Health Care

The Medical College of Wisconsin is testing a laser-activated photosensitive dye as a new treatment for aggressive brain and spinal cord tumors. MCW has begun a Phase II trial of Photofrin and photodynamic therapy in adult patients at Froedtert Hospital, a protocol funded by Ontario-based Concordia Healthcare Corp.

A panel of experts in biomedical engineering, medicine, physical therapy, and speech pathology and audiology from the Marquette University College of Health Sciences and the Medical College of Wisconsin will headline the next Marquette Presents forum on “Stroke – New Hope Through Rehabilitation.”

The 60,000 people who live in Comitancillo– an agricultural community outside of Guatemala City – have no access to basic health care and no means of transportation to get treatment. Dr. Shane Fisher, owner of The Kids Dentist LLC in Mequon, however, is doing his part to change that.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced on Tuesday a new partnership to make an associate’s or bachelor’s degree available at no cost for any of its eligible full-time and part-time associates in Wisconsin through College for America at Southern New Hampshire University. College for America partners with employers to offer a competency-based, online curriculum that is engineered to help associates fit a fully-accredited college degree in the busy lives of working adults.

The Helene Fuld Health Trust has awarded the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's College of Nursing a $600,000 grant that will increase scholarships available to graduate students in nursing.

UnitedHealthcare is expanding its Healthy Savings program to an additional 550,000 plan participants in Wisconsin, enabling people enrolled in self-funded employer, individual exchange and BadgerCare Plus Medicaid plans to purchase healthier foods at discounted prices.

The Wellness Council of America, with local affiliate Wellness Council of Wisconsin, recently presented the Gold Well Workplace Award to the city of Wauwatosa. The Gold Well Workplace Award recognizes an organization for its commitment to the health and well-being of their employees.

More than 325 women from across the metro Milwaukee area attended the May 19 Rogers Foundation's Women's Gathering held at the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee. Themed "The Power of Nature - Restoring Mind, Body and Soul," the event raised more than $50,000 in support of the spiritual care program at Rogers Memorial Hospital.

Direct Supply Inc., a Milwaukee-based distributor of health care medical products and services to senior care facilities, is carrying Medical Protection Technologies’ next-generation Fall-Safe Hip Protectors.

Diet and other lifestyle and environmental factors can change your genes, which could make you susceptible to high blood pressure or hypertension, both of which could be inherited. Now, researchers and physicians at the Medical College of Wisconsin are working to determine exactly how that happens—and why.