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Walmart is making MIGHT be making moves to become a major healthcare provider!

Sources reported that the largest retailer in the U.S. sent out a request for potential partners last month that would help the chain become "the largest provider of primary care services in the nation." According to the document from the company:

"Walmart intends to build a national, integrated, low-cost primary care healthcare platform that will provide preventative and chronic care services that are currently out of reach for millions of Americans. Walmart intends to do this in an affordable and accessible way while maintaining or improving quality outcomes. Walmart seeks partners who have a care model or capability that can help dramatically drive down the cost of care, while maintaining or improving quality on a national level."

Shoppers could have expected services including simple physicals, urine tests, and vaccinations, but now we're not so sure.

Since the story broke, Walmart is DENYING their healthcare expansion plans and have called the document that outlines their plans "overwritten and incorrect."

In a recent statement, the senior vice president & president of Walmart U.S. health & wellness said, "We are not building a national, integrated, low-cost primary care health care platform."

Hmm…guess we'll have to wait and see what Walmart has up their sleeve!

Tags: brand, chain, company, health services, healthcare, low cost, partners, physician, primary care, provider, retailer, walmart

Out with the old, in with the new!

David Beckham has replaced Jamie Oliver as the face of UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s for a reported $8 million!

Not a bad way for David to bring home some extra bacon to the Beckham's $165 million empire.

Joining Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds, Beckham will be an ambassador for Sainsbury's Active Kids campaign and promote its sponsorship of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

As a father of four children, the L.A. Galaxy soccer player was impressed by the company's commitment to kid's health, explaining:

Tags: chain, children, david beckham, grocery store, kids, millions, paralympics, sainsbury-039s, spokesman, supermarket, uk, united kingdom

SRSLY!

Sooty mangabeys (yep, real name) are a monkey species found on the western coast of central Africa who's unique immunity to SIV, a relative of HIV, has intrigued medical researchers for decades.

Now we know just how their immunity works.

Sooty mangabeys are able to avoid the chain of events that cause the immune system to break down, thanks to a unique type of T cell called a central memory T cell.

These sooty mangabeys might well offer a new way to help cope humans cope with HIV infection and avoid AIDS.

The key will be better understanding the mechanisms of their central memory T cells and figuring out how they avoid activating CCR5, which is the main reason why their immune systems are able to survive these infections essentially intact.

[Image via Yerkes NPRC.]

Tags: africa, chain, humans, infection, memory, monkey, primate, research, species

Yes! Such awesome news!

It looks like our nation's focus on educating people on the benefits of a healthier lifestyle is paying off!

America's favorite eateries, including Denny’s, IHOP, Friendly’s, Sizzler and Applebee’s, are reporting unusually high numbers of healthy meals purchased.

Applebee's has reported their top-selling entree in January and February of 2011 was a sirloin and shrimp meal from their diet menu.

Applebee's president, Mike Archer, says although consumers often demand healthier options, most continue to order the junk food, but there is change in the air, explaining:

“I’ve been in the restaurant business for 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this. We’re seeing a sea change in consumer behavior.”

The same goes for breakfast joints like IHOP. President Jean Birch says:

“I’ve been in the restaurant business for 25 years, and we couldn’t have given away healthier food in the early part of my career. Now, not only are people ordering them, but some are deciding not to go somewhere if they don’t have healthier items on the menu.”

IHOP is even setting a healthier example at an early age by switching the side dish for kids meals from french fries to a fruit cup.

"You don't even see fries pictured on the kids page," says the companies president.

Creating a healthier America will never happen over night, but it looks like it's been happening over the last couple years and will continue to happen with major restaurant chains leading the way.

Tags: america, breakfast, calories, chain, franchise, fruit, junk food, lifestyle, owners, restaurant, steak, weight loss

January is often the coldest, harshest winter weather month of the year so PETA has named the first month of the year "Unchain A Dog Month".

The organization is encouraging people to unchain their "backyard" dogs and lets them inside where it's warm and safe.

Dogs can suffer from frostbite, exposure, and dehydration when water sources freeze and if their owners do not pay enough attention to them, they have nowhere to go to escape the cold or snow!

PETA suggests offering to walk, play with, or feed chained dogs that don't have the luxury of living with a roof over their head.

Click here to find out more ways to help chained dogs!

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: animals, backyard dogs, chain, dogs, january, winter

Wow! We didn't know that all meals from Chik-Fil-A came with a complimentary side of bullshit!

In light of the controversy currently surrounding the fast-food chain because one of their stores donated food to the Pennsylvania Family Institute 'Art of Marriage' Conference - which is an organization that actively is trying to ban gay marriage - the company's President, Dan Cathy, recorded the following message as a response (above)!

Just lovely, right?

Because although he wants you to know that their donation is "not an endorsement of the mission, political stance, or motives of this or any other organization," "marriage has long been a focus of Chick-Fil-A!"

Awesome! And what kind of marriage is that, bb?

Maybe you guys can donate some food the next time a Gay Rights organization holds a conference or a rally!

Tags: anti-gay, art of marriage conference, chain, chik fil a, controversy, dan cathy, donation, equal rights, fast food, gay rights, pennsylvania family institute, president, response

And not just any woman, but the wife of a guy she was allegedly dating!!

This girl is OUT OF CONTROL!!

Catya Washington of Bad Girls Club: Miami is quite a peach!

Not only was she arrested last week for possession of a firearm as well as many illegal drugs, including cocaine, ecstasy, and mushrooms, sources have discovered that she was also arrested just a couple weeks before that for an outstanding warrant from an incident in which she beat up another woman.

Sources say that Catya allegedly rear-ended a vehicle that was driven by the wife that she was apparently dating at the time. When Catya and the other woman got out of their cars, she repeatedly hit the woman in the face WITH A CHAIN, and then sprayed a can of mace on her.

WHAT?!?!?! Is this for real???

A couple weeks after the incident, policed tracked Catya down and arrested her for aggravated assault, inflicting serious bodily injury, possession of an instrument of crime, and recklessly endangering another person.

You know, ’cause she's a classy ass bitch! (Her reasoning for leaving the Bad Girls Club early.)

Tags: arrested, bad girls club, beat down, catya washington, chain, drugs