Barely 2 years old, Talia Pisano is getting tough treatment for kidney cancer that spread to her brain. She's also getting a chance at having babies of her own someday. To battle infertility...

Since 1 July Chef Sean Gravina is officially the face of the global Pasta powerhouse De Cecco for Malta. De Cecco is the brand that is used worldwide by the most important restaurants and...

A small drugmaker from North Carolina may succeed next week where many of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies have failed: in winning approval for the first drug to boost women's sexual...

Real lives, multiple babies, and underage sex. Eat well, live well, and make the most of what you’ve got. Read all about it in A&H. Out on 30th August with The Malta Independent on Sunday....

Controversy over a leading U.S. reproductive health group supplying fetal tissue for research has focused attention on a little-discussed aspect of science. Some of the organization's affiliates...

Each time mental illness is cited as a possible factor in a high-profile mass killing in the United States, there's a collective sigh among mental health professionals here. Even as they see an...

Public health agencies and drug treatment centers across the U.S. are scrambling to battle an increase in cases of hepatitis C, which they believe relates at least in part to a surge in intravenous...

Parents of picky eaters take heart: New research suggests the problem is rarely worth fretting over, although in a small portion of kids it may signal emotional troubles that should be checked...

An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea seems to work and might help shut down the waning epidemic in West Africa, according to interim results from a study published...

A group of 10 MCAST students with special needs recently visited the plant of The General Soft Drinks Co. Ltd in Marsa to get first-hand experience of a company renowned for bottling of some of the...