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Needles all over: What to do if you find syringes in public

Friday, 18 August 2017, 15:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

Syringes left by drug users are increasingly turning up in public places, and authorities offer this advice if you or your children should encounter any: ___ DON'T PICK THEM UP You...

Hints that lifestyle changes might guard against dementia

Thursday, 17 August 2017, 15:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

Seek a good education. Control blood pressure and diabetes. Get off the couch. There are some hints, but no proof yet, that these and other lifestyle changes just might help stave off dementia. A...

FIRST: Three Maltese fashion designers

Thursday, 17 August 2017, 08:21 Last update: about 10 years ago First Magazine

Carla Grima, 28, Iklin - the Maltese Resort Princess I missed seeing Carla Grima at the Malta Fashion Week, but we were invited to her show at Broadside Terrace at Corinthia Palace. It was...

Science Says: Not all cancers need treatment right away

Saturday, 12 August 2017, 16:43 Last update: about 10 years ago

The biopsy shows cancer, so you have to act fast, right? Not necessarily, if it's a prostate tumor. Men increasingly have choices if their cancer is found at an early stage, as most cases in the...

Older people dying on job at higher rate than all workers

Friday, 11 August 2017, 16:42 Last update: about 10 years ago

Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. It's...

Man's mammogram: AP writer gets test usually done on women

Thursday, 10 August 2017, 16:41 Last update: about 10 years ago

When I arrived for my first mammogram it didn't take long for my sense of secrecy to shatter. Behind the counter were five young women, unoccupied and anxious to help. "Andrew Dalton,...

Lifestyle changes to stave off Alzheimer's? Hints, no proof

Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 16:40 Last update: about 10 years ago

There are no proven ways to stave off Alzheimer's, but a new report raises the prospect that avoiding nine key risks starting in childhood just might delay or even prevent about a third of dementia...

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