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AGE – RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION (AMD)

Συγγραφέας Μιχάλης Χριστοδουλίδης Γράφτηκε στις 15 Μαρτίου 2009,

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 light-sensitive retina) to deteriorate; this destroys the sharp, central vision needed for seeing objects clearly, and for common daily tasks such as reading and driving.

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Mendel’s Beans, Ourselves, Medicine and the Genes! (IATROGENIC NEGATIVE NATURAL SELECTION)

Συγγραφέας Ιωάννης Χατζημηνάς Γράφτηκε στις 16 Δεκεμβρίου 2008,

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 have been done on the beanplants and their beans, and it was then that for the first time I came to realize that plants are also living organisms that are subject to the same laws with animals as regards the presence of their hereditary characteristics, as well as their transfer from one generation to the next!

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Κινδυνεύουν τα μάτια μας από τις βαφές μαλλιών;

Οι βαφές μαλλιών είναι ένα από τα ευρύτερα χρησιμοποιούμενα καλλυντικά προϊόντα, αλλά δεκάδες χημικές ουσίες που περιέχονται σε αυτές μπορεί να [...]

Υπέρηχος καρδιάς (διαθωρακικό)

Το διαθωρακικό υπερηχογράφημα (trans-thoracic echocardiogram) αποτελεί τη βασική εξέταση απεικόνισης για κάθε ασθενή. [...]

Ένα ή δύο στήθη σε κάθε γεύμα;

Να δίνω στο μωρό μου το ένα στήθος ή και τα δύο σε κάθε γεύμα; Αυτό είναι κάτι που προβληματίζει κατά καιρούς πολλές θηλάζουσες μητέρες. Δεν υπάρχουν [...]

TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

Συγγραφέας Ορέστης Γιωτάκος Γράφτηκε στις 17 Απριλίου 2008,

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 and definitely includes patients whose clinical presentations, treatment responses, and courses of illness are varied. It occurs in all cultures, the incidence is about 2 to 4 cases per 10,000 population per year and the life time risk is about 1%.

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ANOREXIA NERVOSA: Biological data

Συγγραφέας Ορέστης Γιωτάκος Γράφτηκε στις 17 Φεβρουαρίου 2008,

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 with eight female patients whose eating habits were severely disturbed in a paper which appeared in ‘Archives Generales de Medicine’ in April 1873.

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Λευκοπενια

Σκολίωση & Παιδιά: Όλα όσα πρέπει να γνωρίζουν οι γονείς!

Κακή διατροφή: πως επηρεάζει την υγεία των ματιών μας;

Physiology and related sciences during the 20th century

Συγγραφέας Ιωάννης Χατζημηνάς Γράφτηκε στις 01 Αυγούστου 2007,

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 domain of Physiology and related sciences during the 20th century. This would have been in line with the title that was already announced, which constitutes an absolute fit to the planning, as regards the contents and the frame of this series of lectures. However, very soon I realized that this enterprise, was essentially not very different from the feat of filling up the jar of Danaides,

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FIREWALKING IN NORTHERN GREECE (Πυροβασία στη Βόρεια Ελλάδα)

Συγγραφέας Ιωάννης Χατζημηνάς Γράφτηκε στις 01 Ιουλίου 2007,

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 attended a few of these meetings which were taking place in his home, somewhere in Athens.

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PHYSIOLOGY AND RELATED SCIENCES DURING THE 20th CENTURY. THE CONCEPT OF IATROGENIC NEGATIVE NATURAL SELECTION.

Συγγραφέας Ιωάννης Χατζημηνάς Γράφτηκε στις 01 Μαΐου 2007,

Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen.

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PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTING RECEIVED IN CHILDHOOD AND EARLY SEPARATION ANXIETY IN YOUNG MALES WITH ADJUSTMENT DISORDER INTRODUCTION

Συγγραφέας Ορέστης Γιωτάκος Γράφτηκε στις 17 Απριλίου 2007,

The view that early socialization experiences in the family shape the structure and function of adult interpersonal relationships underlies psychoanalytic, object relations, and attachment theories. Bowlby (1980), theorized that the relationship between infant and parent affects the child’s ability to form affection bonds in later life. He concluded that “attachment behavior is held to characterize human beings from the cradle to the grave”. He also argued that the term “bonding” and “attachment” are similar but there are some important differences. Attachment is an instictive process, and bonding is perhaps best viewed as less clearly biologically determined. Main et al (1985),

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Γλαύκωμα: Ο Σιωπηλός Κλέφτης της Όρασης

Μείνετε Υγιείς και Ασταμάτητοι τις γιορτές: Θωρακιστείτε από Γρίπη και Κρυολόγημα!

Μυελοδυσπλαστικα σύνδρομα (MDS)

Παθήσεις θυροειδούς: πως επηρεάζουν τα μάτια;

Διατροφική και αυτοάνοση γαστρίτιδα:

Gender differences in the perceptions for the ideal sex partner Introduction

Συγγραφέας Ορέστης Γιωτάκος Γράφτηκε στις 17 Σεπτεμβρίου 2006,

Researchers have long been interested in interpersonal perception within relationships. Much of the early interest focused on actual similarity, assumed similarity, and accuracy of perception as predictors of marital quality (Lavinger & Breedlove, 1966). More recent studies have examined how attributions about partner (Bradbury & Fincham, 1990) and idealization of the partner (Murray et al, 1996) affect relationship satisfaction. Denny et al (1984), comparing men’s and women’s preferences for sexual partners, have found that male undergraduates place the most emphasis on genital stimulation and intercourse, whereas female undergraduates most valued foreplay.

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Neuropsychiatry

Συγγραφέας Ορέστης Γιωτάκος Γράφτηκε στις 17 Αυγούστου 2006,

Crossed Hand-Eye Dominance In Male Psychiatric Patients

Key words: Crossed-dominance, Laterality, schizophrenia, mental disorders
Introduction. Many authors have pointed out abnormal motor asymmetry in neurological and psychiatric diseases. The research revealed increase in mixed-handedness (Cannon, Byrne, Cassidy, Larkin, Horgan, Sheppard & O’Callaghan, 1995, Hayden, Kern, Burdick & Green, 1997), and lack of agreement between hand, eye, and foot preferences (Piran, Bigler & Cohen, 1988) among schizophrenics. The functional significance of hand-eye crossed dominance causes is not well understood. Some studies have shown that crossed

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ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS: Biological Data

Συγγραφέας Ορέστης Γιωτάκος Γράφτηκε στις 17 Ιουλίου 2006,

Biological factors, such as genetic background, neurotransmitter and neuroendocrine systems, social factors, and psychological factors, such as, personality traits and ego defense mechanisms, contribute to the pathogenesis of anxiety. Τοwards explaining anxiety, a number of neurone’s systems, neuroanatomical regions and various hormonic levels of mulfunction have been suggested.
The GABA-nergic hypothesis is based on the finding that the benzodiazepines increase the function of GABA-A receptor, allowing the inflow of chloric anions into the cell.

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RAPE

Συγγραφέας Ορέστης Γιωτάκος Γράφτηκε στις 15 Μαΐου 2005,

Epidemiology
Russell’s (1984) wide research in random samples of San Francisco women is regarded by now the most thorough research in relation to the measuring of undesired sexual experiences. The percentage of 24% which is extracted by this survey keeps up with the 27.5% of Koss et al (1987) which resulted after a sample survey on American female students who reported rape or attempt of rape from the age of 14. Gavey’s (1991) research in New Zealand resulted to a similar percentage (25.3%) of women who reported rape or attempt of rape.

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