Fashion Week: A streaker, Brooklyn Navy Yard
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 15:35
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
One of the most talked-about events of the week was Alexander Wang's show scheduled Saturday night in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It's an interesting venue but one that's not familiar to most...
NY Fashion Week: Carrie Underwood and 2 Olympians
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 15:25
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A world away from Sochi, New York Fashion Week managed a connection or two to the Olympics. Skier Lindsey Vonn, the 2010 Olympic gold medalist, and figure skater Sasha Cohen,...
Pfizer breast cancer drug hits midstage study goal
Monday, 17 February 2014, 16:07
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. said Monday that a midstage study of its experimental drug for advanced breast cancer, palbociclib, met the main goal. The world's second-biggest drugmaker said...
New treatment could reduce kids' peanut allergies
Monday, 17 February 2014, 15:58
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
An experimental therapy that fed children with peanut allergies small amounts of peanut flour has helped more than 80 percent of them safely eat a handful of the previously worrisome...
Cara, Kate lead pack
Monday, 17 February 2014, 15:26
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The rain and gale force winds have subsided, at least for now, and that's good for preening and people-watching at London Fashion Week, which hit Day 3 Sunday. Models Cara Delevingne and...
Wang lures fashionistas to Brooklyn Navy Yard
Monday, 17 February 2014, 15:23
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
There are hip fashion shows. And then there are fashion shows that seek nothing less than to redefine just how hip a fashion show can be. How else to describe...
Kids' obesity risk starts before school age
Sunday, 16 February 2014, 15:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A new study of obesity finds that much of a child's "weight fate" is set by age 5, and that nearly half of kids who became obese by the eighth grade were already overweight when they...
Sure it's winter, but Mr Turk talks swim trunks
Sunday, 16 February 2014, 15:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Sure it's winter, but summer is year-round on the Instagram feed of Terry Miller in itsy bitsy bathing trunks designed by Mr. Turk. We caught up with Mr. Turk, aka stylist and...
First guidelines issued to prevent stroke in women
Saturday, 15 February 2014, 15:50
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Just as heart attack symptoms may differ between men and women, so do stroke risks. Now, the American Heart Association has issued its first guidelines for preventing strokes in women....
Prabal Gurung show disrupted by G-string streaker
Saturday, 15 February 2014, 15:19
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
There were opulent gongs, mood music and richly colored coats on Prabal Gurung's Himalayas-inspired runway Saturday at New York Fashion Week. Oh, and something unusual: a...