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Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brain

Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 15:38 Last update: about 10 years ago

Even in your 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing can stave off mental decline, new research says. Benefits were greatest in computer users and...

AP Interview: Depression, anguish when playing career ends

Tuesday, 7 February 2017, 15:37 Last update: about 10 years ago

On the training pitches at Arsenal is where Jason Brown feels at peace. Coaching academy players, the retired goalkeeper feels unburdened of the mental anguish. "This is my distraction," Brown,...

Altacura Propolis to Combat Influenza

Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 10:42 Last update: about 10 years ago

The flu season is bringing about a hectic mania of people rushing to get their flu shots!  Nevertheless it is worthwhile to go one step ahead and protect yourself even further.  On the...

Can breakfast help keep us thin? Nutrition science is tricky

Monday, 30 January 2017, 16:38 Last update: about 11 years ago

Cereal makers have happily encouraged the belief that eating breakfast can help keep us thin and bring other benefits, partly by paying for studies that seem to support the idea. So, does that...

Pharmacies opening today between 9am and noon

Sunday, 29 January 2017, 06:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

Valletta: New British Dispensary, 109/110 St John Street; Ħamrun: Thomas' Pharmacy, 796 St Joseph High Street; Qormi: Tal-Ħlas Pharmacy, Freedom Street; Birkirkara: Herba Pharmacy, 183 High...

Volunteers get bit to test new strategy for malaria vaccine

Saturday, 28 January 2017, 16:34 Last update: about 11 years ago

Researchers infected lab mosquitoes with genetically weakened malaria parasites, and then recruited volunteers willing to be bitten - a lot - to test a possible new strategy for a vaccine. The...

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