- TUESDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) — The makers of the type 2
diabetes drug Byetta reported Tuesday the deaths of four more people who'd
been taking the medication.

The announcement by Eli Lilly and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. came a
week after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that two Byetta
users had died of acute pancreatitis, a [...]

- (HealthDay News) — It's important for a child to learn to be
independent and care for himself. But how do you know when a child is old
and mature enough to stay alone?

In general, a child younger than age 10 probably isn't ready. But when
it comes to older children, the Nemours Foundation says the [...]

- WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) — People throughout the
world have major misconceptions when it comes to what causes cancer, new
research suggests.

Results from a survey released Aug. 27 at the International Union
Against Cancer's (UICC's) World Cancer Congress in Geneva, found that
people tend to inflate the threat from environmental factors and minimize
the threat of behaviors [...]

A chef cooks beef. Spanish health authorities have said they were looking into the possibility that a woman who died last week at a hospital in Leon suffered from the human variant of mad cow disease.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)

MADRID (AFP) -
Spanish health authorities said Wednesday they were looking into the possibility that a woman who died last [...]

A woman bites into an apple. People are deeply confused about what causes cancer and the most effective means of prevention, with many favouring more fruit rather than cutting down alcohol, a new study has said.(DDP/AFP/File/Juergen Schwarz)

GENEVA (AFP) -
People are deeply confused about what causes cancer and the most effective means of prevention, with many [...]

A couple tend to their child who is suspected to be infected with bird flu at a hospital in Medan on August 6. Japan's Sharp Corp. has said that it has developed an air purifier that eliminates 99.9 percent of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu within 10 minutes.(AFP/File)

TOKYO (AFP) -
Japan's Sharp Corp. said [...]

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has said its Lucentis eye treatment has been recommended by Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) as a cost-effective therapy to stave off blindness.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)

GENEVA (AFP) -
Novartis said Wednesday its Lucentis eye treatment has been recommended by Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) as a [...]

- TUESDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) — Imagine you're in a foreign
country where learning the language is incredibly hard, if not
impossible.

No one understands what you're saying. You can't comprehend a word. The
best you can do is point and gesture, and hope the other person
understands what you're trying to get across.

You're now in a position [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Antibiotics can help you recover from a
bacterial infection, but they offer no medical benefit against
viruses.

Prescribing an antibiotic for an viral illness, in fact, isn't a good
idea. Overuse of these medicines can make the bacteria in your body
resistant to the drugs. The medicines then lose their effectiveness,
making a bacterial illness harder [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Workouts for your mind are as important as
they are for your body, especially as you get older.

Here are suggestions on how to keep your mind sharp, courtesy of the
Cleveland Clinic:

Challenge yourself with activities. Try a crossword puzzle, take a
class, or build something.
Create to-do lists to help you remember appointments and
activities.
When [...]