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Pregnancy May Speed Up Biological Aging, Study Finds
A new study has found that pregnancy accelerates biological aging with each baby causing women to grow older by up to 2.8 months.
It is well understood that pregnancy can have long-term health impacts. However, previous research has shown these...
Greek News
Mother Saves Daughter in Greece’s Second Ever Liver Transplant
Following on from the father-daughter liver transplant three months ago—the first liver transplant from a living donor in Greece—a mother has now done the same for her daughter.
The new liver transplant from a living donor, a mother-daughter pairing from...
Ancient Greece
What a Clinic Looked Like in Ancient Greece
The first realistic depiction of an outpatient clinic in ancient Greece is on a drawing on a small vase created in Athens around 470 B.C. now on display at the Louvre Museum in France.
The drawing on the vase called...
Greek News
Andrianos Golemis to Become the First Ever Greek Astronaut
Adrianos Golemis, who previously worked as a doctor for the European Space Agency, has now become the first Greek to pass the organization's test to become an astronaut.
Every year, around 22,500 hopefuls apply for the European Space Agency's (ESA)...
Health
New Therapy Destroys Deadly Brain Tumor in Days
A 72-year-old man, diagnosed with a very aggressive type of cancer known as glioblastoma, had brain scans that showed his tumor shrank significantly just days after treatment.
Two other individuals with a similar cancer diagnosis didn't have such positive results,...
Greek News
Greece Opens Its First Fertility Clinic for Pre-Pubescent Boys
The first fertility bank for pre-pubescent boys who suffer from malignancies and immunodeficiencies has opened in Greece, with the aim of helping those at risk of losing their fertility.
Greece is Shaping the Future of Fertility Treatment
The opening of the...
Health
Viagra May Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk, New Study Claims
In a new study, scientists from University College London suggest that men who use drugs like Viagra for erectile dysfunction might lower their chances of acquiring Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers looked at over 260,000 men and found that those using these...
Medicine
Scientists Hail New Antibiotic That Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Researchers have found a new type of antibiotic that seems capable of killing drug-resistant bacteria. The bacteria, which doesn't respond well to many medicines is one of three that has proven to be especially tough to handle.
The newly discovered...
Archaeology
Ancient Skulls Found in Greece Show Signs of Complex Surgery
An ancient skull that was discovered recently by anthropologists in the Paliokastro area of the island of Thasos, Greece shows signs of complicated surgery.
The skull, which dates from the early Byzantine period -- the fourth to the seventh century...
Ancient Greece
Greece’s Mountain Tea and Its Ancient Greek Secrets of Healing
Greeks are not known for their love for tea, as are for example the British, Russians, and Turks. However, when it comes to tea, the first variety that a Greek would think of is ''Chai tou vounou,"or Greek mountain...