FDA approves 1st drug for moderate & severe eczema cases
Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 16:39
Last update: about 10 years ago
U.S. regulators have approved the first powerful, injected medicine to treat serious cases of the skin condition eczema. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Dupixent...
A plan to reduce national suicide rates
Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 08:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Joanna Demarco
Imagine that someone is contemplating ending their life, and goes to one of Malta’s most likely places to do so. At each such location there will be a fluorescent pole and deterrent/preventative...
A 'sci-fi' cancer therapy fights brain tumours, study finds
Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 16:37
Last update: about 10 years ago
It sounds like science fiction, but a cap-like device that makes electric fields to fight cancer improved survival for the first time in more than a decade for people with deadly brain tumors, final...
Neuralta – a supplement that helps combat stress
Monday, 17 April 2017, 14:57
Last update: about 10 years ago
Stress is often related to external factors such as the physical environment, including our job, our relationships with others, our home, and whatever we are confronted with in life - challenges,...
Testosterone gel shows no benefit for older men's memories
Saturday, 15 April 2017, 16:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
Testosterone treatment did not improve older men's memory or mental function in the latest results from landmark government research that challenges the anti-aging claims of popular...
UK rejects attempt to challenge assisted suicide laws
Friday, 14 April 2017, 16:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Britain's High Court has denied a bid by a terminally ill man to challenge the law on assisted suicide, ruling that the issue was already considered in recent years and does not merit further...
Life expectancy to keep rising; S. Korean women could hit 91
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 15:59
Last update: about 10 years ago
While most people born in rich countries will live longer by 2030 - with women in South Korea projected to reach nearly 91 - Americans will continue to have one of the lowest life expectancies of any...
FDA links very rare cancer, 9 deaths, to breast implants
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 15:59
Last update: about 10 years ago
Nine deaths from a very rare kind of cancer have been linked to breast implants, indicating a very low but increased risk in women with implants, according to the U.S. Food and Drug...