Medtronic will raise about $16 billion in external debt to fund the cash portion of its Covidien acquisition instead of using cash from foreign subsidiaries. Terms are unchanged: each Covidien share converts to $35.19 in cash and 0.956 of a Medtronic plc share.
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Health News
Drugs, disease, healthcare, government and lifestyle: health news beyond the plate.
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Miscellaneous
Product Recalls from CPSC - 10.03.2014
The CPSC announced that Zazou Scarves is refunding about 3,800 silk scarves that fail the federal flammability standard for apparel, with no incidents reported, and that Toys R Us recalled children's sandals over a choking hazard.
Miscellaneous
APEC photo contest finalists announced, public to pick winner
APEC picked ten finalists in its 2014 photo contest and asked the public to vote through apps on its Facebook and Weibo pages. The photo with the most likes by 24 October wins the Popular Choice Award and SGD 1,000.
Miscellaneous
From pink ribbons to prevention - newsletter from Breast Cancer Fund
A Breast Cancer Fund newsletter promoting its shift-to-prevention campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, its Peak Hike fundraiser, a petition to Procter & Gamble over cosmetics chemicals, and California's newly signed flame retardant labeling law.
Drug
Heroin overdose deaths increased in many states through 2012
A CDC analysis of death certificates from 28 states, published in MMWR, found heroin overdose deaths rose sharply between 2010 and 2012, though prescription opioids still killed more than twice as many. Earlier research found about 3 in 4 new heroin users had first abused prescription opioids.
Miscellaneous
APEC boosting blood supply chain as demand surges
APEC life sciences officials meeting in Manila drew up a 2020 Blood Supply Chain Roadmap, the region's first, to build blood service capacity, infrastructure and governance and harmonize safety standards. Delegates also opened the door to a Center of Excellence for Blood Safety.
Miscellaneous
Making Old Lungs Look Young Again
Ohio State researchers found that mouse lungs grow more inflammatory with age and that ibuprofen lowered that inflammation. Immune cells from treated old lungs then fought tuberculosis bacteria as well as cells from young mice; the drug had no such effect in young mice.
Miscellaneous
United Fresh Receives Top ASAE Honors for Leadership in School Salad Bars Program
ASAE gave United Fresh Produce Association's United Fresh Start Foundation a 2014 Power of A Summit Award for its program placing salad bars in schools, which the association says reaches more than two million students in 3,500 schools.
Miscellaneous
The World Beer Festival—Durham reveals festival commemorative tasting glass
The World Beer Festival in Durham unveiled its 2014 commemorative snifter, which holds a 4-ounce pour instead of the 2-ounce plastic cups used before. The October 11 event at Durham Bulls Athletic Park has two sessions and is nearly sold out.
Miscellaneous
Portland Screening of New Documentary Resistance Set for October 9
The documentary Resistance, which examines antibiotic resistance through interviews, archival material and footage shot in the U.S. and abroad, has its Portland premiere on October 9. Filmmaker Michael Graziano calls antibiotics a public resource that must be managed.
Miscellaneous
FEAR: MOTIVATOR OR DEPRESSANT?
Ralph Campbell, MD argues in the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service that the word fear once meant awe or respect, and that television news and pharmaceutical advertising now trade on fear, worry and anxiety to hold an audience and sell drugs.
Government
Recall news from CPSC 09-30-2014
Four recalls in one bulletin: 5,300 pairs of Trimfoot First Impressions infant sneakers sold at Macy's, whose metal eyelets can detach and choke; Franklin Fueling hardwall fuel curb hose over fire and explosion risk; and two boys' hooded sweatshirts pulled for strangulation hazards.
Miscellaneous
Texas crop, weather for Sept. 30, 2014
Texas hay supplies range from surplus to nearly nonexistent, a Texas A&M AgriLife forage specialist says. Rains east of I-35 have filled many barns, while parts of the Rolling Plains near Vernon remain in exceptional drought, and hay is moving west from surplus areas.
Miscellaneous
The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Excise Tax On Medical Devices Packaging
A Delia Associates release argues medical device makers must adapt to the Affordable Care Act's 2.3 percent excise tax, projected to raise about $20 billion over 10 years, and flags its inconsistent treatment of packaging for commercially assembled convenience kits.
Miscellaneous
3D Mammography Leads to Cancer Diagnosis in Hospital President
Debra Flores, president of Sentara CarePlex Hospital, had found the money to buy her system's first 3D mammography machine; months later the device found cancer in both her breasts, including a Stage 0 tumor. She had lumpectomies and radiation and is now cancer free.
Drug
3D Technologies Poised to Change How Doctors Diagnose Cancers
An FDA team studying how clinicians read medical images is evaluating 3D breast tomosynthesis, 3D ultrasound and breast CT as successors to 2D mammography. Two devices already have FDA approval, though the article calls the technology exploratory and years from routine use in doctors' offices.
Miscellaneous
Meaghan's story: from breast cancer survivor to advocate
A Breast Cancer Fund fundraising letter that tells the story of Meaghan Campbell, diagnosed at 32 and now cancer free, and asks readers to donate toward preventing breast cancer.
Drug
Xolair (omalizumab): Drug Safety Communication - Slightly Elevated Risk of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Serious Adverse Events
An FDA safety review found a slightly increased risk of heart and brain blood vessel problems among patients treated with the asthma drug Xolair, and the agency added that information to the label. Cancer rates did not differ, though study limits leave a potential risk unresolved.
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