Arnett
Clinic is one of the largest multi-specialty medical clinics in Indiana,
offering comprehensive health care services to patients across 14 counties.

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The PHCS Network includes nearly 450,000 providers and over 4,000
facilities .

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The protein in saliva has the same sort of disease markers as blood.

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Croen, and requires replication in further studies. From that group, 420 children between 3 and 7 years old were identified
with diagnoses of autism. Croen and her associates at Kaiser Permanente, the Department of
Health Services in Oakland, CA, and the University of California at Davis
found no association between autoimmune diseases in pregnant women and an
increased risk of autism in their children, with the exception of psoriasis,
which was associated with a doubling of risk.
Saliva may one day replace painful needle blood tests to diagnose a number
of diseases including breast cancer, diabetes, oral cancer and other ailments.

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Dr. NEW YORK, At the American Dental Association's
national media conference -- held on Wednesday, dental researchers
revealed they are investigating new non-invasive ways to detect cancer and
other diseases through human saliva.

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According to researchers , these new therapies will greatly aid the
patient.prnewswire.

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Arnett Clinic has eleven locations in Tippecanoe County and seven Regional
Medical Clinics in surrounding areas. "Arnett Clinic
is instrumental in providing our customers and their members in western
Indiana with access to the most comprehensive and cost-effective health
care possible.

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Croen cautions that the risk of autism is still small, less than 1%
even in children of women with asthma during pregnancy. Also, researchers are learning how to
grow human tissue and use gene therapy to form new bone -- which could
dramatically help patients affected by oral cancer.

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Mike Skehan, President of Arnett HealthSystem.

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Kaiser Permanente has research offices in California, Oregon, Hawaii,
Georgia, Colorado, Maryland, and Ohio .

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"With the exception of psoriasis, we did not find an association between
autoimmune diseases in mothers and autism," says study author Lisa A. They'll be less debilitating, take less time, and be more efficient.ada.

"Arnett HealthSystem is committed to providing comprehensive , quality
health care to Tippecanoe county and the surrounding counties," said Dr.

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Those children were compared with a control group,
children without a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders. Today
it encompasses the not-for-profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

PRESS RELEASE Arnett HealthSystem Joins Private Healthcare Systems PPO Network in Indiana

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The study also looked at the assumed association between autoimmune
diseases such as lupus, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and Addison's disease
and autism in the children of mothers with those conditions. Results of research conducted by
Kaiser Permanente physicians and investigators have been published in the
Journal of the American Medical Association, the New England Journal of
Medicine, the Permanente Journal , the American Journal of Public Health,
Pediatrics, and other clinical journals.

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Even with the increase in
risk, Dr.
Kaiser Permanente is America's leading integrated health plan. Kaiser Permanente serves the health care
needs of 8. Tissue
engineering -- the growth of human tissue -- would help doctors regenerate
parts of the face such as skin and bone affected by disease, which could help
restore normal form and function of the face and help patients feel good about
themselves again. PHCS is the first and only national PPO to earn four
endorsements of quality from two independent , nationally recognized quality
assurance organizations, NCQA and URAC.

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Kaiser Permanente Research Shows Autoimmune Diseases Once Considered Risk
Factors Are Not Associated With Autism in Children

OAKLAND, Calif."
This association between a mother's asthma and allergies and a child's
autism has not been reported in the medical literature previously, says Dr. Corporate
headquarters are in Waltham, Massachusetts, with regional offices located
throughout the United States.

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, Asthma or allergies in an
expectant mother may increase the likelihood that her child will exhibit
symptoms of autism, according to a Kaiser Permanente study featured in the
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine's February issue.
Nationwide, Kaiser Permanente includes approximately 138,000 technical,
administrative and clerical employees and caregivers, and more than
11,000 physicians representing all specialties.shtml

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Based in Lafayette, Indiana, Arnett HealthSystem is a provider-directed
organization that operates Arnett Clinic and Arnett Health Plans.

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"As one of the largest multi-specialty physician practices in the state,
Arnett HealthSystem is an important addition to the PHCS Network ," said
Keith Vangeison, PHCS Executive Vice President, Networks.

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PhD, of Kaiser Permanente 's Division of Research in Oakland, CA.

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More than 140 physicians practice in more than 45 medical specialties and
subspecialties, including: family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics,
cardiac and thoracic surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology and urgent
care.

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Mother's Asthma or Allergies May Increase Risk of Autism in Her Children

Founded in
1945, it is a not-for-profit, group practice prepayment program with
headquarters in Oakland, California.
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For 20 years, Private Healthcare Systems has been meeting the network and
care management needs of customers across the country.

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"What we did
find was a two-fold increase in autism among children of asthmatic mothers or
women with allergies, particularly if their symptoms were medically diagnosed
in the second trimester of pregnancy.com/broadcast/21643/consumer. PHCS is the second largest care management
company in the nation as well as the largest proprietary PPO in the
country.

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The study looked at more than 88,000 children born within the Kaiser
Permanente population of Northern California between January 1995 and June
1999. Asthma and allergies in
expectant mothers were associated with 50% increase in risk of autism in their
children. "We are pleased that
through our participation in the PHCS Network, the communities we serve now
have convenient access to a full spectrum of top health care providers.

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2 million members in 9 states and the District of Columbia ., Kaiser
Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries, and the for-profit Permanente
Medical Groups .
Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS), the nation's
leading health care cost management company , announced today that Arnett
HealthSystem has joined its PPO network in Indiana, effective November 1,
2005.