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The Breast Cancer Gollcher Charity Walk

Tuesday, 19 April 2016, 10:52 Last update: about 11 years ago

The Gollcher Group is organising a charity walk in aid of Europa Donna, which is an independent non-profitorganisation which works to raise awareness of breast cancer and to mobilise the support of...

4-legged healers soothe hospital's stressed-out docs, nurses

Monday, 18 April 2016, 15:59 Last update: about 11 years ago

Patients who delay getting treatment and insurers who balk at paying for it are among job stresses that Chicago nurse Ben Gerling faces on a semi-regular basis. So there was no tail-dragging when his...

Engel & Völkers Sara Grech promotes healthy living

Monday, 18 April 2016, 14:32 Last update: about 11 years ago

Leading premium real estate agency Engel & Völkers Sara Grech is sponsoring the 2016 Malta Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (MFBBF) National Championships & International Grand...

Volunteering for infection in hunt for dengue, Zika vaccines

Saturday, 16 April 2016, 14:01 Last update: about 11 years ago

Forget mosquito bites. Volunteers let researchers in the U.S. inject them with the dengue virus in the name of science - and an experimental vaccine protected them. Next up, scientists plan to use...

World Voice Day 2016

Friday, 15 April 2016, 14:28 Last update: about 11 years ago

Expressing needs and opinions, giving orders, shouting, making phone calls, singing, acting, preaching....these are just few of the tasks the voice carries out on a daily basis. It is the smallest...

Study: Huge global exercise contest shows healthy potential

Friday, 15 April 2016, 13:59 Last update: about 11 years ago

A workplace exercise challenge using pedometers and social media in a global competition shows potential to improve health in a study involving almost 70,000 employees in 64 countries. In the...

State health officials urged to get ready now for Zika in US

Thursday, 14 April 2016, 13:58 Last update: about 11 years ago

The U.S. government urged health officials around the country Friday to get ready now in case there are outbreaks of the mosquito-borne Zika virus this summer. A Zika epidemic has been sweeping...

Engel & Völkers Sara Grech promotes healthy living

Thursday, 14 April 2016, 09:55 Last update: about 11 years ago

Leading premium real estate agency Engel & Völkers Sara Grech is sponsoring the 2016 Malta Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (MFBBF) National Championships & International Grand...

What to know about the tropical Zika virus in Latin America

Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 13:57 Last update: about 11 years ago

A rare tropical disease has become epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean. The mosquito-borne Zika virus usually causes a mild illness but is now suspected in an unusual birth defect and other...

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