Press Release A new technology developed at Hadassah University Medical Center has made it possible to produce large amounts of human embryonic stem cells. Until now, hESCs –which have the potential of ripening into any other type of body cells for repair of tissues and organs– have been created in small numbers and could not [...]
Production of human embryonic stem cells in large numbers
Γράφτηκε στις 30 Απριλίου 2010
Συγγραφέας: iator
Press Release
Γράφτηκε στις 23 Φεβρουαρίου 2010
Συγγραφέας: iator
Winning the battle against cancer Boy from Cyprus and little girl from the former Soviet Union Adolescent from Cyprus and toddler from the former Soviet Union defeated cancer thanks to the technologically sophisticated medical treatment provided by Hadassah Medical Center, in Jerusalem. The 14-year-old boy from Cyprus was brought to Hadassah with a massive tumor [...]
Η Υστερεκτομή αποτελεί καλύτερη επιλογή από την ραδιοθεραπεία σε περιπτώσεις πρώιμου καρκίνου της μήτρας.
Γράφτηκε στις 20 Δεκεμβρίου 2009
Συγγραφέας: Canser24
Για γυναίκες με καρκίνο της μήτρας σε πρώιμο στάδιο, η χειρουργική επέμβαση θα επιφέρει καλύτερα αποτελέσματα από τη ραδιοθεραπεία, σύμφωνα με ισχυρισμούς ερευνητών. Ωστόσο, η επιλογή αυτή είναι όντως καλύτερη για γυναίκες που έχουν όγκους έως έξι εκατοστά. Ο Δρ Jason D. Wright, του Πανεπιστημίου της Columbia στη Νέα Υόρκη, και οι συνεργάτες του επεξεργάστηκαν [...]
Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis in a forensic population of rapists and child molesters
Γράφτηκε στις 17 Μαρτίου 2009
Συγγραφέας: Ορέστης Γιωτάκος
INTRODUCTION Sexual abuse is a frequent and violent crime and it is the most underreported of all crimes [1]. Victims can include male and female adults and children. The victims may suffer from depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, even many years after the assault [1]. They are also at risk for acquisition of many sexually [...]
About The Pilates Method
Γράφτηκε στις 16 Μαρτίου 2009
Συγγραφέας: Αργυρώ Θεοδωράκη
Are you new to Pilates? You’re not alone! Pilates is one of the fastest growing forms of exercise in the world. In the U.S., Pilates participants have grown in number from 1.7 million in 2000 to 10.6 million in 2006 and in Europe to 6 millions! And it continues to spread around the world. Why [...]
Η Μέθοδος Pilates
Γράφτηκε στις 16 Μαρτίου 2009
Συγγραφέας: Αργυρώ Θεοδωράκη
Είστε νέοι στη μέθοδο Pilates? Δεν είστε οι μοναδικοί! Η Pilates είναι μια από τις πιο γρήγορα αναπτυσσόμενες μορφές γυμναστικής στον κόσμο. Στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες , οι ‘ακόλουθοι’ των Pilates έχουν αυξηθεί από 1.7 εκατομμύρια το 2000 σε 10.6 εκατομμύρια το 2006, ενώ στην Ευρώπη έχουν τριπλασιαστεί στα 6 εκατομμύρια! Και συνεχίζει να εξαπλώνεται σε [...]
Physiotherapy and Acupuncture
Γράφτηκε στις 16 Μαρτίου 2009
Συγγραφέας: Αργυρώ Θεοδωράκη
Physiotherapy is the treatment and prevention of injury and disease by natural means. These natural means involve many varied skills gained over several years of extensive recognised training in order to achieve the title of Chartered Physiotherapist. The aim of physiotherapy is to help alleviate pain, restore normal movement and function patterns and help return [...]
KNEE ARTHROSCOPY & POST-OPERATIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY
Γράφτηκε στις 16 Μαρτίου 2009
Συγγραφέας: Αργυρώ Θεοδωράκη
If you suffer from constant pain, swelling, locking or instability of your knee, a procedure known as arthroscopy will help relieve these symptoms. The arthroscope is a fiber optic instrument, narrower than a pen, which is placed into the knee through a tiny incision (portal). A small camera attached to the arthroscope, allows the surgeon [...]
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
Γράφτηκε στις 15 Μαρτίου 2009
Συγγραφέας: Μιχάλης Χριστοδουλίδης
What is Diabetic Retinopathy Diabetes is a chronic, systemic disease, in which the body does not use and store sugar properly. It results in many health problems; diabetic retinopathy is one of them. In this complication of diabetes, the eye’s retina is damaged because the system of blood vessels nourishing the front surface of the [...]
CATARACT
Γράφτηκε στις 15 Μαρτίου 2009
Συγγραφέας: Μιχάλης Χριστοδουλίδης
WHAT IS IT? A cataract forms when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, probably because of changes in the proteins of the lens. Cataracts are extremely common; more than half of Americans age 65 and older have a cataract, and it is thought that nearly everyone will develop one if they live long enough. [...]
AGE – RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION (AMD)
Γράφτηκε στις 15 Μαρτίου 2009
Συγγραφέας: Μιχάλης Χριστοδουλίδης
What is ΑΜD Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a serious eye disease whose prevalence increases with age. AMD is now the leading cause of untreatable vision loss and legal blindness in the United States, and will become even more so as our population gets older. The disease causes the macula (the pea-sized, central part of [...]
Mendel’s Beans, Ourselves, Medicine and the Genes! (IATROGENIC NEGATIVE NATURAL SELECTION)
Γράφτηκε στις 16 Δεκεμβρίου 2008
Συγγραφέας: Ιωάννης Χατζημηνάς
I must have been in the fifth class of the elementary school, when for the first time I heard our teacher speaking about the interesting experiments and pursuits of Gregor Mendel in relation to the laws of heredity. I remember that I was extremely impressed by the fact that these studies have been done on [...]
TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Γράφτηκε στις 17 Απριλίου 2008
Συγγραφέας: Ορέστης Γιωτάκος
Introduction Schizophrenia is the most severe of the mental disorders and although is discussed as if it was a single disease, the diagnostic category can include a variety of disorders that present with somewhat similar behavioral symptoms. Schizophrenia is frequently characterized by a chronic recurrent course and probably comprises a group of disorders with heterogenous [...]
ANOREXIA NERVOSA: Biological data
Γράφτηκε στις 17 Φεβρουαρίου 2008
Συγγραφέας: Ορέστης Γιωτάκος
1. CLINICAL AND ETIOLOGICAL ISSUES IN PATIENTS WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA 1.1. HISTORY Official history has it that the French psychiatrist Ernest-Charles Lasegue (1816-1833) and the English physician Sir William Withey Gull (1816-1890) simultaneously and independently presented descriptions of a new syndrome of eating disorders among adolescent women. Lasegue described his clinical and therapeutical experiences with [...]
Physiology and related sciences during the 20th century
Γράφτηκε στις 1 Αυγούστου 2007
Συγγραφέας: Ιωάννης Χατζημηνάς
Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. Before I proceed with this lecture, I feel that I must give an explanation of what will follow. At first, when I accepted this invitation, I began collecting material which would have been useful for the literal depiction, exhibition and interpretation of all these conquests which have been achieved in [...]
FIREWALKING IN NORTHERN GREECE (Πυροβασία στη Βόρεια Ελλάδα)
Γράφτηκε στις 1 Ιουλίου 2007
Συγγραφέας: Ιωάννης Χατζημηνάς
Two months after I arrived in Athens, in the fall of 1946, I came to know a very interesting person by the name of Dr Angelos Tanagras. He was the team leader of a group of about a dozen people who used to practice and attend spiritualistic seances. Out of curiosity, I joined in and [...]
PHYSIOLOGY AND RELATED SCIENCES DURING THE 20th CENTURY. THE CONCEPT OF IATROGENIC NEGATIVE NATURAL SELECTION.
Γράφτηκε στις 1 Μαΐου 2007
Συγγραφέας: Ιωάννης Χατζημηνάς
Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. Before I proceed with this lecture, I feel that I must give an explanation of what will follow. At first, when I accepted this invitation, I began collecting material which would have been useful for the literal depiction, exhibition and interpretation of all these conquests which have been achieved in [...]
PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTING RECEIVED IN CHILDHOOD AND EARLY SEPARATION ANXIETY IN YOUNG MALES WITH ADJUSTMENT DISORDER INTRODUCTION
Γράφτηκε στις 17 Απριλίου 2007
Συγγραφέας: Ορέστης Γιωτάκος
The view that early socialization experiences in the family shape the structure and function of adult interpersonal relationships underlies psychoanalytic, object relations, and attachment theories. Bowlby (1980), theorized that the relationship between infant and parent affects the child’s ability to form affection bonds in later life. He concluded that “attachment behavior is held to characterize [...]
ΜΕΤΑ- ΠΑΡΑ- ή ΠΕΡΙ-ΘΑΝΑΤΙΕΣ ΕΜΠΕΙΡΙΕΣ
Γράφτηκε στις 17 Δεκεμβρίου 2006
Συγγραφέας: Ιωάννης Χατζημηνάς
ΕΜΠΕΙΡΙΕΣ ΕΚΤΟΣ ΣΩΜΑΤΟΣ Υπάρχουν πολλοί άνθρωποι που έχουν ζήσει την εμπειρία να βρίσκονται εκτός σώματος και να βλέπουν από ψηλά τον εαυτό τους. Πολλοί κυρίως ασθενείς περιέγραψαν την εμπειρία σαν να έβλεπαν τον εαυτό τους από κάποιο ύψος, να βρίσκεται ξαπλωμένος στο κρεβάτι. Πρόσθετη διέγερση προκάλεσε στους ασθενείς να αισθανθούν ότι τα χέρια τους και [...]
Gender differences in the perceptions for the ideal sex partner Introduction
Γράφτηκε στις 17 Σεπτεμβρίου 2006
Συγγραφέας: Ορέστης Γιωτάκος
Researchers have long been interested in interpersonal perception within relationships. Much of the early interest focused on actual similarity, assumed similarity, and accuracy of perception as predictors of marital quality (Lavinger & Breedlove, 1966). More recent studies have examined how attributions about partner (Bradbury & Fincham, 1990) and idealization of the partner (Murray et al, [...]
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