Dr Despina Siolas, MD/PhD of Bayside and Mattituck, New York was honored at the 2013 Hermes Expo Dinner on April 13. Stella Kokolis,,President of the Federation of Hellenic American Educators and Vasiliki Filiotis, President of Prometheus Greek Teachers Association presented her with the Aien AristeveinAward. “Ever To Excel” is a phrase delivered from the sixth [...]
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Greek Scientists Find New Diagnosis Methods
A new blood test that can diagnose the infection by the fungus type Candida in only a few hours was developed by Greek and American scientists in the US. The new diagnostic procedure can shorten considerably the time needed for doctors to detect the infections of this organism which are very common, Candidemia being the [...]
Georgiou Heart Failure Study Promotes Exercise
A Greek cardiologist in New York and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Columbia University, Demetrios Georgiou, along with his Italian colleague Romualdo Belardinelli, published the results of a 10-year study on Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that shows the value of exercise Georgiou comes from Thessaloniki [...]
Tsiaras Visualizes Conception to Birth
The Head of Scientific Visualization of Yale University School of Medicine, Alexandros Tsiaras, assisted by new technology, has created an impressive video that shows fetal development from conception to birth. Watch in nine minutes what happens during pregnancy from the moment the egg is fertilized to the time the baby is ready to be born. [...]
Pap Test Could Detect Other Cancers
A team of scientists in the United States, including Nikolaos Papadopoulos from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said they believe the Pap test, named for famed Greek doctor Giorgos Papanikolaou to determine cervical cancer, can be used to trace the likelihood of of ovarian, endometrial and other gynecological cancers. The researchers, led by Isaac Kind [...]
Hellenic Foundation, UNESCO Honor Papanikolaou
The Hellenic Foundation for Culture and Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO has co-organized an exhibition to honor the renowned late Dr. Georgios Papanikolaou, a Greek pioneer who invented the so-called Pap test, a test allowing early detection of cervical cancer. The opening will be held on Nov. 14 in the building of the Embassy of [...]
Skokos Among Greatest Scientists in America
Dimitris Skokos, of Greek descent, is a bio-medical science group leader at the Immunology Department of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and adjunct faculty professor at the Rockefeller University in New York. He has cooperated with great scientists including his professor R.M Steinman, honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine in October, 2011. Steinman told him: “Do [...]
Light Age Advances Laser and Aesthetic Treatments
Greek Reporter has partnered with Light Age inc., inventors of Alexandrite Lasers and one of the first American companies to develop scientific, industrial, medical, aesthetic and custom laser technology. Through interviews with dermatologists, plastic surgeons, aestheticians and medical spa professionals, we will give you tips and guide you in what you can do to look [...]
AHEPA, Pancretans Ship Medical Supplies to Greece
The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) is a service organization founded on July 26, 1922 in Atlanta, Georgia. Its mission is to support Greek-American charities, causes, and communities. It works closely with the Greek Orthodox Church. AHEPA, in cooperation with the Pancretan Association, is bearing the cost of transporting medical and surgical supplies worth [...]
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