Finances and fear deter many morbidly obese patients from having stomach-reducing bariatric surgery, but it's steadily becoming more common. Surgical techniques and insurance coverage have...

Federal health officials on Friday issued first-time guidance for couples planning a pregnancy if either partner may have been exposed to Zika, the tropical disease linked to birth defects. The...

Have a look at some sneak peeks from this weekend's 160 page bumper issue of TASTE&FLAIR! Out this Sunday 3 April with The Malta Independent. Have you reserved your copy yet?  160 pages...

When he was a teenager, Lee Gonzales could not save his uncle from a heroin overdose. Now he worries that the same drug could kill him after he gets out of jail. As Gonzales remembers, he had...

Federal health regulators will add their strongest warning labels to the most widely prescribed painkillers, part of a multi-pronged government campaign to stem an epidemic of abuse and death tied to...

Salvatore Ferragamo's creative director, Massimiliano Giornetti, is leaving the fashion house after 16 years. In a statement, Ferragamo thanked Giornetti for his commitment and...

A cancer survivor decided to commission a painting representing her experience with the illness and to encourage those who are undergoing treatment. The painting, done by artist Jesmond Vassallo,...

Big companies are pushing back against proposed federal rules they say would require their medical plans to cover gender transition and other services under the nondiscrimination mandate of...

Giorgio Armani has agreed to stop using fur for all its products, following years of lobbying by animal rights activists. Armani said in a statement Tuesday that new technologies "render the use...

The Rickshaw Restaurant, at the Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa, recently launched its new menu, which is packed full of new dishes, flavours and ingredients to delight diners. The hotel's...