41.   Vitamin deficiencies are widespread in Cuba, according to Rep. Ronald Dellums, D-Calif., who has heard from physician groups on the subject.

42.   Vanguard Health Systems is not related to Vanguard Medical Associates, the nonprofit physician practice group that has spun off from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care in Brookline, Mass.

43.   WellPoint inherited the FPA stock when the physician group last year bought a company WellPoint co-owned.

44.   With airplane meals increasingly scarce and the potential for delays greater than ever, a physicians group is offering tips on healthy eating and flying.

45.   Dr. Yank D. Coble, president-elect of the American Medical Association, noted that some physician groups had already published their own guidelines on detecting and treating depression.

46.   Many physician groups and hospitals have shied away from the fixed-rate contracts because they either lost money from them or found them too risky.

47.   That would remain a legal issue between the patient and the physician or physician group providing care.

48.   The physicians group, which made its report public last week, has asked for the site to be investigated thoroughly.

49.   The team that visited the sites this week consisted of two experts from the physicians group and one person from the U.N. human rights agency, according to Almeida.