blood flow, bridge-to-transplant, continuous flow, durability, evolution of left ventricular assist device, failure, firsts, full magnetic levitation, heart care, heart failure patient, heart pump blood, heart surgery, heart transplant, HeartMate 3 LVAD, HeartMate 3 system, HeartMate 3™, HeartMate3, hemodynamic support, image001 photo, improve survival, improved blood flow, Jewish hospital, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Louisville, Louisville cardiovascular surgeon, LVAD, LVAD technology, LVAD therapy, MagLev™, MagLev™ flow technology, Mark, Mark S. slaughter, myocardial recovery, new benefit, physician, physician manage advanced heart failure patient, pump, quality of life, rotor, S., short-term hemodynamic support, slaughter, surgery, therapy, thoracic surgery, trauma, university of Louisville, weakened heart pump blood

LOUISVILLE Cardiovascular surgeons at Jewish Hospital, part of KentuckyOne Health, were the first in Kentucky to implant the HeartMate 3

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Legal 

New Kentucky Legislation Clears State Law Barriers to Direct Primary Care Practice Model

October 1, 2017 Sarah Charles Wright actual medical service, affordable membership fee, benefit of a concierge practice, bill health insurance, Care, Care enhancement act, care membership agreement, Care practice model, care provider, concierge, concierge practice, Congress, consumer, coverage, direct primary care, direct primary care membership agreement, direct primary Care practice model, DPC, DPC membership, DPC membership fee, DPC model, DPC practice, even house call, fee, friendly package, generic prescription drug, group health insurance product, HDP, high deductible plan, high-deductible, HSA, HSAs, insurance, internal revenue code, Kentucky, Kentucky law.1 DPC, Kentucky law.1 DPC practice, Kentucky legislation clear state, Law barrier, maximum out-of-pocket limit, Medicaid, Medicaid.2, Medicare, membership, membership fee, new Kentucky legislation clear state, opt-out of Medicare, osteopath, passage of SB79, personalized care, practice charge patient, practice model, practitioner, practitioner 's cost, practitioner time, primary care, primary Care enhancement act, primary care provider, qualified medical expense, range of primary care service, ref, regular session, retainer, retainer fee, revenue code, S., SB79, short wait time, shortage, telehealth, wellness care

During the 2017 regular session, the Kentucky Legislature paved the way for the “Direct Primary Care” practice model with the

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Gastroenterology Internal Systems OB/GYN & Women's Health Special Section Women's Health 

That Feeling in the Pit of Your Stomach

July 1, 2017December 20, 2017 Jim Kelsey active bacterium, adherence, adherence molecule, adherence molecule result, antibiotic, bacterium, bowel, bowel bacterium, bowel disease, bowel syndrome, C., C. difficile infection, chicken noodle soup, chronic health issue, colitis, colon, contribute factor, diet, disorder, fecal microbiota transplant, fecal transplant, frozen pill, gallbladder, gallbladder disease, Gastroenterology associate, gastrointestinal disorder, IBD, IBS, indomethacin, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal bacterium, introduced bacterium, irritable bowel syndrome, Joseph east, Kathleen Martin, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health 's gastroenterology associate, Lori Haas, Martin, microbiota transplant, molecule, non-research set, noodle, NSAIDs, over-the-counter probiotics, Penn state health, pericarditis, presence of adherence molecule, probiotic, probiotics, refractory C. difficile infection, right mix of bacterium, S., small bowel bacterium, stomach, stool, stool bank, stool transplant, success rate of the fecal transplant, syndrome, tolerance, transplant, tried-and-true way, trustworthy treatment, tummy, tummy hurt, ulcerative colitis, unpleasantness of a stool transplant

LEXINGTON “My tummy hurts.” It’s not just a tried-and-true way for kids to get out of a day of school.

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Health Topics Special Section 

Reaching Every Child in Kentucky

January 1, 2017February 1, 2017 MD-Update Staff â– , â–  MD-UPDATE, adult urologist, Allergy & Immunology, allergy while, Ann Muth, Cameron, Cameron S., care of hypoallergenic creature, colleague, Dartmouth, general plastic surgery, good child 's hospital, great anesthesia, great office staff, Henry Clay high school, hypoallergenic creature, Kentucky, labiaplasty, Lexington, Louisville, Louisville office, Louisville practice go, loyal refer friend, Norton administration, Obamacare, OR, OR support, patient access, pediatric urology, pediatric urology colleague, pediatric urology fellowship, pediatric urology nurse practitioner, plastic surgeon, plastic surgery, Q&A, reconstructive genital issue, reconstructive genital surgeon, reconstructive urology, referral, referral base, S., Schaeffer, Shakespeare 's final play, sound exhaust, surgeon, surgery, surgical discipline, surgical patient access, thing live, ultrasound, urologist, urology, urology colleague, urology fellowship, urology nurse practitioner

■ MD-UPDATE: Some of our readers are new, so tell us about yourself. SCHAEFFER: I was born in Louisville, grew

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News 

News – Oct 2016

October 1, 2016December 30, 2016 MD-Update Staff advisory dean, association alliance, bluegrass, Brent Wright, cancer, castle society, chair, charity, cigarette, David Ciochetty, death rate, director of the castle society, E., eastern Kentucky, electronic cigarette, Elizabeth Carey Nahra, Evelyn Jones, Florence family physician, generation of physician, Gleis, H., Harvard medical school, inaugural Woodson lecture, international expert, J., Jennifer Potter, K., KCH, Kentucky, Kentucky board, Kentucky board of medical Licensure, Kentucky child, Kentucky child 's hospital, Kentucky department, Kentucky department of transportation, Kentucky medical association, Kentucky medical association alliance, keynote, KMA, KMA community connector leadership program, KMA community service award, KMA educational achievement award, KMA leadership dinner, KMA member, Kuduk, large multi-specialty practice, Latonia sweet, lead physician, leadership, Lexington, LGBTQ, LGBTQ individual, Linda H., Louisville, Louisville Nancy Swikert, Louisville school, lung, lung cancer, Mamata Majmundar, Maurice J., Maurice Oakley, medical Licensure, medicine, Michael Kuduk, Monalisa Tailor, multi-specialty practice, News, Oakley, OutCare, Paducah, photo, physician, Potter, president of the Kentucky medical association, president of the Kentucky medical association alliance, provider, R., RMHC, Roger Potter, Ronald McDonald, Ronald McDonald house, S., Samet, Secretary-Treasurer, Sen. Ralph Alvarado, Shawn Jones, Sheldon Bond, St. Elizabeth, St. Elizabeth family medicine residency program, St. Elizabeth physician, support physician, Swikert, tobacco, Toney, U, university of Louisville school of medicine, Wallace, Watson, woman 's health, Woodson, Woodson lecture

KMA Elects 2016–2017 Officers LOUISVILLE Nancy Swikert, MD, a Florence family physician, was installed as president of the Kentucky Medical

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Special Section 

The Gender Gap

May 1, 2016 Jennifer S. Newton American heart association, aortic valve surgery, awareness of gender difference, blood pressure study, cardiovascular disease, care physician play, chest pain, crush chest pain, delayed diagnosis, diagnosis, disease of man, disease process, durable treatment, early high blood pressure study, entire population, gender, gender difference, gender gap, gender matter, good job of raise awareness of breast cancer, good outcome, good representation of the entire population, Grubb, healthy lifestyle choice, heart association, heart disease, heart health, heart health gender gap, Hollywood heart attack, I, inoperable patient, intermediate risk patient, invasive cardiac procedure, invasive cardiac surgery, Jewish hospital, jumpstarts, jumpstarts discussion, Kendra Grubb, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, killer of woman, Louisville, Louisville symposium, low-risk patient, MHA, modality, monitor heart health, Mozaffarian D, new modality, outcome, pain, patient 80, physician, potential problem, presentation of symptom, prevalence of cardiovascular disease, primary care physician play, procedure, risk patient, S., subtle symptom, surgery, symposium, symptom, TAVR, TAVR program, TAVR trial, transcatheter, transcatheter approach, treatment of cardiovascular disease, U, valve surgery, woman 's outcome, woman 's symptom

LOUISVILLE “What should I be doing about my heart?” It’s a simple question, but one Kendra Grubb, MD, MHA, director

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Special Section 

The Science of Sleep Medicine

March 1, 2016 Sarah Wilder ►, ► at-home sleep study, ► CPAP, ► CPAP instruction, ► CPAP titration study, ► durable medical equipment supply, ► follow-up care, ► maintenance, ► maintenance of wakefulness test, ► multiple sleep latency test, ► overnight sleep study, ► professional mask fit, A., abrupt awaken, adult need, air pressure, airway, airway of a patient, American board, American board of Otolaryngology, apnea, B., board-certified, board-certified physician, breathe cessation, clinic, Colin, comprehensive approach, CPAP, Dineen, disorder, EEG, F., heart rhythm, insufficient sleep, Knox, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic 's pulmonary department, Lexington clinic 's sleep center, Lexington clinic sleep center, likelihood of motor vehicle crash, machinery-related, machinery-related accident, mask fit, medicine, morning headache, neck surgery, neurology, normal sleep architecture, observed episode, observed episode of breathe cessation, one-third of the U.S. adult population, onset of chronic illness, OSA, otolaryngology, oxygen, oxygen level, patient 's effort, patient 's sleep, patient of OSA, photo, physician, poor oxygen supply, relaxation of the throat muscle, S., science of sleep medicine, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep disorder, sleep latency test, sleep medicine, sleep study, surgery, surgical treatment, throat muscle, tongue, treat sleep disorder, two-thirds of adult, U, U.S. adult population, wakefulness test, Wayne B., wide-range of sleep disorder, work productivity

LEXINGTON According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most adults need between seven and nine hours of

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