Three Greek scientists are trying to fight the disease of cancer. Greek nuclear medicine doctor, Aggeliki Polyzou, dean of the National School of Public Health, Ioannis Kiriopoulos, and Cyprian pathologist-cancerologist, Pavlos Drakos, found a new method prolonging life expectancy of those suffering from cancer. Currently there has been an increase in different cancer types.  Now [...]

A rapidly spreading epidemic of the H1N1 flu in Greece is leaving in its wake, a big number of patients and an increasing number of victims. During the last forty-eight hours, fourteen people have lost their lives due to complications from the flu. Most of them were sufferers from chronic diseases or had health issues. [...]

Doctors at IKA-ETAM, Greece’s largest social security fund representing the vast majority of wage earners and pensioners, announced that they will suspend their strike and go back to work on Monday. Their union POESYP IKA decided to suspend strike actions during a meeting on Friday.  The union asked for continued dialogue on reforms to the health [...]

Nine people died due to the influenza H1N1.  This increases the number of fatalities in Greece  to forty-five.  Nineteen new cases were reported today.  One-hundred-and-four Greeks are now hospitalized throughout the country. Among them are three children in critical condition. The influenza is expected to reach its peak during the following days.  The Ministry of Health emphasized [...]

Sometimes we are all children.  Today even Google chose to put out its boots hoping that Saint Nicholas will fill them up with goodies. In Germany, the search engine displays a St. Nicholas Day doodle (Nikolaus in German) that honors the German tradition.  There are more countries around Europe celebrating today. Traditionally December 6th is [...]

“Cancer Can be defeated” was the main point of a lecture delivered yesterday by Dr. Konstantinos Sirigos.  He is an associate professor of Pathology and Oncology at the University of Athens.    Siringos also referred to pharmaceutical research and developments.  He stressed the importance of  new biological therapies and personalized treatments which are becoming more and more efficient.  He also insisted on the [...]

A drug used to treat bone marrow cancer could also provide a promising treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. The study conducted by Greek researchers has suggested that the biologic drug bortezomib, i.e.Velcade which is a proteasome inhibitor used to treat multiple myeloma or bone marrow cancer, may be useful for RA as well. The study proved that bortezomib [...]