Children's school lunch is a tug-of-war between proper nutrition and peer pressure. Parents sometimes struggle to get their children's school lunch right. Fussy eaters may not be getting the nutrition...

7am. The alarm goes off and I am absolutely furious about it. So I start my morning ritual: a detailed mental debate with myself about the many reasons why I should stay in bed. I make quick...

Ebola is giving Americans a crash course in fear. Yet, they're incredibly less likely to get the disease than to get sick worrying about it. First, the reality check: More Americans have...

ALTADRINE FRUIT & VEGETABLES tablets are for people missing out on fruit and vegetables but also ideal to have a mixed, varied and well balanced diet. ALTADRINE FRUIT &...

Malta will be one of 31 countries participating in the first Neuro Against Smoking (NAS) Project, the world's largest international neuro study dedicated to health issues. The study is being headed by...

The World Health Organization said Saturday that it wouldn't explain details contained in an internal document obtained by The Associated Press in which the U.N. health agency said it fumbled early...

An experimental treatment for blindness that uses embryonic stem cells appears to be safe, and it improved vision in more than half of the patients who got it, two early studies show. Researchers...

A number of nurses working at government health centres who spoke to The Malta Independent said that it was through information disseminated in the media that they learned that the flu vaccination...

How come nurses wearing protective gear can catch Ebola from a patient, but health officials keep saying you almost certainly won't get it from someone sitting next to you on a plane? First, the...

A Dallas nurse being treated for Ebola has received a plasma transfusion from a doctor who beat his own infection with the deadly virus after getting a similar treatment. The reason: Antibodies in the...