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Cisk Pilsner voted World’s Best in World Beer Awards 2017

Monday, 28 August 2017, 14:03 Last update: about 10 years ago

Cisk Pilsner, brewed by the Farsons brewery, has been voted the World's Best Czech Style Pale Lager in the World Beer Awards 2017 at a judging event held in London earlier this month. In winning this...

Novel leukemia treatment could be 1st US gene therapy

Saturday, 26 August 2017, 15:40 Last update: about 10 years ago

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 10-0 on Wednesday in favor of the leukemia treatment developed by the University of Pennsylvania and Novartis Corp. The FDA usually follows...

Faces of Concussions: Football families share lives with CTE

Thursday, 24 August 2017, 15:39 Last update: about 10 years ago

The former New York Jets defensive back, a star of the team's only Super Bowl championship, had played a lot of golf; he was a single-digit handicap at the time. But he was watching the Golf Channel...

MCAST launches part-time courses to start in October

Thursday, 24 August 2017, 15:03 Last update: about 10 years ago

MCAST launched over 300 part-time courses including 38 new and accredited courses. The launch was held at the MCAST students' house in the presence of Stephen Vella, general manager MCAST Gateway to...

FIRST: Wild West... The modern cowgirl

Thursday, 24 August 2017, 09:00 Last update: about 10 years ago First Magazine

As the sartorial wheel of fortune turns, western-inspired everything has been chosen by the fashion gods for the current look of choice. The last time cowboy boots appeared on the runways, iPods and...

Euthanasia used for 4.5 percent of deaths in the Netherlands

Wednesday, 23 August 2017, 15:38 Last update: about 10 years ago

Euthanasia has become a common way to die in the Netherlands, accounting for 4.5 percent of deaths, according to researchers who say requests are increasing from people who aren't terminally...

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