The latest wellness phenomenon to sweep TikTok, dubbed "Ocean Therapy," has deep roots in Ancient Greece. The very name it's formally known by, thalassotherapy, reveals its origins, stemming directly from the Greek words thalassa (sea) and therapeia (healing or...
If you were ill in the Ancient Greek world, you didn’t simply look for a remedy. You went searching for meaning too. That cultural tendency helped shape the broader traditions of healing sanctuaries, including those of Asclepius, throughout Ancient...
Scientists have developed a real-time system that reads brain signals to identify which speaker a listener is focused on, marking the first proof that a mind-reading hearing device can genuinely improve speech perception.
The study, published in Nature Neuroscience, was...
Dr. George Papanicolaou (13 May 1883 – 19 February 1962) was the Greek pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, who invented the "Papanicolaou Test," also known as the "Pap smear."
Few scientists can claim as big an impact as...
A Greek passenger from the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius is currently under strict precautionary quarantine at the "Attikon" University General Hospital. This high-level medical operation follows a confirmed outbreak of hantavirus (specifically the Andes variant) on the vessel...
A 70-year-old Greek passenger has been linked to the hantavirus outbreak aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, where a cluster of infections has left three people dead.
Greece’s National Public Health Organization, known as EODY, contacted the passenger after...
A hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean has resulted in three deaths and four reported illnesses, prompting a public health emergency during the voyage.
The vessel, carrying nearly 150 passengers and crew members from twenty-three countries,...
For more than fifty years, smoking has not been an issue in the village of Skotino in the Hersonissos municipality of Heraklion, Crete in Greece, as no resident has taken a puff of a cigarette.
The picturesque little town is...
Two cases of hantavirus have been confirmed after three people died and another was left seriously ill in a suspected outbreak onboard a cruise ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
A Dutch husband and wife and a German passenger died, with...
U.S. regulators are weighing a potential shift in how peptide products are controlled. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing whether to expand access to certain peptides, even as questions remain about their safety and effectiveness.
According to...
An AI tool developed by the Mayo Clinic can spot pancreatic cancer on routine CT scans up to three years before doctors diagnose the disease, according to a new study published in Gut by the British Society of Gastroenterology.
The...
Greece is facing one of Europe’s highest child obesity rates, with recent data showing that 30% to 42% of children in the country are overweight or obese, while 15% to 20% are classified as obese.
The figures place Greece second...
Cryopreservation allows scientists to freeze transplant organs at extremely low temperatures. For years, researchers have explored its use in transplant medicine. A major step came in 2023, when scientists at the University of Minnesota transplanted a cryopreserved kidney into...
US President Donald Trump announced reforms on Saturday intended to speed up access to medical research and treatment based on psychedelic drugs.
Research focuses on certain psychedelic drugs that can be used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic...
