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Two MPs push to guarantee access to abortion and contraception in the public health system

Access to legal abortion and contraception remains restricted at some of Victoria’s public hospitals due to religious policies. Despite abortion being legal in the state for more than 15 years, two Catholic-run public hospitals —Mercy for Women and Werribee Mercy— continue to…

5 October, 2025

HEALTH

8 rules we can learn from the Greek Diet and Lifestyle

The Greeks have given the world many gifts, ranging from politics to science as well as architecture. The Greeks have been drivers of so many important fields that are still so relevant today. While all of those things are wonderful in their…

16 November, 2019

HEALTH

Horta: The many benefits of these magical Greek greens

Everyone – absolutely everyone – who has a friend or relative from Greece, has heard of the word “horta”. Literally translating into English as the humble ”weed,” the meaning of the word horta in the modern Greek language encompasses every green that one…

2 October, 2019

GREECE·HEALTH

Chemotherapy treatment “postponed” in big Athens hospital due to lack of funds

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in Attiko Hospital in Athens were shocked to be informed that their treatment is postponed on indefinite time. The patients were informed by phone last Thursday. Hospital workers’ President and doctor at Attiko ICU, Mihalis Rizos, told news…

25 September, 2019

COMMUNITY·HEALTH

Dementia and the specific needs of Greek Australians

By 2057 there will be an estimated 1 million Australians living with dementia. In that same year there will be 8.8 million people over the age of 65 years. In 2017, 15% of Australians (3.8 million) were aged over 65 years. By…

20 September, 2019

GREECE·HEALTH

Study finds that Greeks drink much less alcohol than most other Europeans

According to a recent study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Greeks drink less alcohol than the average European. More specifically, the WHO study includes findings from thirty different European countries (the 28 member-states of the EU plus Switzerland and…

13 September, 2019

COMMUNITY·HEALTH

Food star ratings fail on sugar: Choice

Some top-selling cereals that have four out of five health stars plummet to just 1.5 when added sugars are factored in, Choice says. Choice is demanding a major change to Australia’s star rating system for food, saying consumers are being denied the…

26 June, 2019

HEALTH·SCIENCE

Study: Brain drain is the biggest worry of Greeks and Europeans

A survey conducted recently by YouGov for the European Council on Foreign Relations shows that the nations of Southern and Eastern Europe worry more about emigration than immigration. The trend of millions of young, educated people leaving Southern and Eastern Europe to…

5 April, 2019

HEALTH

Vitamin C tablet helps diabetes

A Victorian study has found popping a vitamin C tablet twice a day could help more than one million Australians with type 2 diabetes reduce their blood sugar levels. The Deakin University study, published in the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism journal, found…

13 February, 2019

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Two MPs push to guarantee access to abortion and contraception in the public health system

8 rules we can learn from the Greek Diet and Lifestyle

Horta: The many benefits of these magical Greek greens

Chemotherapy treatment “postponed” in big Athens hospital due to lack of funds

Dementia and the specific needs of Greek Australians

Study finds that Greeks drink much less alcohol than most other Europeans

Food star ratings fail on sugar: Choice

Study: Brain drain is the biggest worry of Greeks and Europeans

Vitamin C tablet helps diabetes

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