US nixes sleep apnea test plan for truckers, train engineers
Saturday, 19 August 2017, 15:47
Last update: about 9 years ago
U.S. officials are abandoning plans to require sleep apnea screening for truck drivers and train engineers, a decision that safety experts say puts millions of lives at risk. The Federal Railroad...
Mater Dei Hospital to offer POYC one-stop shop services
Saturday, 19 August 2017, 15:19
Last update: about 9 years ago
The Pharmacy of Your Choice one-stop shop services will now be available from Mater Dei Hospital, the Health Ministry announced. The service will start on 22 August, and will meet the...
Needles all over: What to do if you find syringes in public
Friday, 18 August 2017, 15:46
Last update: about 9 years ago
Syringes left by drug users are increasingly turning up in public places, and authorities offer this advice if you or your children should encounter any: ___ DON'T PICK THEM UP You...
Hints that lifestyle changes might guard against dementia
Thursday, 17 August 2017, 15:46
Last update: about 9 years ago
Seek a good education. Control blood pressure and diabetes. Get off the couch. There are some hints, but no proof yet, that these and other lifestyle changes just might help stave off dementia. A...
Science Says: Not all cancers need treatment right away
Saturday, 12 August 2017, 16:43
Last update: about 9 years ago
The biopsy shows cancer, so you have to act fast, right? Not necessarily, if it's a prostate tumor. Men increasingly have choices if their cancer is found at an early stage, as most cases in the...
Older people dying on job at higher rate than all workers
Friday, 11 August 2017, 16:42
Last update: about 9 years ago
Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. It's...
Man's mammogram: AP writer gets test usually done on women
Thursday, 10 August 2017, 16:41
Last update: about 9 years ago
When I arrived for my first mammogram it didn't take long for my sense of secrecy to shatter. Behind the counter were five young women, unoccupied and anxious to help. "Andrew Dalton,...
Lifestyle changes to stave off Alzheimer's? Hints, no proof
Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 16:40
Last update: about 9 years ago
There are no proven ways to stave off Alzheimer's, but a new report raises the prospect that avoiding nine key risks starting in childhood just might delay or even prevent about a third of dementia...
How severe, ongoing stress can affect a child's brain
Tuesday, 8 August 2017, 16:34
Last update: about 9 years ago
A quiet, unsmiling little girl with big brown eyes crawls inside a carpeted cubicle, hugs a stuffed teddy bear tight, and turns her head away from the noisy classroom. The safe spaces, quiet...