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Tenet enters into settlement with HHS and CMS

Tenet Healthcare Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement as part of an industry-wide settlement with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of HHS, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that is expected to result in approximate net cash proceeds to Tenet of $84 million, of which $77 million is expected to relate to continuing operations.

12 Apr 2012

IPS examines how HIV/AIDS affects women in western Nepal

Inter Press Service examines how HIV/AIDS is affecting women in western Nepal, where life in the poor region "is getting worse thanks to HIV infection brought back by men who go to neighboring India for seasonal work."

12 Apr 2012

Guardian examines Swaziland's HIV epidemic

The Guardian examines the HIV epidemic in Swaziland, writing, "While neighboring countries have made inroads against the disease, the mountain kingdom of one million people continues to suffer setbacks, partly due to cultural norms around sexuality being exacerbated by a financial crisis." According to the news service, Swaziland has "the highest HIV rate in the world, with more than one in four adults estimated to be carrying the virus."

12 Apr 2012

U.N. Secretary-General taps U.K. PM Cameron to chair committee to develop new set of MDGs

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has been asked by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to chair a "U.N. committee tasked with establishing a new set of U.N. millennium development goals [MDGs] to follow the present goals, which expire in 2015," the Guardian reports.

12 Apr 2012

Valeant acquires Pedinol Pharmacal

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. announced today that Valeant has acquired Pedinol Pharmacal, Inc., a podiatry-focused, privately-owned specialty pharmaceutical company based in the U.S., for less than 1.5 times sales.

12 Apr 2012

Researchers, industry leaders meet in New York to discuss global health R&D

"New York global health researchers and industry leaders gathered Monday in Manhattan to discuss how global health research and development is fueling innovation and saving lives, not to mention funding jobs and companies in the state," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

12 Apr 2012

Dubai Cares makes $1M donation for deworming program in Angola

The philanthropic organization Dubai Cares has announced a $1 million donation to partner with The END Fund in the establishment "of a school-based deworming program that will treat children in Angola," according to the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases' (NTD) "End the Neglect" blog.

12 Apr 2012

New image-guided radiotherapy system at DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital

A new image-guided radiotherapy system will be dedicated on Thurs., April 19, 2012 at DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital. The TrueBeam system treats cancer more effectively through highly precise targeting of lung, breast, prostate, and head and neck tumors.

12 Apr 2012

Romney says he'll dismantle health law day 1 at the White House -- will that help him win over the right?

On the Democratic side, Vice President Joe Biden takes on Romney, while news outlets offer fact checks and reports of health policy sparring on the congressional campaign trail.

12 Apr 2012

Hospitals feel pressure to part ways with fast food

News outlets report on how a corporate watchdog group is pressing a Minneapolis hospital to get rid of its on-site McDonald's while a Kansas City, Mo., hospital is also working in this direction.

12 Apr 2012

C3BS' new production facilities in Mont-Saint-Guibert granted GMP Certification

The Belgian biotechnology company Cardio3 BioSciences (C3BS), a leader in the discovery and development of regenerative and protective therapies for the treatment of cardiac diseases, today announces that it has been granted Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Certification for its new production facilities in Mont-Saint-Guibert.

12 Apr 2012

Jim Kim's 'experience and humility' make him a good nominee for World Bank President

In this Washington Post opinion piece, Paul Farmer, a Harvard professor and co-founder of Partners In Health, and John Gershman, a professor at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, discuss the nomination of Jim Yong Kim, a global health expert and Dartmouth College president, to be president of the World Bank.

12 Apr 2012

DNDi, AstraZeneca enter collaboration on drug-compound screening for NTDs

AstraZeneca and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) today announce an agreement to collaborate on drug-compound screening for leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and sleeping sickness, three neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) which together affect nearly 10 million people worldwide.

12 Apr 2012

Survey: Health insurance cost growth outpaces everything else

Costs for all types of medical plans are expected to increase by 9.9 percent in 2012, according to a survey by Buck Consultants, a division of Xerox. This is the first time since 2001 that the survey has projected cost increases less than 10 percent for any type of plan, so a 9.9 percent increase can almost be seen as a victory.

12 Apr 2012

U-Systems receives positive FDA panel review for somo•v ABUS system for breast cancer screening

U-Systems, the leader in automated breast ultrasound, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Radiological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee recommended approval of the somo•v Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) system.

12 Apr 2012

VOA health report examines health needs in Burma amid recent political changes

This VOA Special English Health Report examines health needs in Burma, where "[h]ealth workers are warning about the spread of a form of drug-resistant malaria."

12 Apr 2012

Bariatric surgery more effective in treating people with type 2 diabetes

Approximately 200,000 people in the U.S. have bariatric surgery each year as a means to achieve significant weight loss. Recent reports indicating that bariatric surgery is more effective in treating people with type 2 diabetes than medication alone is likely to make this procedure even more popular.

12 Apr 2012