Parasitic infections

Parasitic infections, which are most prevalent in developing countries, in recent years present a new diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to physicians of the developed countries, because of increased international trav...

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Depression and criminality

This is a literature review of the relationship between depression and criminality. This complex relationship has been investigated in three groups of studies with differing methodology, namely birth cohort studies, stud...

Sir Ronald Ross’s participation in the Greek anti-malaria fight in 1906

The famous Scottish epidemiologist Sir Ronald Ross visited Greece in 1906. He was invited by the Lake Copais Company, which had taken on the drainage work of the lake. Ross was helped in his tour by Professor Savvas and...

Breast cancer, bone and marrow metastases

A 62-year-old woman was admitted in the Orthopedics Department, due to a recent right hip injury. The X-ray revealed a subtrochanteric fracture of the right femur. Her medical history was remarkable for an episode of mas...