In spite of stricter laws banning smoking in public places, including cafes, bars and nightclubs, that have been enforced since 2010, deaths due to lung cancer in Greece show no sign of abating, and actually rose in 2011, scientists reported. The figures showed that there were still 7,000 deaths related to lung cancer every year [...]
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Libyan Baby Boy Dies Of H1N1 In Athens’ Hospital
According to Kathimerini daily, a seven-month-old baby of Libyan background died in an Athens Children’s hospital on Friday, after being infected with the H1N1 flu virus. This is the first such fatal incident reported in Greece in 2012. According to the attending doctors, the baby boy had been infected with the virus back in Libya, [...]
Man Sells His Kidney Due To Financial Problems
Shocking as it may seem, it is true: a man from the island of Rodos has posted an advertisement on aggelies.vres.gr website, in which he is selling his kidney due to financial problems. This is not the first incident of desperate people coming up with even more desperate solutions to overcome their economic difficulties in [...]
Suicides On The Rise In Greece
Minister of Citizen Protection Mr. Christos Papoutsis presented a report to the Greek parliament on January 11 concerning deaths by suicide and attempted suicides in the country, confirming the already gloomy picture painted in the previous months. A total of 1,727 suicides and attempted suicide incidents have been recorded since the Greek debt crisis broke [...]
Bloomberg: Greek Crisis has Caused Widespread Medicine Shortages
For patients and pharmacists in financially stricken Greece, even finding aspirin has turned into a headache, Bloomberg reports. Life-saving drugs often appear as lines of crimson data on pharmacists’ computer screens, meaning the products aren’t in stock or that pharmacists can’t order as many units as they need. According to ‘Bloomberg’, the 12,000 pharmacies that [...]
Hospitals and Doctors Will Continue Their Strike
Doctors working in public hospitals, IKA, and private practices will continue their strike against health spending cuts as of next Monday, for another 5 days. IKA employed doctors will continue their protest against austerity measures from January 9th to 13th with rolling 24-hour strikes. Their main demand is to secure the work, insurances and wages [...]
Greek Researchers Reveal Novel Mechanism Of Necrotic Neurodegeneration
Research carried out at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the TEI of Crete reveals a novel molecular mechanism required for the degeneration of nerve cells. The research was published in the international scientific periodical EMBO Journal on December 14. Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases are [...]
More Greeks Killing Themselves: Europe’s Fastest Increase
Four years of recession and more than 18 months of pay cuts, tax hikes, slashed pensions and coming layoffs by the thousands are taking their toll in a deadly way as the rate of increase in suicides[..]
Alzheimer’s on the Rise in Larissa Prefecture
Alzheimer’s disease is showing a steady rise over the last few years and according to recent statistics, 3,718 people have been diagnosed with this incurable form of dementia alone in the prefecture of Larissa. In fact, the prefecture is showing the highest rates of Alzheimer’s incidents across the country. According to the findings of a survey [...]
HIV Patients in a Time of Austerity
According to the data of the non-governmental organizations ‘Praksis’ and ‘Kentro Zois’, HIV patients will face pension’s and social benefits’ cuts. The Greek Ministry of Health announced that only patients with advanced stage HIV will be able to receive a disability pension or have access to social benefits of the country. On the occasion of [...]
Study Shows Mediterranean Diet Improves Sexual Health in Men
The Mediterranean diet has been in the headlines recently because a new study published on ‘Journal of Sexual Medicine’ shows that the diet is beneficial to help avoid strokes. Recognized for its ability to help improve heart health, the Mediterranean Diet also can help kick-start a flagging libido in men with metabolic syndrome. While studies [...]
Study Shows Mediterranean Diet and Exercise can Reduce Sleep Apnoea Symptoms
A team of Greek researchers from the University of Crete have conducted a study showing how following a Mediterranean diet and exercising can help reduce some of the symptoms of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). The study, which is published online in the European Respiratory Journal, looked at the impact a Mediterranean diet can have on [...]
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02 / 11 The Telegraph: Merkel Has Herself to Blame if Greece Defaults
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02 / 11 Head of Greek Catholics Appeals To Pope Hor Help In Crisis
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02 / 11 Italy’s Prime Minister Offers Praise for Greece and Optimism About Euro Zone
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02 / 11 Cabinet Approves Debt Deal After PM Warns of ‘Chaos’
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02 / 10 Papademos Says He Will Remove Dissenters Because Default Would Bring Misery
Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Lecture on Human Values by Academic Helene Glykatzi-Arhweiler February 8, 2012
- 3rd Annual Greek Shipping Forum to Be Held in Athens February 8, 2012
- 11th Athens Xclusive Designers Week in March February 7, 2012
- Australian Embassy in Athens Celebrates Australia Day February 4, 2012
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