Obesity is a worldwide problem, and Malta is no exception. In Malta, a Foundation was established to address weight problems amongst the population, and this initiative included the opening in 2014 of an 8-week residential programme for morbidly obese patients. This multidisciplinary programme is managed and coordinated by a team consisting of doctors, psychiatrists, nurses, physiotherapist, ps...

This is the first study of genetic susceptibility to paralytic poliomyelitis in a defined population over more than one epidemic. All 1,072 cases of Maltese with poliomyelitis in the islands of Malta from 1909 to 1964, and baptism matched controls, were traced to their great grand-parents or beyond. All marriages were checked for consanguinity. Many cases were closely related with many consangu...

Dennis Gatt LRCP FRCS Department of Surgery, University of Malta, Gwardamangia, Malta. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract The management of ulcerative colitis requires the collaboration of various teams looking after the patient and any decision regarding surgery should involve not only the patient and the surgeons but also various other professionals looking after the patient. Surgery may ...

OBJECTIVE to estimate the prevalence of infection by respiratory viruses in pediatric patients with cancer and acute respiratory infection (ARI) and/or fever. METHODS cross-sectional study, from January 2011 to December 2012. The secretions of nasopharyngeal aspirates were analyzed in children younger than 21 years with acute respiratory infections. Patients were treated at the Grupo em Defes...

Valerio Pazienza,* Cristoforo Pomara,* Francesco Cappello, Raffaele Calogero, Matteo Carrara, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli,* and Manlio Vinciguerra* Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medical Sciences, IRCCS Scientific Institute “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy; Department of Anatomy, University of Malta, Msida, Malta; Department of Forensic Pathology, University o...

The influence of emotional reaction on help seeking by victims of school bullying S. C. Hunter & M. G. Borg University of Strathclyde, UK; University of Malta, Malta Research has started to focus on how victims of school bullying cope, but there is still very little understanding if why pupils cope in one way and not another. This paper aimed to examine the effects of gender, school-stage, freq...