The biggest European multiethnic ensemble composed of musicians from 10 countries will be fusing their culture to speak one language through a one-time orchestral concert being held in Malta in aid of...

The latest U.S. research on eggs won't go over easy for those who can't eat breakfast without them. Adults who ate about 1 ½ eggs daily had a slightly higher risk of heart disease than...

A huge study suggests the Apple Watch can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat at least sometimes — but experts say more work is needed to tell if using wearable technology to screen for heart...

It's time for our spring issue of Taste&Flair - out with The Malta Independent on Sunday.  Check out some previews here. In this issue of Taste&Flair, Easter treats: Sweets for dessert...

Pregnant women in low-income work often face an unappealing choice: lose their job or perform duties that endanger their health and that of their baby.  Walmart, the biggest private employer...

Mercedes-Benz closed the first quarter of 2019 with 560,873 passenger cars sold worldwide (-5.6%). For the third year in a row, sales in the first quarter were therefore well over 550,000 units. In...

A man in India had to have his penis partially amputated after he developed gangrene from an erection that lasted two days, international media report. The unnamed 52-year-old presented himself...

Monthly shots of HIV drugs worked as well as daily pills to control the virus that causes AIDS in two large international tests, researchers reported Thursday. If approved by regulators in the...

Somewhere in the Midwest, a restaurant is frying foods with oil made from gene-edited soybeans. That's according to the company making the oil, which says it's the first commercial use of a...

Fad diets have long been brushed off as selfish, superficial quests to lose weight.  But if you study the actual content of popular diet books, you will discover that most tell a different...