Almonds used to have about 170 calories per serving. Then researchers said it was really more like 130. A little later, they said the nuts may have even less. Calorie counting can be a simple way...

Reports rolled in with escalating urgency — pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed by schoolchildren, pills in the pockets of dead terrorists.  These pills, the world has been told,...

New results  from the largest long-term study of brain development and children's health raise provocative questions about obesity and brain function. Does excess body weight somehow reduce...

In the latest concrete example of European teamwork, a number of monitors and sensors purchased for the MEDIWARN project will allow patient parameters to be displayed in a central console at the...

Telehealth Occupational Therapy is a new project launched on Monday 11 May 2020 by the Directorate Allied Health Care Services, through the office of the Director General Health Care Services -...

One in every five Americans now lives in a state with legal access to a medically assisted death. In theory, assisted dying laws allow patients with a terminal prognosis to hasten the end of their...

Although I am teaching a course at Indiana University this semester on the opioid epidemic, I can't get meth out of my mind.  A colleague of mine was recently carjacked. He was forced to...

The current Coronavirus pandemic has placed considerable strain on Malta's health system and its dedicated human resources. Seeking to provide a helping hand during these testing times for the...

The recent global spread of a deadly coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, has led world leaders to invoke an ancient tradition to control the spread of illness: quarantine.  The practice...

More than 50% of Maltese who develop voice problems, do so because they don't use their voice properly or care for it. World Voice Day is celebrated on 16 April and the Association of Speech-Language...