ALSO NOTED: Boston Scientific CMO to depart; Drop in profits at Medco; and much more...

> McKesson released so-so numbers for the first quarter, with revenues up 12 percent but profits down 15 percent. But provider technologies are another story, with the unit reporting a revenue gain of 30 percent. Article

> Chutes & Ladders: Boston Scientific chief medical officer Mary Russell is resigning. Russell played a key role in the development of the company's Taxus stent. Article

> The Wall Street Journal looks at a nasty feud between Arizona State researcher George Pettit and the school over the fate of its cancer program. Article (sub. req.)

> UMDNJ fired fourteen middle managers involved with the healthcare system's finances. Adding to the intrigue: The provider refuses to disclose who the employees are. Article

> PBM Medco Health reported a 66 percent drop in profits. Article

> Three California healthcare foundations are funding a $4.5 million, three-year program to put EMRs in community clinics and health centers. Article

> Axolotl (the wireless healthcare software company, not some Latin American god-like being), is touting the fact that three of its RHIO customers have won grants from HHS to study its public health disease reporting system in action. Article

> St. Louis-based Rehabcare, which provides rehabilitation program management services to hospitals and other providers in 37 states, announced a first quarter loss. Article

> A professor at UC Davis Medical School is suing the school and former dean Dr. Joseph Silva, claiming officials retaliated after he blew the whistle on conditions at a clinic in Sacramento. Article

> VisionTree's patient communication system and its similar conference audience communication system which uses Palm Treos are featured in this Advance. Article

> And Finally… Is there a link between climate change and migrating viruses? Article