Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that mainly affect the respiratory system. The severity of illness they cause ranges from a common cold to very serious and even fatal respiratory infections. Symptoms include cough, shortness of breath and high fever, whereas in some severe cases and depending on the virus strain, pneumonia, severe acute respiratory...
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Basic information on coronaviruses and recommended ways to protect ourselves.
Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that mainly affect the respiratory system. The severity of illness they cause ranges from a common cold to very serious and even fatal respiratory infections. Symptoms include cough, shortness of breath and high fever, whereas in some severe cases and depending on the virus strain, pneumonia, severe acute respiratory...
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New publication by Research Lab!
We are proud to announce that our manuscript entitled “Passive exposure of non-smokers to E-Cigarette aerosols: Sensory irritation, timing and association with volatile organic compounds” has been published in the Journal Environmental Research. You can read the article via the journal’s link https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935119307601
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World Pneumonia Day!
12th of November has been established as World Pneumonia day since 2009 aiming to increase awareness on pneumonia, one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality especially in children and the elderly. What is Pneumonia? Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs especially affecting the alveoli that fill with pus and fluid instead...
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TackSHS project final conference & press release – 8 October 2019, European Parliament, Brussels
8 October 2019, European Parliament, Brussels Tackling tobacco-related chronic diseases in Europe: Novel data from the Horizon 2020 TackSHS project reveals the results of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) from cigarettes and second-hand aerosols (SHA) from electronic cigarettes on the respiratory health of European population, the burden of associated mortality and morbidity, and economic consequences...
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the George D. Behrakis Research Lab is sharing some very important information on Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. It is characterized by the presence of abnormal cells in the breast that grow and divide rapidly and uncontrollably and have the ability to...
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5th Series of Lectures on Public Health
The Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece, opens the 5th Annual Series of Lectures, this Wednesday September 25th, with a Round Table Discussion on Seasonal Influenza. Lectures are CME-CPD credited by the Panhellenic Medical Association for physicians and by the Hellenic Regulatory Body of Nurses for continuing their medical and...
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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, June 5th, 2019
The World Health Organization has included air pollution among the top ten threats to public health in 2019. What is Air pollution? Air pollution can be defined as the process of various pollutants being dispersed into the air which lead to harmful effects on all living organisms and the environment.1 Pollutants include ozone,...
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World No Tobacco Day 2019: Tobacco and Lung Health
Smoking, a classified disease, is the greatest epidemic of all time. Although smoking affects the whole body, the respiratory system is the point of entry and main target for the harmful effects of the noxious toxic substances inhaled through various tobacco products. Some of the main known tobacco-induced respiratory diseases include trachea, bronchus, lung cancers...
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World Immunization Week- April 24 2019
Read the Greek version of this article here. VACCINE HESITANCY Vaccine hesitancy, usually expressed by the anti-vaccination movement is not a new concept, it is as old as the first vaccine introduced in the early 1800’s. The current anti-vaccination wave was triggered by an article in the Lancet in 1999 by Andrew Wakefield that claimed...