Athens Health News

Greek researchers say mom was right when she said "wolfing down your food will make you fat." The study, published in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, finds those taking a full 30 minutes to eat ice...

The Greek government�s plan of action to halt a possible swine flu pandemic will cost an estimated 300 million euros...The cost of the vaccine is expected to exceed 56 million euros, as Greece has ordered 8 million jabs at a...

Opinion polls indicated marked skepticism among Greeks about the vaccine, with more than half saying they would skip the jab. However, almost 13,000 people were inoculated just yesterday, indicating that there may be more people than previously thought visiting hospitals...

The two patients were identified as a 16-year-old boy and a 70-year-old man. It appears that both were also suffering from underlying health problems. The teenager was suffering from an autoimmune disorder that, in combination with the virus, led to...

Winnipeg health officials had to throw out more than 1,000 doses of the swine flu vaccine after the vaccine was improperly stored. Ex-Manitoba Hell's Angel William (Billy) Bowden has been denied bail in connection with a fatal Winnipeg nightclub stabbing....

AFP Health Minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou gets vaccinated against swine flu yesterday. Her decision to get the jab this week, set aside for the inoculation of health workers, was seen as a bid to reassure reluctant citizens. As a national program...

At the same time, and with the vaccination drive expected to begin on Monday, people in Greece are skeptical of the jab and remain hesitant about receiving it. A recent poll by Public Issue suggested that two in three Greeks...

Pregnant women may get ill from Listeria at lower doses than previously thought, U.S. researchers found. The risk of fetal or infant mortality among pregnant women who consume food containing 1 million cells of the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes in...

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter produced in several areas of the brain that is found in a wide variety of animals...The 61 study participants were asked to rate their expectations of happiness if they were to holiday at each of 80...

According to the Hellenic Society for Intensive Care, demand for beds in ICUs is expected to increase 100 percent in the coming weeks as the number of citizens becoming infected with the H1N1 virus rises...A recent study showed that each...