An agreement has been reached between the Palomar Health Center for Nursing Excellence and the University of San Diego’s Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science to form a partnership dedicated to integrating nursing research.

Here's a brain teaser for you: How is it possible to add "a lot" to an already full plate and wind up feeling less burdened and more energized as a result?

Did you hear the cheering emanating from Mission Valley last week? It wasn't due to an event at Qualcomm Stadium, but rather from health care leaders.

Athena would like to thank the following committee members and sponsors.

The following profiles include this year's scholarship winners and a glimpse of how each of them is igniting their potential.

Congratulations to our 2012 nominees. Athena would like to thank everyone who nominated and contributed the following excerpts for these exceptional candidates.

Congratulations to our 2012 nominees. Athena would like to thank everyone who nominated and contributed the following excerpts for these exceptional candidates.

Congratulations to our 2012 nominees. Athena would like to thank everyone who nominated and contributed the following excerpts for these exceptional candidates.

Congratulations to our 2012 nominees. Athena would like to thank everyone who nominated and contributed the following excerpts for these exceptional candidates.

San Diego-based Sequenom Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM), a life sciences company providing genetic analysis solutions, signed an agreement with U.S. health insurance provider Coventry Health Care National Network to provide coverage for the Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine's (Sequenom CMM) MaterniT21 PLUS laboratory-developed test (LDT).

Three individuals and the nonprofit group San Diego Coastkeeper will be honored for their collective efforts that have resulted in regulatory decisions that will clean up polluted parts of San Diego Bay and improve the bayfront.

When "Jayne" was diagnosed with Stage 3 B ovarian cancer in 2005, her doctor gave her a cocktail of chemotherapy drugs. The 53-year-old got better, but then had a recurrence in 2008 and was treated with the same drug again.

On July 1, the culinary delicacy foie gras will no longer be served in California’s restaurants, to mixed emotions.

The 100 percent leased, two-building, 77,894-square-foot Center Medical Plaza building at 855 Third Ave. in Chula Vista has been sold, but not before having been on the market for 330 days, according to The CoStar Group.

San Diego-based AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS) continued to grow its revenues and profitability during the first quarter of the year.

UnitedHealthcare, an operating division of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), announced Thursday that it has partnered Scripps Health and five other physician groups in California to offer a new health benefits plan.

Editor’s note: Gov. Rick Perry recently proposed for a Constitutional Amendment to set term limits on Supreme Court justices (for 18 years, staggered every 2 years). We asked a local expert on constitutional law if Supreme Court justices should be given term limits, and if not, what are the problems with such a proposal.

Michael Coleman liked the idea, first practiced in India, of using laughter as an exercise and stress reliever.

A new report by the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law has found that a culture of secrecy in states across the country continues to hamper efforts to stem the tide of child abuse-related fatalities and near-fatalities, estimated to be at least 1,700 a year. In many states, this information remains veiled behind restrictive disclosure laws, highlighting the urgent need for systematic reform.

A bill that could prohibit restaurants from using Styrofoam takeout containers is stalled in the California Assembly, but it likely will be brought up for debate before the end of summer.