Medtronic completed its roughly $49.9 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of Covidien, combining both companies under Medtronic plc. Covidien and Medtronic, Inc. shares stopped trading, and Medtronic plc shares were expected to open on the NYSE as MDT on January 27, 2015.
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Drug
Opioid painkillers widely prescribed among reproductive age women
A CDC report in MMWR found that each year from 2008 to 2012, an average 39 percent of Medicaid-enrolled women aged 15 to 44 and 28 percent of privately insured women filled an opioid prescription, most often hydrocodone, codeine or oxycodone.
Miscellaneous
Get ready for National Consumer Protection Week!
The FTC invites readers to take part in National Consumer Protection Week, March 1-7, 2015, by sharing free publications on fraud, identity theft, online safety, credit and debt, or by hosting an event. Materials for that week should be ordered by January 30, 2015.
Miscellaneous
New SmartGuard(TM) Technology Helps People with Diabetes Manage the Challenges of Hypoglycemia
Medtronic began launching its MiniMed 640G insulin pump system outside the US. The company says its SmartGuard technology is the first to both suspend insulin delivery when sensor glucose is predicted to near a low limit and resume it once levels recover.
Government
FDA okays psoriasis treatment Cosentyx
The FDA approved Novartis's Cosentyx (secukinumab), an injected antibody that blocks the inflammatory protein IL-17A, for adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. In four trials with 2,403 patients it cleared skin more often than placebo.
Miscellaneous
Media Registration Open for First APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting in 2015
APEC opened media registration for the First Senior Officials' Meeting of 2015, held February 6-7 in the Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga. Officials from 21 economies will take up the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, trade facilitation, anti-corruption and disaster preparedness.
Miscellaneous
Kids’ game claims to boost brain power, draws FTC’s attention
Focus Education claimed 12 hours with its Jungle Rangers computer game would improve children's attention, memory, behavior and school performance. The FTC says the company's pilot study did not support that, and a settlement bars such claims absent scientific evidence.
Drug
Influenza Vaccine for This Year Does not Work as Thought
Barbara Loe Fisher writes that the CDC put flu vaccine effectiveness at 47 to 62 percent over three seasons while some experts measured 0 to 7 percent, and that this year's shot does not protect against the most common influenza A subtype now making people sick.
Miscellaneous
MetaBrand Capital Recognized for Its Investment Efforts in Advancing Mission-based, Natural and Organic Brands
Nutrition Business Journal gave its 2014 “Investment in the Future” award to MetaBrand Capital, a private equity fund launched in 2014 to back natural and organic brands. Winners will be honored at the NBJ Summit in July in Dana Point, Calif.
Miscellaneous
Genesis HealthCare System Dramatically Improves Patient Satisfaction with Vocera
Genesis HealthCare System in Zanesville, Ohio adopted Vocera Care Rounds to gather patient and family feedback during hospital stays so staff can act on complaints before discharge. Vocera says the hospital's overall HCAHPS rating rose 35 percent within a few months.
Disease
Female infertility linked to diabetes mellitus
Among 112,106 Nurses' Health Study II participants followed 24 years, women reporting infertility had a 20% higher risk of type 2 diabetes. Risk was 43% higher when infertility came from ovulation disorders and 34% higher for tubal factors; endometriosis showed no link.
Drug
The Forgotten History of Vaccinations You Need to Be Aware Of
Mercola recommends Dr. Suzanne Humphries' book Dissolving Illusions, which argues smallpox was eradicated through isolation, better nutrition, hygiene and sanitation, and that polio counts fell largely because the disease was redefined and serological testing introduced.
Lifestyle
Doing these 8 things, you live longer
A roundup of lifespan studies, which the piece says makes longevity 30% genetics and 70% lifestyle. It credits stress management with up to 10 extra years, weight loss with 8 and dropping sweetened fizzy drinks with 5, citing telomere length as the common thread.
Drug
Many Americans at risk for alcohol-medication interactions
An NIAAA study estimates that nearly 42% of US adults who drink also take medications known to interact with alcohol, rising to almost 78% among drinkers over 65. Effects range from nausea and poor coordination to internal bleeding and heart problems.
Drug
Efficacy of flu vaccine for this year is 23%, how can we do to prevent flu then?
CDC's interim estimate, drawn from 2,321 children and adults enrolled between November 10, 2014 and January 2, 2015, puts flu vaccine effectiveness against medically attended illness at 23 percent, with a confidence interval of 8 to 36 percent. Most infections were A(H3N2).
Miscellaneous
Brazilian Buyout of Chiquita Brands is Completely Bananas
Food & Water Watch's Wenonah Hauter criticizes Brazil's Cutrale Group and Safra Group for completing their purchase of Chiquita Brands International, saying it further consolidates the food supply and puts most of the 300 jobs at the company's Charlotte headquarters at risk.
Government
FDA Updates for Health Professionals
An FDA roundup for health professionals: a Drug Info Rounds video on disposing of unused medicines, a Medscape interview on new labeling for pregnant and breastfeeding women, and open comment requests on risk disclosure in direct-to-consumer TV drug ads.
Miscellaneous
Common Thread: Mission-based Companies I AM and Under the Canopy Co-Create Online Retail & Resource Destination for Healthy Lifestyle, Conscious Consumers (PR)
I AM Enlightened Creations, a certified B Corp selling liquid supplements and aromatherapy products, announces it will carry Under the Canopy's organic bedding and bath items in its online store, with the brand's organic apparel to follow in April 2015.
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