Health

Greece's National Public Health Organization (NPHO) on Tuesday said it remains vigilant for potential outbreaks of the new strain of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) among travelers to and from Greece and China. The virus, which has already infected more than 200 people...

The condition of Panagiotis Rafael Glossiotis, the toddler from Chalkida, Greece who is suffering from a rare condition called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), is progressing surprisingly well, it was made public on Monday. His suffering moved the entire nation. Greeks...

Posters put up by a pro-life, or anti-abortion, organization appeared in Athens' metro stations on Monday, promoting the positions of the Greek anti-abortion movement called ''Afiste Me Na Ziso'' (''Let Me Live''). Since the very first moments of their appearance,...

Henry Ford Health System has selected its own Steven N. Kalkanis, M.D., to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Henry Ford Medical Group (HFMG), effective Jan. 1, 2020. Dr. Kalkanis will provide strategic leadership and direction for the...

Greek researchers from the US' Johns Hopkins University and Ionian University have joined forces to confront the epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease and its related disorders in Greece. Presented by the Greek Initiative Against Alzheimer's (hiaad.org) in a press conference held...

The ancient Greeks’ center of the universe recently attracted more than 100 researchers and professionals from seven countries to an area once dedicated to the oracle of Apollo. This time, the gathering did not focus on the prophecies of...

Monday was a historic day for the nation of Greece with the groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction for the long-awaited Onassis National Transplant Center in Athens. Along with this momentous event, there was the presentation of an...

A host of prominent Greek doctors and academics from all corners of the globe have gathered in Thessaloniki for the two-day Hellenic Diaspora Medical Forum which begins on Friday. It is an initiative of the Department of Medicine of the...

Greeks come in second in smoking among EU member state citizens, and they also rank in second place in childhood obesity, while they are very cautious in vaccinating their children, a new report says. The report, presented by EU Commissioner...

Less Greek teenagers use condoms during sexual intercourse, according to a new survey conducted by the University Mental Health Research Institute in Athens. "Sexual Behaviour and Health of Teenagers" is part of a national study conducted by the institute and...

On November 14, Tut Khoryom Nyuon received Australia's 2019 HESTA Aged Care Award for his commitment to caring for the elderly in the Tempelstowe Fronditha Aged Care Facility in Melbourne. This would have been a somewhat ordinary event -- if...

According to a new study conducted in the last several days by the Greek organization ''National Transparency,'' Greek society looks like it has turned a corner and begun to comply to a great extent with the new smoking ban...

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented a new, National Action Plan against smoking on Tuesday, a cornerstone of one of his main priorities, to completely change Greece's historically loose approach to smoking in public places. "The smoking ban is a bold initiative...

A Joint Ministerial Decision published in Greece's Government Gazette on Friday enforces new, much tougher fines for those who violate the smoking ban in public places in Greece. The new fines came to effect on Monday, November 18, as the...

Greece has the dubious distinction of coming in first place among European countries in the excessive use of antibiotics, a phenomenon which actually poses a grave threat to public health, scientists warned in Athens on Tuesday. Kyriaki Kanellakopoulou, a professor...