Brits having less sex _ but more variety
Monday, 2 December 2013, 15:41
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
When it comes to the bedroom, the British may be getting less busy, but more creative. According to results from the latest national sex survey, Britons are having sex less often — but the kinds...
US survey: More than 1 in 10 kids has ADHD
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 16:12
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Health officials say the number of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder continues to rise. The latest survey says more than 1 in 10 children has been diagnosed with...
US doctors urge wider use of cholesterol drugs
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 16:11
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
US doctors are calling for the wider use of cholesterol-fighting statin drugs to prevent heart attacks and strokes. The first new U.S. heart disease prevention guidelines in a decade also...
Global study: Kids less fit than parents were
Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 16:05
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Today's kids can't keep up with their parents. An analysis of studies on millions of children around the world finds they don't run as fast or as far as their parents...
Eating nuts is tied to lower risk of death
Monday, 25 November 2013, 16:04
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Help yourself to some nuts this holiday season: Regular nut eaters were less likely to die of cancer or heart disease — in fact, were less likely to die of any cause — during a 30-year...
Seeking lung donors after at-home death
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 14:47
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The pair of lungs sits inside a clear dome, gently inflating as doctors measure how well they'll breathe if implanted into a patient who desperately needs them. It's a little-known...
Rickets making a comeback in the UK, doctors say
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 14:46
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Rickets, the childhood disease that once caused an epidemic of bowed legs and curved spines during the Victorian era, is making a shocking comeback in 21st-century Britain. Rickets results...
Czechs in quandary over legal medical marijuana
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 14:45
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Just three years ago, the only thing that Zdenek Majzlik knew about cannabis was that it's good stuff for making rope. Today, the 67-year-old retired nuclear power plant employee is an experienced...
Boys a bit more likely than girls to be born early
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 14:44
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Boys are slightly more likely to be born premature than girls, and they tend to fare worse, says a new report on the health of the world's newborns. "It's a pattern that...
Bird flu strain infects human for 1st time
Monday, 18 November 2013, 14:37
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A strain of bird flu that scientists thought could not infect people has shown up in a Taiwanese woman, a nasty surprise that shows scientists must do more to spot worrisome flu strains before they...