In this week's news, Abbott is splitting into two companies, and heart failure is sending fewer people to the hospital.

• Abbott to Separate into Two Companies (Qmed)
• Fewer Americans Hospitalized for Heart Failure (The Clinical Advisor)
• What Does It Take to Innovate in Medtech? (MD+DI)
• Danish Study Finds No Link Between Cell Phones and Cancer (Associated Press)
• St. Jude's Daniel Starks Jabs Medtronic over Riata Heart Defibrillator Lead (Qmed)

—Jamie Hartford