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Concussions and kids: know the signs

Tuesday, 26 September 2017, 14:00 Last update: about 10 years ago The Conversation

Head trauma is a major public health concern in the United States, with indirect and direct health-care costs approaching nearly US$1 billion annually. Worse, head trauma also can cause short- and...

Can random bits of DNA lead to safe, new antibiotics and herbicides?

Monday, 25 September 2017, 22:36 Last update: about 10 years ago The Conversation

I was cutting my grass when the battery in my iPod died. Instead of enjoying the distraction of music, my brain switched to its usual nerd mode of thinking about molecules. Within a few passes of cut...

Maltese academic pharmacist receives international fellowship

Friday, 22 September 2017, 12:23 Last update: about 10 years ago

Lilian M. Azzopardi, Professor of Pharmacy and head of Department of Pharmacy at the University of Malta received the International Pharmaceutical Federation Fellowship during the 77th World Congress...

University of Malta Research marks World Alzheimer’s Day

Friday, 22 September 2017, 12:20 Last update: about 10 years ago

Researchers at the University of Malta are marking World Alzheimer's Day on 21 September with important research that can have a most useful impact on patients and their carers. The researchers are...

35 patients to benefit from new free cancer drug

Monday, 18 September 2017, 19:23 Last update: about 10 years ago

Another 35 cancer patients will start receiving medicinal treatment for free, Health Minister Chris Fearne said this afternoon. Enlisting achievements within the health sector since the June...

US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia

Saturday, 16 September 2017, 12:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials have approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy...

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