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> Tenet Healthcare COO Reynold Jennings is stepping down, with plans to retire in mid-2007. Incoming COO Dr. Stephen Newman has snagged a tasty $700,000 annual salary, plus annual bonus equal to as much as 90 percent of his salary. Article | Article

> Retail clinic operator RediClinic is opening clinics in 16 Atlanta-area Walgreens stores. Release

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> Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has launched a diabetes management program. Release (.pdf)

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> Russia and Vietnam's public health systems agree to cooperate. Article

> A talk with Congressman Dennis Kucinich on the rationale behind his universal healthcare bill. Interview

> IT is making new inroads in healthcare industry. Report

And Finally… So now there's proof: Video games stir up emotions and lower self-control. No wonder people are paying so much for the Wii! Article | Report