Marika Azzopardi meets Dr Alfred Grech for an insight on the daily work of a GP and the life of miniature trees.

By Francesco Carelli, University of Milan -  Milano speaks  the language of bentwood  that gave rise to modern furniture. 25 armchairs and other vintage objects in steam-bent beech, pay tribute to Otto Wagner, 100 years from his disappearance, coming from the best European collections and from the Gebruder Thonet Vienna Museum in Friedberg, Austria.

by Tonio Piscopo & Kevin Cassar

Short accounts of interesting cases, some medical disasters, involving pathology and clinical practice, from the recollection of Prof. Albert Cilia-Vincenti.

Ian Ellul - On average, IQ test scores worldwide are on the increase. This means that younger generations perform better than older ones. This is called the Flynn effect, named after Prof. James Robert Flynn at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand who extensively researched this subject.

Michelle Deguara, Kathleen England, Natasha Azzopardi Muscat

by Pierre Mallia MD MPhil PhD MRCP FRCGP

Bioethics Research Programme

Medical School, University of Malta

Dr Pierre Vassallo - Breast augmentation is the most common form of cosmetic surgery performed today.