Health

Franciscan Health Crown Point has partnered with one of the top children’s hospitals in Illinois to boost its care for premature babies or newborns with high-risk complications. ... Read More

Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola is partnering with Trine University to support students in Trine's new nursing program. The partnership includes the construction of a new education and innovation facility on the hospital campus.... Read More

Shares of Elanco Animal Health dropped 4% on Wednesday to a new all-time low after Moody’s Investor Service downgraded the company’s credit rating. Moody’s action pushed Elanco’s credit rating further into “junk bond” territory.... Read More

The former president and first lady of Indiana University have gifted $500,00 to IU Health. The gift from Michael McRobbie and Laurie Burns McRobbie will support behavioral health services at the IU Regional Academic Health Center in Bloomington.... Read More

Professors from Purdue University and Indiana University are teaming up to find new ways to assist in the care of babies born with heart defects. Specifically, Pavlos Vlachos and Mark Payne are using a new tool to address hypoplastic left heart syndrome.... Read More

Suicides are climbing faster among young people than adults, triggering alarm bells that “what we’re doing isn’t working,” says University of Notre Dame psychologist Theodore Beauchaine. He’s co-leading a mission to reinvent teen suicide prevention efforts.... Read More

An Australian biotech company that has its U.S. headquarters in Fishers has received additional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Telix Pharmaceuticals says its lead prostate cancer imaging product, Illuccix, is now authorized to...... Read More

Dr. Malaz Boustani, an esteemed brain doctor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is haunted by the fact that he didn’t identify his own father’s Alzheimer’s disease. “I think I’m a great brain doctor—and I missed it,” he says. ... Read More

A debate over Hoosier students’ vaccination records ensued at the Indiana Statehouse Wednesday as lawmakers weighed a bill that seeks to prohibit schools from coupling health and academic documents. Current state law permits schools to include a student’s immunization information with their high school transcript.... Read More

The IU School of Medicine has terminated a research project involving surgery on live pigs after officials discovered the laboratory workers were using expired surgical supplies. It was unclear exactly what the medical school was researching under the project.... Read More

Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in the U.S., but more than half of the cases are undiagnosed. An Indianapolis startup has its sights set on commercializing high-tech contact lenses that could diagnose glaucoma and delay its progression. ... Read More

Lutheran Health Network is forming a joint venture with Pennsylvania-based Select Medical Corp. to provide inpatient rehabilitation and critical illness recovery care in Fort Wayne. The joint venture plans to build a new specialty hospital in the city.... Read More

An estimated 790,000 Hoosiers provide more than 740 million hours of care to their elders as family caregivers, a service which the AARP values at more than $10.8 billion, which is a fraction of the $600 billion nationwide that family caregivers give.... Read More

Fishers-based Recovery Force Health said Thursday it has closed on a $1.25 million round of funding. The company has developed an FDA-cleared wearable compression device for hospital patients designed to prevent deep vein thrombosis. ... Read More

Indiana University and the Irsay family will formally introduce the new Irsay Institute on the Bloomington campus Thursday. The institute aims to foster collaboration in research, training and institutional social change to address mental health challenges.... Read More

A Chicago-based startup co-founded by an Indiana native is getting a big boost in exposure. Pluie announced Wednesday its self-sanitizing diaper changing tables are being installed in multiple locations throughout Indianapolis International Airport.... Read More

A slew of health care bills moving through the legislature target high prices for Hoosiers by encouraging competition and restructuring how the state pays for services under Medicaid. But critics say the bills don’t go far enough and more is needed to reform the system.... Read More

The incoming president and CEO of Indianapolis-based Regenstrief Institute says data plays a key role in developing solutions for health inequities across the U.S. Last month, the Indiana University School of Medicine announced it had selected Dr. Rachel Patzer to lead the world-renown medical research organization.... Read More

Gary-based Methodist Hospitals is preparing to celebrate 100 years in operation this year. CEO Matt Doyle says the health system, which operates hospitals in Gary and Merrillville, is using the milestone to emphasize its focus on the future.... Read More

Eli Lilly and Co. on Wednesday announced it is cutting prices by 70% for some of its most commonly prescribed insulins. The Indianapolis-based drug maker also said it will expand a program that caps patient out-of-pocket costs at $35 or less a month.... Read More