One of the most unusual cancer experiments is underway at a hospital, aimed at finding new treatments for deadly brain tumors. With special permission from the Food and Drug Administration and...

Using certain electronic cigarettes at high temperature settings could potentially release more formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical, than smoking traditional cigarettes does, new lab tests...

Medical marijuana should only be used for severely ill kids who have no other treatment option, the most influential U.S. pediatricians group says in a new policy. Some parents insist...

A gay nightclub in Paceville has launched a wide-ranging campaign aimed at creating more health awareness and tackling issues faced by the LGBTI community in Malta. The campaign includes the setting...

Scientists are unraveling a mystery behind a fairly common disease that leads to heart failure: Why do some people with a key mutated gene fall ill while others stay healthy? Researchers tested...

How a person's immune system does its job seems to depend more on environment and the germs he or she encounters than on genes, says new research that put twins to the test to find out. After...

For women who have survived breast cancer, breast or nipple reconstruction can be a first step toward looking like their old selves. A Colorado organization is helping some of those women, and others...

Parliamentary Secretary Stefan Buontempo today launched a series of initiatives themed ‘Additional services for our communities’. One of the initiatives will see local councils who...

It's midmorning and hundreds of people are squeezed under a banyan tree's shady canopy to have blood drawn by just three nurses, working assembly-line fast. Others wait outside this dusty rural health...

The nursing union (MUMN) has called on Health Minister Konrad Mizzi to investigate the ‘hijacking of a recently introduced service’ by certain consultants leading to patients’...