medicine

Diazoma, the group for the protection of ancient theaters, presented its developmental plans for Epidaurus, the well-preserved ancient theater in the Peloponnese famed for its acoustics. The general assembly that ran from September 16-18 was attended by members of Diazoma group, made up...

A recent ongoing study in the UK reviews a theory that the Greek physician Hippocrates first explored more than 2,500 years ago; how pain and weather are connected. The study is taking place via Manchester University over the past 18 months...

Scientists claim that they have discovered a way to help women who have gone through menopause re-start their menstruation cycles, New Science reports. In Greece, geneticists and gynecologist Konstantinos Sfakianoudis of Genesis Athens claims that this discovery of using platelet-rich plasma...

Multiple sclerosis, also known as MS, is a demyelinating disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This disrupts the communication in certain parts of the nervous system, resulting in...

Nicholas Metropolis (right) was a Greek-American physicist who designed the MANIAC I computer in 1952 Greeks may be only 0.2 percent of the world population but 3 percent of top international scientists are of Greek nationality, says a survey. John Ioannidis,...

A five-year-old girl from Greece who had been considered chubby most of her life was transferred to the pediatric surgery clinic of the General Hospital in Larissa, central Greece with a swollen abdomen and intense difficulty breathing and vomiting. Doctors...

The presence of Greek-Australians on the list of scientists who will receive grants by the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia is prominent. A total of 580 million dollars have been allocated this year by NHMRC to...

In August 2008, Greek-Australian journalist Costas Gribilas received the ultimate gift of life. When the father of young Australian Zammit Doujon found out that his son - who had been gravely injured in an incident outside a Mykonos nightclub in Greece...

Australian scientists are calling the birth and survival of a Greek-Australian infant who was born prematurely at 395gr as a “scientific miracle.” He is one of the smallest infants ever to be born and survive in Victoria. The case of ...

Greek doctors, nurses and dentists have decided to strike on February 6, in order to express their opposition to the upcoming reforms in primary healthcare. The strike is being organized to coincide with the vote in parliament on the government’s...