ALSO NOTED: Traits to predict schizophrenia?; Retail clinics keep rolling; and much more...

> Researchers at Harvard's McLean Hospital have gotten a $3 million grant to explore their theory that seemingly unimportant personal traits can predict who is carrying the genes that cause schizophrenia. Article

> Yet another piece describes how retail clinics are changing the way patients--particularly those without much time or money--get themselves treated for minor conditions. Article

> Practitioners of India's ayurvedic medical profession are fighting to enter the American mainstream. Article

> Working with health system BJC Healthcare, UnitedHealthcare kicks off a Six Sigma improvement project. Release

And Finally… Healthcare Growth Partners managing director Jon Phillips offers his predictions on what industry sectors will be hot during 2007. Blog