medicine

Two model and innovative –in international level- units of organic photovoltaic devices and of materials development with vacuum technologies are about to operate in 2014 in Thessaloniki, the physicist specializing in Organic Electronics, LTFN Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Argiris Laskarakis,...

The Greek humanitarian organization Medecins du Monde (MdM) (Doctors of the World) has been conducting visits to remote island and mainland areas of Greece in order to provide their help. In the framework of the medical checkup program, Health for...

Greece's crushing economic crisis has led to a mass exodus of doctors, particularly specialists, with the Athens Medical Association (ISA) saying it sees a 250 percent in those who want to leave the country this year - and 500...

A 57-year-old Greek patient was able to see again after his sister donated him germ cells, which were transplanted in his eye. The ophthalmic surgeon, Dr. Ioannis Mallias, who  performed the pioneering transplantation, said that the patient had been...

Many women were awakened by Angelina Jolie’s preventive mastectomy in order to reduce the risk of breast cancer. What led her to this decision and which test literally saved her life? Is this test available in Greece and how...

Shock has been caused by the new data released after drug-related investigations which actually demonstrate that every week some new narcotic substances come into circulation. In 2011, the number of new and emerging drugs was ten times bigger than that...

Organ transplant operations during Greece's crushing economic crisis have dropped precipitously for a 12-year-old of only 7 per 1 million people in 2012 compared to 7.2 the year before. This caused concern among scientists who participated in an event at...

Cancer is not just one disease. There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of cancer types, much more complex than we could even imagine. Now dealing with this “smart enemy” requires a research activity within the framework of coordinated teams of...

The CosmoPHOS-nano Project, whose opening meeting was held in Thessaloniki, aims at the creation of an innovative system for the treatment, diagnosis and effectiveness of the treatment of atherosclerotic heart disease (Coronary Heart Disease-CHD) based on nanotechnology. This program started...

Greek researchers discovered an antibody that ceases cancer metastasis, and will base a new anti-tumor medicine on their discovery. Dr Lia Patsavoudi, also a Biology professor at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens, conducted a 15-year research with PhD students...