Alive 2014 cyclists meet researchers at the University of Malta
Sunday, 15 June 2014, 18:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Taking a short break from their Sunday training session, Alive Charity Foundation cyclists, last Sunday stopped at the University of Malta and visited the Laboratory of Molecular...
Study documents MERS spread from camel to person
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 15:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A new report offers the strongest evidence yet that a mysterious Middle East virus spreads from camels to people. Researchers studied the illness of a 44-year-old camel owner in Saudi...
Making embryos from 3 people doesn't look unsafe
Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 15:28
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Britain's fertility regulator says controversial techniques to create embryos from the DNA of three people "do not appear to be unsafe" even though no one has ever received the...
Altadrine Fat & Carb Blocker
Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 13:12
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Altadrine Fat & Carb blocker is an alpha-amylase inhibitory natural extract obtained from Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean, white kidney bean) that blocks the digestion of carbohydrates and...
30 percent of world is now fat, no country immune
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 15:21
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis. Researchers found more than 2...
First lady's fashions raise question: who pays?
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 15:11
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Michelle Obama's fashionable clothing has become something of a given in her five-plus years as first lady. Yet her wardrobe still is the subject of endless public fascination and one...
US officials: Measles tally doubled in past month
Saturday, 7 June 2014, 15:07
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Measles cases are accelerating, and in the last five months have caused more U.S. illnesses than in any entire year since 1996. Health officials say 307 cases have been reported since New...
Study: King Richard III maligned as hunchback
Friday, 6 June 2014, 15:05
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
He may have had a twisted spine, but England's King Richard III was no hunchback, according to a new analysis of the medieval king's skeleton. After the bones of the 15th-century...
Drug helps breast cancer patients keep fertility
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 15:02
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Doctors may have found a way to help young breast cancer patients avoid infertility caused by chemotherapy. Giving a drug to shut down the ovaries temporarily seems to boost the odds they will work...