On the occasion of ‘World No Tobacco Day’, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Facebook posted that every cigarette put out equals a deep breath of health and progress. On May 31,…
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On May 13, 1883, Georgios Papanikolaou, a Greek physician who was a pioneer in cytopathology and invented the revolutionary ‘Pap Smear’ test, was born in Kimi, Evia. He is regarded as one…
Professor Maria Kavallaris, a leading childhood cancer researcher and a pioneer of nanomedicine in Australia, is the 2020 NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year. Professor Kavallaris, the founding director of the Australian…
Greece recorded over 24,000 cancer-related deaths, at 249 per 100,000 inhabitants, just below the EU average whilst Cyprus recorded the lowest rate with 194 deaths from cancer per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by…
Greek Australian Kathy Tsaples, owner of the Sweet Greek shop in Melbourne and author of two popular cookbooks has an inspirational story behind her success. It is one of a brave, courageous…
Greek mezzo soprano Betty Harlafti, who is known as “the voice of Mikis Theodorakis from the younger generation of performers,” will take the stage in Munich, Germany on Saturday 1st February 2020…
One of the most influential Greek composers of recent decades, Thanos Mikroutsikos passed away on Saturday at the age of 72, after losing his battle with cancer. In one of his last…
There has been a major breakthrough in finding a cure for cancer as Greek Professor Constantinos Koumenis and his team of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania announced they have identified its…
Leading Greek Professor of Oncology, Giannis Spiliotis, says “Cancer is being defeated, not to say beaten but defeated and over the next ten years it will become a chronic disease.” Professor Spiliotis…
The Hellenic Medical Society awarded this year’s Papanikolaou Prize to Greek clinical researcher, Myria Galazi who works at St. Bartholomew’s hospital in London. Galazi was awarded the 2018 Papanikolaou Prize in recognition…
Greek journalist and actress Rika Vagiani passed away on Tuesday morning after losing her battle to cancer. She was 56. Born Marika Zoula in the Athens district of Pangrati in 1962, Rika…
Nikolaos Zacharakis, a scientist from Patra and currently working with a group of researchers at the US National Institute of Health has managed to discover a way of eliminating breast cancer in…
Greek Professor of Oncology, Nickolas Papadopoulos, has led a team of scientists that have together made a major breakthrough towards developing a single blood test that could identify tumours in 8 cancer…