Health Care

The Milwaukee-based personal injury firm of Hupy and Abraham S.C has announced that it is now accepting cases involving Zofran (ondansetron), an anti-nausea medication.

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.

Aurora Health Care’s Visiting Nurses Association has been renamed Aurora at Home. The change was made in order to better reflect the overall care the organization provides to people and families throughout eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, offered through a high-touch, high-tech care model.

The Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Pennsylvania have received a joint, five-year $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study the role of an enzyme in alcohol liver disease.

A new health center specializing in the use of dry salt aerosol therapy opened on Monday in Menomonee Falls. Called the BreatheReady Wellness Center, it is located at N56 W14108 Silver Spring Drive.

Following the recent news that Milwaukee-based Extendicare Health Services will close on April 30, Extendicare’s president and chief executive officer said local offers of employment have been extended to approximately 190 of the 287 affected employees.

A groundbreaking was held this afternoon for a new DaVita dialysis clinic at 3113 Washington Ave. in Racine that is expected to open in the fall.

The Medical Society of Milwaukee County, an organization representing nearly 4,000 physicians across the Milwaukee community, introduced this week a new brand identity, including a new logo and the tagline of “Powered by Physicians. Compelled by Community.”

Variety – The Children’s Charity of Wisconsin recently revamped its board of directors.

BizTimes Media will host an interactive workshop designed to help business owners value their businesses and prepare them for sale.