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ABSTRACT Vascular cerebral episodes or strokes not only they are the third cause of death (10% worldwide, following cardiovascular diseases (13%) and cancer (12%), but they also affect younger people, according to statistics, with a huge social and financial impact. (Dokoutsidou... Read More

ABSTRACT The increasing penetration of medical science in the everyday life of modern man presents a particular need to maintain an ethical framework (program), which places high priority on the protection of patients and efforts to codify their rights and obligations. The laws... Read More

Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of a personal training program and dietary assessment on quality of life in women with osteoporotic hip fractures. Fifty women with osteoporotic hip fractures, aged 57-89 years, were randomized in an experimental... Read More

Abstract Introduction: Despite its usefulness has been internationally recorded, transplantation disturbs physical, psychological and social activities of individuals and their families, requiring additional adaptive interventions. Consequently, a supporting and advisory role of... Read More

ABSTRACT Background: Biliary lithiasis is one of the most common diseases worldwide. Cholecystectomy is its main treatment. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is considered as a first choice treatment in most cases. Material and methods: One hundred and twelve patients were recruited... Read More

SUMMARY Background: In European Union, occupational stress is second in frequency as a health problem related with occupation affecting 28% of employees. Occupational stress is a psychosocial risk factor in occupational field and it is present when occupational demands overcome... Read More

SUMMARY From Oidipodas’ time, whose parents abandoned him in Kithairona Mountain so that Pythia’s oracle would not be true, up to the Moses myth, whose Israeli mother placed him on a papyrus on the Niles’ edges so that the Pharaoh’s of Egypt daughter could find him, history has... Read More

ABSTRACT Background: Individuals differ whether they are healthy or not. They have different personalities and lifestyles, so that consequences of an illness are perceived in individual ways. Therefore, they use to seek different types of help. Aim: To explore the way in which... Read More

ABSTRACT The aim of the present research work is to study the utilisation of robotics in surgical science. We discuss the functionality of the daVinci robotic system , its advantages and disadvantages, as well as the specialities in which robotics surgery is applied. The daVinci... Read More

Abstract Background: The terrestrial life owes its existence to the sun which is a source of electromagnetic radiation, light and heat.The adverse effects of eruptive solar phenomena on biosphere and especially on human health became of interest during the last twenty years... Read More