Health care — Page 10

HUNTSVILLE – The University of Alabama in Huntsville College of Nursing welcomed an important technological training tool to its Simulation & Learning Innovation Center recently: an advanced pediatric simulator funded […]

HUNTSVILLE – Nurses know the bedside stories. They’ve experienced connections with patients that inspire, interactions that satisfy or frustrate, even situations that horrify. Dr. Laura Hart, executive director of the […]

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 — Boasting a new way to deliver health care, WeCare tlc is hosting an open house for its health and wellness center at Bridge Street Town Centre. The event […]

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 — 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 […]

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 […]

MADISON — While Terramé Salon & Blow Dry Bar customers in Madison have been enjoying their luxurious pampering for over a year, the ribbon-cutting and official grand opening 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 — 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 […]

Robotic surgery performed in Madison Hospital

MADISON — It wasn’t quite like a scene from “Star Wars,” where droids performed “surgery” on other droids. But, nonetheless, Madison Hospital heralded in a new era last month with […]

Kids to Love breaks ground on mental wellness center

MADISON — The Kids to Love Foundation broke ground Monday on the Smith Family Wellness Center in honor of Mark C. Smith. Through a donation from his widow, Linda Smith, […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) announced his appointment today to Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Children and Families for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and […]

HUNTSVILLE — CFD Research is extending its healthcare footprint in Huntsville. In a joint venture with Nashville-based OtherLeft Ventures, a healthcare-oriented software company, CFD has created a spin-off company called […]

Crestwood appoints Eiland chief nursing officer

HUNTSVILLE – Crestwood Medical Center recently appointed interim Chief Nursing Officer Lance Eiland as its permanent CNO. Eiland received his nursing degree from Bevill State Community College and master’s in […]

Crestwood to build ER facility in Harvest

HUNTSVILLE – Crestwood Medical Center will soon begin construction on a facility in the Harvest community of Madison County. Hospital officials said the planned 11,047 square-foot Crestwood Medical Center ER–Harvest […]

Botanical Garden hosts State of Healthcare summit

HUNTSVILLE — The 2023 State of Healthcare in North Alabama is coming to Huntsville’s Botanical Garden next month. The event is Feb. 2 from 7:30-11 a.m. Local health care officials […]

'Canines for Coping' expands to Madison Hospital

HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville Hospital Foundation and the Huntsville Hospital Health System are expanding their “Canines for Coping” facility dog program to Madison Hospital. The donor-funded program operates at Huntsville Hospital […]

MADISON — The Madison City Council has voted down an ordinance that would allow the operation of medical cannabis dispensaries within the city limits.  Council members voted 4-2 against the […]

HUNTSVILLE — Discovery Life Sciences has announced the launch of its proteomic services division. With the announcement, the HudsonAlpha-based company is accepting samples from pharmaceutical and biotech companies, government, and […]

HUNTSVILLE – Annclaire Shultz, a Huntsville High School honors student, has been nominated to serve as the Alabama delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders. The annual conference is […]

UNA Nursing hosts 'Tiny Cubs Community Baby Shower'

FLORENCE – The third Tiny Cubs Community Baby Shower, sponsored by the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions, is set for this weekend. Designed for expectant moms in the […]

MADISON — Wanna do something very few other people have ever done? How about pulling a firetruck with a rope to bring attention to substance abuse? And, at the same […]