Greek health authorities are investigating a salmonella outbreak in Central Greece after around thirty people sought hospital treatment in the city of Lamia, prompting an urgent public health response to identify the source of the infections.
The outbreak has been...
Greece had 423 hospital beds per 100,000 residents, according to figures released by the European Union's statistics agency, Eurostat, for 2024. This places Greece below the average across the 27-nation bloc even as debate continues over hospital funding and...
Ancient Greece helped pave the way for modern brain surgery, according to a new historical review that traces the roots of cranial operations back thousands of years.
The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, was led by Marcos...
Greece's cancer death toll is projected to climb sharply over the next 25 years, according to new projections from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Cancer deaths in the country could rise from about 32,000 in 2024...
Adults who closely follow a Mediterranean diet face a lower risk of developing fatty liver disease, according to a new study published in Nutrition Research. The research marks the first attempt to measure how common the condition is among...
For years, the Greek island of Ikaria has enjoyed global fame for its longevity, celebrated as "the island where people forget to die." Alongside Okinawa and other designated "Blue Zones," Ikaria became a multi-billion-dollar brand, inspiring books, wellness documentaries,...
A new psychological framework, referred to as the "Equation of Enough," aims to determine whether a person's daily life at a given moment is actually sustainable in the long run. Antonis Chatzipanagiotou, an independent researcher based in Athens, Greece,...
Deaths among children under five fell in Greece between 2016 and 2020, but a new study finds most of these deaths trace back to causes tied to birth, not later in childhood.
The study, led by Maria Tzoraki of the...
An AI model trained on Greek hospital records predicted surgical complication risks with 94.3% accuracy, according to a new study that points to a possible path for earlier warnings in hospital surgery units.
The study was led by Constantinos Koutsojannis...
The balmy weather in the Mediterranean is the perfect environment to produce nutritious, delicious Greek herbs.
These plants that have been known for centuries and are used both in cooking for their flavors as well as in medicine for their...
Silphium is a word not many of us have heard before, and there is good reason for this. This was not just another herb used in ancient medicine. Instead, the silphium plant was the kind of thing that was...
Ancient Greeks were big believers in aphrodisiacs and ancient love potions and used a variety of fruits, herbs, and other foods in their concoctions. The word "aphrodisiac" itself comes from the ancient Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite.
Those looking to...
Greece’s Ombudsman, the country’s independent administrative watchdog, received more than 20,000 complaints in a single year for the first time in its history, according to its latest quarterly bulletin, highlighting persistent failures across the country’s public administration.
The Ombudsman reported...
