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US approves new targeted breast cancer drug

Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 14:39 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind breast cancer medication that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones.   The drug Kadcyla from Roche combines the...

Don't have time to eat breakfast? Drink it

Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 14:34 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

If you don't have time to sit down for a bowl of cereal in the morning, companies are hoping you'll want to drink your breakfast.   As companies struggle to grow cereal sales in the...

Galliano's outfit: anti-Semitic or just eccentric?

Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 14:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    Fashion designer John Galliano didn't appear at New York Fashion Week, but he made headlines there anyway.   Galliano landed on the front of the New York Post on...

Scientists use 3-D printing to help grow an ear

Monday, 25 February 2013, 16:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Printing out body parts? Cornell University researchers showed it is possible by creating a replacement ear using a 3-D printer and injections of living cells.   The work reported Wednesday...

Battle of the chefs on golf course during festival

Monday, 25 February 2013, 16:12 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

What do you get when a group of celebrity chefs move from the kitchen to the fairway following a long — and late — night of wine and burgers on South Beach?   "I'm...

Armani, Dior rack up fashion wins at Oscars

Monday, 25 February 2013, 16:09 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Forget glamour girls Jessica Chastain versus Jennifer Lawrence. By the end of a long Oscars telecast, the only person who could have stolen the fashion conversation was first lady Michelle Obama...

Versace nails a new punk look for next winter

Saturday, 23 February 2013, 09:38 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Donatella Versace doesn't seek to revisit punk so much as to interpret what it would be if it were born today.   She may have nailed it in the women's collection for winter 2013-14...

For Joan & Melissa Rivers, Oscars equal fashion

Saturday, 23 February 2013, 09:27 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In 1996, the mother-daughter duo pioneered award-show red carpet coverage, hosting "Live From the Red Carpet" for E! Entertainment Television.   After leaving E! in 2004, they...

Shoes are the new jewelry on Milan runways

Saturday, 23 February 2013, 09:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Donatella Versace once famously said that shoes are the new jewelry.   This season, her decree is being fulfilled to the hilt — which at times means all the way up the thigh. Midway...

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