medicine
Greece
Doctors Giving Up On Greece
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...
Greece
Sight Recovery With Germ Cells
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...
Celebrities
The Cost of Jolie's Blood Test in Greece
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...
Greece
Greece, Victim of New Drugs
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...
Greece
Organ Transplants Fall Fast In Greece
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...
Greece
Greek Scientists Tackle Smart Tumors
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...
Greece
CHD Treatment Based on Greek Scientist's Idea
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...
Greece
Greek Researchers Find Cancer Antibody
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...
Business
Pharmathen Gets First Industry Award
The first Industry Award was received by the Greek pharmaceutical company Pharmathen at the Greek Exports Awards ceremony, an event celebrated under the auspices of 26 benefactors.
They included the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Development Competitiveness Infrastructure, Transport and Networks,...
Greece
Medical Students Help Vulnerable Groups
The medical students of the Aristotle University are standing by Alzheimer patients and vulnerable groups through the programs D.I.ANOIA and N.I.K.I of the Scientific Association of Medical Students (E.E.F.I.E )-Thessaloniki Branch.
The program D.I.ANOIA (Active Doctors for Dementia), which was...