It is Sunday, early morning.  Some people are gladly cosy in bed with their alarm clocks switched off.  Others are still coming in from a night out clubbing while older ones are switching on...

Most of us stick to the rules when we’re eating at home. We cook based on healthy portion sizes, avoid adding salt or fat when we don’t need to, and vary our diet to include lots of fruit...

Seasonal Affective Disorder's acronym describes the condition accurately - SAD. Someone affected by seasonal affective disorder feels sad to the point of depression. A mood disorder, SAD is mostly...

Perhaps it is one of the reasons - and a key reason at that - why so many people fall ill around Christmas day and New Year, when we're all supposed to be enjoying ourselves. The so-called festive...

Malta’s health status is good when compared to the EU average, the World Health Organisations Regional Director for Europe said today.  Addressing a press conference with the Parliamentary...

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour. - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Few of us would argue with Charles Dickens' famous words. Laughter...

Multiple Sclerosis patients are now being supplied with the new pen injection, The Malta Independent has learnt. The injections also fall under the Pharmacy of Your Choice (POYC) scheme. The pen...

CareMalta, Malta's leading healthcare providers, celebrated ability during a business breakfast meeting held on 4 December at the Diamond at The Landmark, Qormi. The theme of the meeting was...

As health officials struggle to contain the world's biggest-ever Ebola outbreak, their efforts are being complicated by another problem: bad data. Having accurate numbers about an...

More women are learning their breasts are so dense that it's more difficult for mammograms to spot cancer. But new research suggests automatically giving them an extra test isn't necessarily the...