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Today's Globe: skin cancer's other risks; nuts, popcorn, and colon ills; lead rules; Byetta deaths

E-mail|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Elizabeth Cooney August 27, 2008 06:58 AM

People who have had a normally nonfatal form of skin cancer have double the risk of developing other types of cancers, US researchers said yesterday.

Contrary to popular belief and common medical advice, eating seeds, nuts, corn, and popcorn does not cause the bowel disease diverticulosis or its painful complications, researchers said yesterday.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has withdrawn regulations that would have severely limited lead in children's jewelry following federal action that will create nationwide standards restricting lead in all children's products.

Eli Lilly and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. reported four new deaths in patients taking Byetta, even as the companies tried to shore up the safety profile of their diabetes medication (sixth item).

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Elizabeth Cooney is a former health reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, where she also was a business reporter and an editor. Earlier in her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and worked for Boston magazine.