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Cross talk: Federal agencies clash on cellphone cancer risk

Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 10:27 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cellphone radiation: One says it causes cancer in rats. The other says there's no reason for people to...

At many hospitals worldwide, you don't pay, you can't leave

Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 10:26 Last update: about 9 years ago

Doctors at Nairobi's Kenyatta National Hospital have told Robert Wanyonyi there's nothing more they can do for him. Yet more than a year after he first arrived, shot and paralyzed in a robbery, the...

From Sweden with fashion…

Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 08:36 Last update: about 9 years ago Marika Azzopardi

She hails from Sweden but has spent the last few years living in Malta. When she landed on the island, little did Maria Möller know that, five years hence, she would not only have established her...

Appendix removal is linked to lower risk of Parkinson's

Monday, 19 November 2018, 10:22 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Scientists have found a new clue that Parkinson's disease may get its start not in the brain but in the gut — maybe in the appendix. People who had their appendix removed early in life had...

Mental health awareness for primary school children

Friday, 16 November 2018, 12:40 Last update: about 9 years ago

On Thursday 15th November 2018, St Joseph School, Sliema marked Mental Health Awareness Day. This was an event organized by St Joseph School, Sliema for its primary school children and was held in...

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