One in 4 go to private doctors
(eKathimerini) May 07, 2008
One in four citizens resort to private healthcare as the state health service is overburdened and understaffed, according to a 10-year study by Athens University whose results were made public yesterday....

China on alert over deadly child virus
(CNN) May 03, 2008
China's Health Ministry strengthened surveillance and dispatched specialists to eastern China's Anhui province as the death toll from a virulent virus climbed to 22, the country's Xinhua news agency reported....

Hospitals run on scant staff
(eKathimerini) Apr 16, 2008
Many state hospitals are operating at below the emergency-staff level due to a chronic absence of personnel....

Drug to protect against radiation
(BBC) Apr 11, 2008
A drug which may protect the body against damage from radiation has been developed by US scientists....

'Six-way' kidney transplant first
(BBC) Apr 09, 2008
US doctors have carried out what is believed to be the world's first simultaneous six-way kidney transplant....

Two people die from vCJD in Spain
(BBC) Apr 08, 2008
Two people have died in Spain after contracting the human form of "mad cow disease", variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), Spanish media has said....

Thousands hit by Brazil outbreak of dengue
(CNN) Apr 03, 2008
More than 55,000 people have been hit by dengue -- a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne virus -- around Rio de Janeiro in the last four months, Brazilian authorities said Thursday....

Smoking after heart attack lifts risk of second
(Reuters) Mar 31, 2008
Young people who continue to smoke after a heart attack are three times more likely to have future heart problems than survivors who kick the habit, Greek researchers said on Saturday....

Trial: Popular drug fails to help heart disease
(CNN) Mar 31, 2008
Leading doctors urged a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for high cholesterol after hearing full results of a failed trial of Vytorin....

Children suffering as parents puff away
(eKathimerini) Mar 21, 2008
The health of nearly seven out of 10 children living in Athens is being put at risk by their parents¢ smoking habit, according to the results of a medical study made public yesterday....

Drive to slim down expanding waistlines
(eKathimerini) Mar 12, 2008
More than half of Greek children are overweight, according to figures released yesterday by the Health Ministry...

Alcohol 'quickly' cuts heart risk
(BBC) Mar 08, 2008
Middle-aged non-drinkers can quickly reduce their risk of heart disease by introducing a daily tipple to their diet, South Carolina researchers say....

Health costs ‘bankrupt’ the poor
(eKathimerini) Mar 01, 2008
Some 50,000 Greek households go bankrupt every year as they pay way beyond their means for health services, particularly when it comes to serious illnesses, experts told a conference yesterday....

Kidney scam: CBI begins money trail
(NDTV.com, India) Feb 27, 2008
Amidst suspicion that Amit Kumar, alleged kingpin of the multi-crore rupee kidney transplant racket, may have stashed money abroad, CBI has initiated the process of sending Letters Rogatory to Canada, Greece and Turkey to get an estimate of the amount tra...

Map pinpoints disease 'hotspots'
(BBC) Feb 21, 2008
A detailed map highlighting the world's hotspots for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) has been released....