Health

Prescription cannabis for medicinal use became legally available in Greece for the first time on February 19.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light for the first-ever drug to treat severe frostbite. The new drug, called iloprost, works by making blood vessels wider and stopping blood from clotting in frostbitten people. After...

Greek yogurt has taken over the shelves of the Western world's supermarkets, where you will perhaps find more varieties of the super-strained Greek product than you do regular yogurt. The difference between Greek yogurt and regular yogurt occurs in the...

Greece is gradually discovering the potential tourist goldmine of its plentiful, and in most cases little-known, natural hot springs. Due to Greece's unique geology, there are more than seven hundred natural hot springs throughout the country—and eighty-four of them are...

Researchers in Greece have come up with four tips that may help people reach the age of 100 by studying the places in the world with exceptionally long life expectancies. Several factors appear to affect life expectancy. Research has shown...

A new cholesterol-lowering drug called Nexletol has shown promise in reducing the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems in people who cannot tolerate traditional statin drugs, according to a major study presented at the American College of...

In a new study, scientists from University College London suggest that men who use drugs like Viagra for erectile dysfunction might lower their chances of acquiring Alzheimer's disease. Researchers looked at over 260,000 men and found that those using these...

Researchers at University College London have found strong proof of Alzheimer's disease transmission from one person to another. In a few very rare cases, scientists showed how a treatment involving human growth hormone transferred harmful proteins to children, leading...

Beauty was extremely important in ancient Greece and not just for women but for men, as well. As admirers of beauty, ancient Greeks placed great emphasis on healthy skin, and, naturally, they developed many useful, natural beauty tips. The countless...

A multi-awarded Greek extra virgin olive oil brand has once again won a top international award for its flavor and quality.

Centenarians living in the world’s ‘blue zones’ such as the Greek island of Icaria share a surprising number of similarities when it comes to their usual diet.  By Justin Roberts, Joseph Lillis & Mark Cortnage Ageing is an inevitable part of...

It was Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who identified and gave the name cancer to the illness that blights humanity to this day.

Greeks take their traditions, including those related to food, holidays, spirits, dances, and arts, which have persisted for thousands of years, very seriously. Those cultural practices which have helped them in the healing of disease and maintenance of good...

The first successful liver transplant from a living donor, specifically from a father to his daughter, took place in Greece this week. The operation took place at Athens’s Laiko Hospital, as announced by Deputy Health Minister Irene Agapidaki in a...

A spike in Covid-19 infections has been recorded in Greece over the festive season with experts warning that the peak of the current outbreak will be the end of January. On January 1st, the National Organization for Public Health (EODY)...