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 on his [...]

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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 [...]

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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 transmitted [...]

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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 is the [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 light-sensitive [...]

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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. [...]

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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 the [...]

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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 [...]

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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 causes [...]

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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 [...]

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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 the [...]

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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 [...]

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