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  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- The makers of the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta reported ...

• Mistaken Beliefs About Cancer Abound

  August 27 (HealthDay News) -- People throughout the world have major misconceptions when it comes ...

• Study Links Spanking to Physical Abuse

  August 27 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to mothers who don't spank their children, mothers who've ...

• Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death

  August 27 (HealthDay News) -- A new scoring system for assessing patients' risk of in-hospital ...

• Pancreatic Cells Turned Into Insulin-Producing Beta Cells

  Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have succeeded in transforming pancreatic cells from adult mice ...

• Mental Skills Can Decline Years Before Dying

  August 27 (HealthDay News) -- In their golden years, men and women who remain free ...

• New Test Identifies Heart Transplant Rejection

  August 27 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved AlloMap, a ...

• When Communication Is Lost

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- Imagine you're in a foreign country where learning the language ...

• Preterm Births Linked to Infection of Amniotic Fluid

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- Infections of amniotic fluid are more common than previously believed ...

• Tobacco Control Program Saved Billions in Health Costs

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- California's state tobacco program resulted in a 50-to-1 return on ...

• Scientists ID Pathway That Makes Antipsychotic Drugs Work

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- New findings that antipsychotic drugs may not work as scientists ...

• Number of Uninsured Americans Drops

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans without health insurance dropped by more ...

• Findings Challenge Tight Glucose Control for Critically Ill Patients

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- Tight glucose control doesn't significantly reduce the risk of in-hospital ...

• Drug May Lower Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Hypertension

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- The drug allopurinol -- a drug used to lower uric ...

• Nuts, Seeds, Popcorn Don't Boost Diverticulosis Risk

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- People with diverticular disease, a common digestive disorder, are typically ...

• Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Ups Risk for Other Cancers

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- People with a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer face twice ...

• 'Ayurvedic' Medicines May Contain Lead, Mercury or Arsenic

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- About one in five ayurvedic medicine products purchased on the ...

• Single Rooms Becoming the Norm in New Hospitals

  August 26 (HealthDay News) -- France is doing it. Britain, the Netherlands and Norway are ...

• Cheerleading Causes Majority of Female Athlete Injuries

  August 25 (HealthDay News) -- Over the past 25 years, cheerleading accounted for two-thirds of ...