Obese drinkers face liver 'double whammy'
(BBC) Mar 13, 2010
Drinkers who are overweight face a "double whammy" impact on their liver, research suggests....

Salty, sweet: study says fat is the sixth 'taste'
(Yahoo) Mar 10, 2010
People sensitive to the taste of fat tend to eat less of it and are less likely to be overweight, according to Australian research that found human tongues can detect fatty tastes....

Doctors on the take get caught in the act
(eKathimerini) Mar 05, 2010
Two doctors from the Thriasio Hospital in Elefsina, west of Athens, were in police detention yesterday after a patient reported them to the hospital director for allegedly demanding a 2,400-euro under-the-table payment....

Clinics thrive at expense of state
(eKathimerini) Mar 01, 2010
The private health sector is thriving, with more and more clinics being built and turnover increasing by 10 percent every year at the expense of the debt-ridden state health sector,...

Singing 'rewires' damaged brain
(BBC) Feb 21, 2010
Teaching stroke patients to sing "rewires" their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists....

Report: Greek Hospitals Owe Billions to Drug, Device Makers
(Wall Street Journal (blog)) Feb 11, 2010
Here¢s the Health Blog¢s little corner of the Greek debt saga: The nation¢s government-run hospitals owe about $9.5 billion to drug and device manufacturers, the Financial Times reports....

Bad malaria pills raise drug resistance fears
(MSNBC) Feb 08, 2010
10-country study in Africa finds high rates of poor quality medicine...

Greece cancels a third of flu vaccine orders
(AFP) Jan 18, 2010
Greece cancelled Monday a third of its swine flu vaccination orders and sought compensation for the advances it paid to the big companies that provide them, the health ministry said....

Age of swine flu victims on the ris
(eKathimerini) Jan 15, 2010
As the number of deaths in Greece from swine flu rose to 93 yesterday, experts noted that the average age of those contracting the potentially deadly virus is rising....

H1N1 jabs snubbed; contraction rate eases
(eKathimerini) Dec 22, 2009
As Greece entered negotiations to cancel orders for 8 million H1N1 virus jabs, it became clear yesterday that authorities are making little headway in convincing Greeks to get inoculated against the potentially fatal strain of flu....

Millions of flu jab orders canceled
(eKathimerini) Dec 17, 2009
Health and Social Policy Minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou yesterday said she was in talks with pharmaceutical firms aimed at canceling 8 million doses of the swine flu vaccine, described by the minister as a surplus for which she blamed the previous c...

Spread of flu ‘slowing down’
(eKathimerini) Dec 11, 2009
Health authorities yesterday struck the first reassuring note since the outbreak of swine flu in Greece earlier this fall, noting that the spread of the virus appeared to be slowing....

One in 10 ‘immune’ to H1N1
(eKathimerini) Dec 08, 2009
About one in 10 Greeks is believed to have developed immunity to swine flu after having contracted the virus, health authorities said yesterday, adding that another 214,000 people, or about 2 percent of the population, have received the H1N1 vaccine....

Report shows fast flu spread
(eKathimerini) Dec 04, 2009
As health authorities reported the deaths of another three patients with swine flu, bringing the total number of fatalities in Greece to 28, the Center for Infectious Diseases Control (KEEL) revealed that the number of cases of H1N1 confirmed in laborator...

Greek health minister: Vaccination only way to curb swine flu
(Sofia Echo) Dec 02, 2009
Health experts in Greece have stressed that "mass inoculation" was the only effective way to curb the spread of the H1N1 virus as the government started the third phase of its vaccination programme with jabs for people aged between 18 and 49....