Health Care

Entrepreneur and wellness consultant Connie Roethel has sold her Mequon-based company, Core Health Group, to Milwaukee-based Healics Inc.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved for marketing the REZA BAND UES Assist Device, which was developed by Germantown-based Somna Therapeutics LLC.

Brookfield-based Connecture Inc., which provides web-based information systems used to create health insurance marketplaces, has reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2014 results.

Winter warriors are set to take the plunge to support cancer research on Saturday at Nagawicka Lake in Hartland. Ellen's Icebreaker for Cancer Research is held in memory of Ellen Smith, a Froedtert Hospital employee who died from gastric cancer in October 2013 at the age of 59.

The theme of the 2015 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Wellness Summit presented by BizTimes Media will be “The Competitive Advantage of a Mentally Healthy Workplace.”

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is the first health care system in Milwaukee to offer Cologuard, the first and only FDA-approved noninvasive stool DNA screening test for colorectal cancer.

Scion Dental, a Menomonee Falls-based dental benefit management company, today announced the appointment of John Schaak to president of the organization.

A new urgent care clinic called Popcareplus opened in Franklin earlier this month. Located at 6501 S. 27th St., it is staffed by 14 emergency physicians offering unscheduled care for acute illnesses and injuries.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved for marketing the REZA BAND UES Assist Device, which was developed by Germantown-based Somna Therapeutics LLC.

The Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health announced that women from two Milwaukee-based organizations are recipients of the 2015 WAWH Women’s Health Leader Awards.