Medical — Page 5

HUNTSVILLE — HealthŌme, a genomics-based, health navigation company, has acquired  Kailos Genetics, a genetic testing laboratory and supplier of clinical grade laboratory reagents for next-generation genomic sequencing. Both companies are […]

HUNTSVILLE — Crestwood Medical Center has named Drew Davenport chief development officer. Davenport was vice president of Operations and has served at the hospital since 2015. In his new role, […]

HANCEVILLE — Wallace State students are benefitting from a tool that will help them in their careers as radiation therapists. The school’s Diagnostic Imaging program introduced the Radiation Therapy option […]

HUNTSVILLE — When people left the 34th annual Huntsville Classic on Saturday, they left with more than a Martina McBride song stuck in their head – they were part of […]

HUNTSVILLE — Discovery Life Sciences’ work in immune oncology is getting a boost after qualifying as an Akoya Biosciences global service provider. The qualification process evaluated Discovery’s proficiency in staining, […]

HUNTSVILLE — They’re known as the “Loud Crowd.” But, they’re loud in a good way. Loud Crowd classes and Speak Out! services are part of the speech therapy program provided […]

Crestwood luncheon honors National Nurses Month

HUNTSVILLE – The month of May is coming up nurses at Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville. In honor of National Nurses Month, Crestwood held a companywide Nurse of the Year […]

Curiteva issued patent for 3D technology

HUNTSVILLE – Technology and medical device manufacturer Curiteva has been issued its third Utility Patent in support of Inspire 3D printed porous PEEK with HAFUSE technology platform. The patent comes on […]

UNA Nursing honors Florence Nethery Duncan

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama has named its bachelor of science in nursing program for Florence Helen Nethery Duncan. The ceremony  program, a foundational major within the Anderson […]

HUNTSVILLE – Biotechnology company GeneCapture is using a $100,000 Innovate Alabama matching grant to expand the testing of their first portable human infection detection and antibiotic susceptibility testing for military […]

HUNTSVILLE – Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States – one in five Americans will show symptoms by the time they are 70 years […]

CORALVILLE, Iowa — Digital Diagnostics is expanding its flagship product, LumineticsCore, into nine Labcorp patient service centers in Alabama – including four in North Alabama. Providing access to care for […]

HUNTSVILLE — The city of Huntsville is getting ahead of the opioid crisis by allocating proceeds from an opioid settlement to organizations dedicated to fighting the effects of opioid abuse. […]

HARVEST — Answering a call to serve residents in the Harvest area, Crestwood Medical Center is building a free-standing emergency department. The 11,100 square-foot facility will provide emergency and medical […]

HUNTSVILLE – Curiteva, pioneers of the world’s first 3D printed interbody spinal implants, has received limited commercial release of the product, the company announced. The Huntsville-based technology and manufacturing company […]

Discovery acquires cell biology company

HUNTSVILLE — Discovery Life Sciences, the Huntsville-based biospecimen and biomarker company,  has acquired ReachBio Research Labs of Seattle. ReachBio specializes in cell-based assays, predictive hematotoxicity, and drug screening services. This […]

HUNTSVILLE – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke each year with more than 75% for the […]

Garett May appointed Crestwood COO

HUNTSVILLE — Crestwood Medical Center has named Garett May, a veteran health care executive and administrator from Mississippi, as its chief operating officer. He will take over the position April […]

HUNTSVILLE – Wellstone gained a new area of respite and relaxation at its South Huntsville campus last week with one of Downtown Huntsville Inc.’s repurposed pop-up parks. After 10 years […]

HUNTSVILLE – More than 2,000 first-graders from Madison County schools were admitted to the “hospital” last week, courtesy of Huntsville Hospital and the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s College of […]

Singing River Dentistry opens office in Athens

TUSCUMBIA – Singing River Dentistry expanded its North Alabama footprint this week with the opening of a sixth state-of-the-art dental practice. The new office is on the corner of Lindsay […]

HUNTSVILLE — In honor of March as National Kidney Month, Crestwood Medical Center urologist Dr. Tyler Wood shared some stunning facts about people who have kidney stones – symptoms, causes, […]

HUNTSVILLE — Huntsville Hospital’s Structural Heart team reached a milestone with its 1,000th Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement procedure. Only a handful of TAVR programs in Alabama and surrounding states have […]

HUNTSVILLE — Inc. magazine has named Madison Core Laboratories, a Huntsville-based  clinical laboratory, to its 2023 list of “Fastest-Growing Private Companies” in the Southeast. Ranked No. 185 on the third […]