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Number, severity of brain injuries raises dementia risk

Friday, 18 May 2018, 10:01 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A large study offers more evidence of a link between traumatic brain injuries and dementia later in life, with repeated injuries and severe ones posing the greatest danger. Researchers analyzed...

Immune therapy scores big win against lung cancer in study

Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 09:57 Last update: about 9 years ago

For the first time, a treatment that boosts the immune system greatly improved survival in people newly diagnosed with the most common form of lung cancer. It's the biggest win so far for...

Fish oil capsules don't help dry eye symptoms, study finds

Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 09:56 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Many doctors recommend them, but fish oil supplements failed to help people with dry eye when put to a scientific test. About 14 percent of U.S. adults have dry eye, which causes pain and vision...

15 years of BMW X models - it all started with an X

Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 12:43 Last update: about 13 years ago

This letter was first used as a model designation for a BMW automobile as early as in the mid-1980s to indicate that it featured four-wheel drive technology. The car's dual symmetry was the ideal...

Clues to how people bounce back from surgery

Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 20:04 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

  One of the big frustrations of surgery: There's little way to know if a patient will be a fast or slow healer, someone who feels back to normal in a week or is out of work for a month with...

Get ready for this weekend's bumper edition of Taste&Flair

Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 15:31 Last update: about 13 years ago

Taste&Flair is out this Sunday with The Malta Independent - a huge bumper issue packed with more delicious features, wonderful photography and stylish spreads!  This issue is another...

Dior gets frantic with Cotillard, Bruni, Fanning

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 22:01 Last update: about 13 years ago

There was something frantic in the air on Friday at Christian Dior. The queue for the ready-to-wear show snaked out way past the storied walls of Paris' Louvre and dangerously into the...

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