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No easy answers on best heart check-up for young athletes

Thursday, 20 September 2018, 15:13 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

What kind of heart check-up do young athletes need to make the team? A large study of teenage soccer players in England found in-depth screening didn't detect signs of trouble in some athletes who...

Battle of the Brains – Round 4

Thursday, 20 September 2018, 10:30 Last update: about 9 years ago

Malta University Sports & Leisure have once again teamed up with the University of Malta Research, Innovation and Development Trust to help raise funds for research in ALS.  Since its...

A review of the English language travel sector in Malta

Thursday, 20 September 2018, 10:27 Last update: about 9 years ago

The Malta Tourism Authority is financing a review on the English Language Travel Sector in Malta in collaboration with the Federation for English Language Teaching Organisations in Malta (Feltom). The...

Multi-gene test may find risk for heart disease and more

Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 15:12 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

You know your cholesterol, your blood pressure ... your heart gene score? Researchers say a new way of analyzing genetic test data may one day help identify people at high risk of a youthful heart...

Helping nature: Inducing labour avoids caesarean for some mums

Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 15:09 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Move over, Mother Nature. First-time moms at low risk of complications were less likely to need a caesarean delivery if labour was induced at 39 weeks instead of waiting for it to start on its own, a...

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