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Christmas is a time when many people put on a few extra pounds
Men everywhere find it difficult to open up about mental health. Amanda Farrugia, a medical doctor with special interest in psychiatry, says they are significantly more at...
Keeping up bingeing tradition: Maltese teens tend to drink more than Europeans
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction’s annual report on Malta finds that fewer people are using heroin, while the number of...
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug...
Patient organisations call for national pain plan
Patient organisation have called on the government to adopt by 2020 nine policy...
Patient organisation have called on the government to adopt...
No future privatisation of health services ‘without prior agreement with MAM’
The Medical Association of Malta has signed two agreements with the government
The Medical Association of Malta has signed two agreements...
President urges for early screening in bid to tackle maternal mental health disorders
President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca said that it was time to push for EU directives aimed at highlighting the need for a holistic strategy and action plan on...
President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca said that it was time...
Labour pledges disability pensions for fibromyalgia sufferers
Labour proposal will see sufferers of fibromyalgia and other 'hidden'...
Labour proposal will see sufferers of fibromyalgia and...
Labour youths in push for euthanasia
Forum Zaghzagh Laburisti has come out in favour of legalising euthanasia and will be urging the party to include it in its electoral manifesto
Forum Zaghzagh Laburisti has come out in favour of...
A prescription for Malta’s private healthcare
Prof. Anthony Warrens, director of Barts’s Institute of Health Sciences...
Prof. Anthony Warrens, director of Barts’s Institute...
Warning! Elections increase heart failure risk, GPs say
A recent study published in the Malta Medical Journal shows that the chances of...
A recent study published in the Malta Medical Journal shows...
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[WATCH] MRSA infections at Mater Dei hospital down by 90%
MRSA cases have been reduced by 90% at Mater Dei Hospital, following an...
MRSA cases have been reduced by 90% at Mater Dei Hospital,...
Updated | Exasperated nurses launch ultimatum over understaffed wards
Facing a situation where there’s only one nurse monitoring a single ward...
Facing a situation where there’s only one nurse...
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[WATCH] 82 patients treated in hospital corridors in 12 months - Fearne
Health Minister says number of patients treated in hospital corridors were 82, marking a 99% drop compared to 2012
Health Minister says number of patients treated...
Catering for state hospitals a €25 million industry for one
Malta’s ageing population and PPP healthcare drive an opportunity for...
Malta’s ageing population and PPP healthcare drive an...
Medical students rally against privatisation of public healthcare
Medical students: 'The health service should be patient-centric, not aimed...
Medical students: 'The health service should be...
You guessed it: Youths to fend for themselves if excessive texting starts to hurt
MaltaToday's April Fool's Day: €2 million grant to outsource surgery for mobile phone users and gamers suffering from tenosynovitis thumb
MaltaToday's April Fool's Day: €2 million...
Medical students to retain attachments at Karin Grech, Gozo General hospital following privatisation
Medical students at the University of Malta will retain their attachments at Karin Grech and Gozo General hospital as in previous years, the health minister...
Medical students at the University of Malta will retain...
25,000 Maltese citizens suffer from a rare disease
The Maltese government is promoting cooperation in research into rare diseases...
The Maltese government is promoting cooperation in research...
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[WATCH] Maternal healthcare must be more inclusive for refugees, President says
President Marie Lousie Coleiro Preca has warned that the voices of refugee and migrant women are rarely heard during the design and implementation of...
President Marie Lousie Coleiro Preca has warned that...
Nurses still waiting for negotiations on new sectoral agreement
A new sectoral agreement would address shortage of nurses, professional...
A new sectoral agreement would address shortage of nurses,...
