As we reported earlier this week, Steve Case’s ambitious health portal RevolutionHealth launched today. The company has also acquired CarePages, a free personal-page builder and social-networking for users to communicate…

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AOL (NYSE: TWX) founder Steve Case plans to bring his consumer health venture RevolutionHealth.com out of testing on Thursday with a revamped site, according to the NYT. The test version…

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An interesting deal in the B2B arena: SpineUniverse.com, an online resource for spine-focused health care providers and consumers, has merged with BroadWater, a provider of spine-related medical meetings and educational…

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Waterfront Media, the NYC-based online publisher of self-help experts, has received another $8 million in a round of debt financing. The funding was done by Hercules Technology Growth Capital. Besides…

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You’re reading it here first ... NYTCO’s About.com has acquired UCompareHealthCare.com (UCHC), a health care ratings (doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, specialty centers) , search and info site. Consumers get access…

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MovingHealth, a Cambridge, MA-based provider of online consumer health information, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst Partners, according to an SEC filing, picked by PEHub.…

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MedPageToday, a Little Falls, NJ-based online medical news summary service, has received $2.1 million in venture funding. The round was led by Milestone Venture Partners, and SJF Ventures also participated…

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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) continues to expand its healthcare software and internet services interests with the acquisition of still-in-beta vertical health search engine Medstory. Angel investors in the Foster City, CA-startup…

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PatientsLikeMe, a health care social network, has raised a $5 million first round of funding, reports VentureWire. The company was founded in 2004 by three MIT engineers. Don’t have more…

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Lime, the health-oriented media firm owned by Steve Case’s Revolution Living, will phase out its fledgling TV network, and will focus on its online and broadband channels, reports WSJ. It…

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German media company Georg von Holtzbrinck has bought a stake in Helpster.de, a website focused on health, self-help and communication among the medical community, according to Alarm Clock Euro. Holtzbrinck…

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Steve Case’s much anticipated online health portal RevolutionHealth (RVH) has launched, and will make a risky move into premium services soon The site starts off free, but eventually begin charging…

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Major marketers take note, as advertising bellwether Procter & Gamble unveils two social networking sites: one devoted to women and another devoted to making the People’s Choice Awards an everyday…

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Women’s lifestyle site iVillage Properties, a division of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), is launching iVillage Total Health, a channel focused on all facets of female well-being. The site plans to…

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WebMD (NSDQ: WBMD) Q3 results were buoyed by big gains in advertising, sponsorship and online services revenue. Sales rose 66 percent to $66.6 million but profit fell to $992,000, or…

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Sermo, a Cambridge, MA-based online physician community, has received $3 million in first round funding from Longworth Venture Partners. Sermo, founded in 2005, financially rewards physicians who contribute observations and…

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About.com is adding a weight-loss site to its portfolio. The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced this morning that it has acquired Calorie-Count.com from AeroDiet.com. No terms are being…

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Uber-Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) watcher Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft may get the jump on Google (NSDQ: GOOG) when it comes to a net-based healthcare service. Google co-founder Sergey Brin…

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Look what’s happening to Conde Nast...it is getting Web-Savvy, ten years later. Ok, that’s harsh, but better late… Fresh on the heals of buying out Wired News for $25 million,…

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NYP does something to heat up the already hot summer: the health portal wars. Steve Case-backed health-media and lifestyle company Revolution is planning a consumer health portal, and that’s not…

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We’ve mentioned some rumors about Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) health vertical...this post from TheDeal blog VC Ratings says that Google is planning a product that it hopes will overhaul the way…

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Japanese online pharmaceutical marketing firm So-net M3, backed by Sony (NYSE: SNE) Communication Network (Sony owns 60 percent), has bought out MDLinx, a Washington, DC-based online health information company, for…

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So says this USAToday blog post, and previously on SearchEngineWatch...the annual Google (NSDQ: GOOG) press day is this week, and there might be some announcements to that effect. If the…

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WebMD Health Corp (NSDQ: WBMD). reported a 48-percent increase in revenues for 1Q06 to $50.1 million compared to $33.8 million in 1Q05 but turned in a net loss of $4.2…

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Australian portal Ninemsn, a joint venture with MSN, has bought a 35 percent of iSelect, a local health insurance comparison site, based on a company valuation of approximately AUS$40 million.…

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