BioSpace News Archive

CAQH released the 2018 Index today, which reveals that the healthcare industry continues to make progress automating business processes.

BioForward, Wisconsin’s state association representing over 200 biohealth member companies, announced three additions to this year’s Board of Directors.

IntriCon Corporation (NASDAQ: IIN), a designer, developer, manufacturer and distributor of miniature and micro-miniature body-worn devices, today announced that it has hired Doug Pletcher as Vice President of Medical Business Development.

In a continuing commitment to help fight and raise awareness around preventing and managing Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) announced today the awarding of Healthy Kids, Healthy Families® (HKHF) grants to community-based organizations statewide.

Nonprofit, online Western Governors University (WGU) announced a new scholarship program with Anthem, Inc., one of the nation’s largest health benefits companies.

The Franklin Institute of Wellness, an integrative health postsecondary institution, has published findings from a meta-analysis demonstrating the powerful effects of elderberry syrup on upper respiratory symptoms associated with the flu and common cold.

Sperling Dermatology, LLC, headquartered in Florham Park, NJ, has officially been recognized as the number one CoolSculpting provider in all of New Jersey by performing more CoolSculpting cycles in 2018 than any other single office.

“My 5-year-old daughter has a colostomy bag,” said an inventor from Warrenton, Virginia. “She loves to play like other kids, and I wanted to protect her colostomy bag. Because she will crawl on her stomach, I had to design a way to prevent blowouts.”

“We have a child with autism, and we needed a way to help calm her down,” said one of two inventors from Rochester, N.Y. “We came up with this therapeutic vest as a solution to help the child or adult relax.”

The REAM Foundation, in collaboration with the Milken Institute’s Center for Strategic Philanthropy, today announced the launch of the first dedicated misophonia grant program to encourage scientific progress, better understand the condition, and develop new treatments.