There are standard jokes about older people, usually involving lost teeth and dentures. The cruel thing is that most people laugh out loud at these jokes, but in reality, losing one's teeth is...

It all started when Maria Caruana de Brincat was still at university. She felt several different symptoms, variously diagnosed as colds, vertigo, tinnitus (a constant ringing in the ears), and...

  Pomegranates contain plenty of antioxidants and nutrients that should be part of a healthy diet. They are very low in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium, are a good source of vitamin C...

I have never been a coffee drinker. Even as a child I can remember shrinking away from the aroma of my mum's daily cappuccino, and that dislike has never gone disappeared. On the other hand, I...

Who survives Ebola and why? Health workers treating patients in Sierra Leone, including some who died doing that work, have published the most detailed report yet on medical aspects of the...

Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say Americans should expect more cases to emerge in the United States by year's end as infected people arrive here from West Africa,...

The Alfred Mizzi Foundation will be sponsoring "SAĦĦTEK -Health and Well being", a health survey aimed at studying in detail the burden of diabetes in Malta to the extent of €50,000....

When Thomas Eric Duncan became the first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States, his relatives with roots in virus-ravaged Liberia knew what questions to ask. Would his treatment include...

New U.S. Ebola response squads are being readied to rush to any U.S. city where a new Ebola case might be identified, officials say. Meanwhile, the government has formed a second set of teams to...

Starting Monday, millions of people who have avoided colon cancer screenings can get a new home test that's noninvasive and doesn't require the icky preparation most other methods do. The test is...