Last week, Greek City Times reported that police arrested a 47-year-old Greek man posing as a doctor in Athens. The man who has now been identified as Nikos Kontothanasis, stands accused of…
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A 47-year-old Greek man posing as a doctor in Athens, was arrested on Wednesday, police said. The man who wasn’t identified, was allegedly involved in at least 45 cases of deception, posing…
From Thursday, antibiotics will only be available with a prescription, according to a new provision by the Ministry of Health passed in February, ANT News reported. The prescription from now on will…
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…
The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, has paid tribute to the way in which Greece dealt with the coronavirus pandemic, with testimonies from doctors on the frontline at Athens’ Sotiria Hospital explaining…
Dr John Ioannidis, professor of medicine and health research at Stanford University, has been recognised as the most highly cited Greek researcher and ranks 87th in the international list of “Highly Cited Researchers” released…
Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece has been admitted to the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center. His Eminence is scheduled to have a pacemaker inserted, following the recommendation of treating doctors, according…
By Despina Karpathiou For as long as one can remember, our Greek ancestors have been obsessed with medicine, natural healing and the mythological Goddesses of beauty. Our Ancient Greek goddesses beautified themselves…
The 13th International Science Film Festival of Athens (ISFFA), which will be held from the 5th to 9th December 2019, presents over 60 documentaries covering a wide range of fields such as geology and geo-environment, zoology,…
The vice-president of the Hellenic-Turkish Chamber of Northern Greece Mr Stefanos Chadzimanolis, said Greek and Turkish officials met in Thessaloniki to exchange technical know-how in medical tourism. Speaking to Greek news agency…
Professor Eleftheria Zengini has led Greek, British and other researchers in the largest research study ever on the genetic background of osteoarthritis, which has opened up opportunities for developing new drugs in the…
Athens-based Pediatric Trauma Care (PTC) organisation announced today that close to 500,000 children are injured in Greece every year, out of which 700 die and 3,000 are incapacitated. The PTC said that…
Dr Androula Nasiopoulou, Director of Research at the National Centre for Scientific Research (NCSR) Demokritos, has been awarded an UNESCO medal for her contribution to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies in…
Greece announced that it has issued its first two licenses to private companies for growing medicinal cannabis in the country, which is expected to generate billions of dollars and set to create 770 jobs.…
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…