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A cancer screening flop: Few smokers seek free lung scans

Thursday, 7 June 2018, 08:54 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Lung cancer screening has proved to be stunningly unpopular. Five years after government and private insurers started paying for it, less than 2 percent of eligible current and former smokers have...

UN agency calls for all countries to rid foods of trans fat

Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 08:51 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The World Health Organization is calling on all nations to rid foods of artificial trans fats in the next five years. The United Nations agency has in the past pushed to exterminate infectious...

Italian researchers develop lighter, cheaper robotic hand

Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 08:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Italian researchers unveiled a new robotic hand they say allows users to grip objects more naturally and features a design that will lower the price significantly. The Hennes robotic hand has a...

Free weekly acupuncture treatments in Gozo

Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 12:31 Last update: about 9 years ago

Since 1994, several Chinese medical teams have been offering medical treatment to the Maltese public from the Mediterranean Regional Centre for Traditional Chinese Medicine in Kordin. This...

Sexism isn't just unfair; it makes women sick, study suggests

Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 08:48 Last update: about 9 years ago The Conversation

Recent social movements such as the Women’s March, #MeToo, #TimesUp, #BalanceTonPorc (#OutYourPig), and #SayHerName draw attention to the broad spectrum gender-related violence that is pervasive...

Drug epidemic ensnares 25-year-old pill for nerve pain

Monday, 4 June 2018, 08:46 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The story line sounds familiar: a popular pain drug becomes a new way to get high as prescribing by doctors soars. But the latest drug raising red flags is not part of the opioid family at the...

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