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Kids with rare rapid-aging disease get hope from study drug

Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 10:57 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Children with a rare, incurable disease that causes rapid aging and early death may live longer if treated with an experimental drug first developed for cancer patients, a study suggests. The...

US experts back marijuana-based drug for childhood seizures

Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 10:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A medicine made from the marijuana plant moved one step closer to U.S. approval Thursday after federal health advisers endorsed it for the treatment of severe seizures in children with...

Water Festival at Ghasri school

Monday, 28 May 2018, 19:16 Last update: about 9 years ago

The Laura Vicuna School in Ghasri Gozo last week organised the Water Festival, which this year had the theme: ‘Reuse and save energy as to save water’. Gozo Minister Justyne Caruana,...

Spouses can boost early detection for melanoma patients

Monday, 28 May 2018, 10:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

There's an extra bonus to marriage for melanoma patients: They tend to be diagnosed in earlier more treatable stages than patients who are unmarried, widowed or divorced, a new study...

Opioid treatment gap in Medicare: methadone clinics

Friday, 25 May 2018, 10:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

One in three older Americans with Medicare drug coverage is prescribed opioid painkillers, but for those who develop a dangerous addiction there is one treatment Medicare won't cover:...

The all new menu at The de Mondion Restaurant

Thursday, 24 May 2018, 13:00 Last update: about 9 years ago

Set atop Mdina's centuries-old bastions, within the Xara Palace Relais & Chateaux, the Infinitely Xara team and the de Mondion Restaurant recently organized a celebration of the senses for the...

A Maltese day in the UK held by ITS students

Thursday, 24 May 2018, 09:35 Last update: about 9 years ago

Five Diploma students currently on internship at the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales organised a Maltese day, including typical Maltese dishes for 300 of their colleagues. The Celtic Manor Resort...

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