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Free screenings for melanomas and skin cancer
The Hellenic Society of Dermatology and Venereology (EDAE) will be offering the public free screenings for melanomas and skin cancer between May 9 and 13 throughout Greece on the occasion of European Melanoma Day Thursday and Greek Week Against Skin Cancer.
For further information, call 215.215.8523.
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Health Ministry to distribute 300,000 bicycles
Up to 300,000 bicycles will be distributed this year to children and teenagers in order to encourage regular physical activity, Turkish Health Ministry announced on April 21. The bicycles will also be given to the municipalities in order to encourage them to construct bicycle roads.
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Woman believed to have swallowed nearly one kilo of cocaine intercepted at Athens airport
Officers of the police's narcotics unit on Wednesday detained a 32-year-old Venezuelan woman after determining that she had swallowed nearly a kilogram of cocaine in 88 packages.
The woman arrived at Athens International Airport on a flight from Sao Paulo via Abu Dhabi.
Battle to wipe out polio begins with vaccine switch
In a huge immunization effort in 150 countries, health teams will on April 17 launch what they hope will be the final push against polio.
Forbes puts Turkey-born biotech billionaire's story on its cover
Forbes magazine has put the story of a Turkey-born biotech billionaire, Osman Kibar, who has been named the inventor of the "God Pill," along with his company Samumed on its latest cover as one of the top 30 global game changers in the world.
Brazilian scientists find new Zika-linked brain disorder in adults
Scientists in Brazil have uncovered a new brain disorder associated with Zika infections in adults: an autoimmune syndrome called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, or ADEM, that attacks the brain and spinal cord.
Turkey's Changemakers: KAÇUV 'Family Home'
The Hope Foundation for Children with Cancer (KAÇUV) has been named the 12th Changemaker of the 7th season of the Sabanci Foundation's Turkey's Changemakers Program.
According to World Health Organization (WHO) data, every year 200,000 children are diagnosed with cancer.
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Bounce go the tennis balls….and not only them (videos+photos)
Bulgaria Police Bust Cocaine Smuggling Ring
A criminal gang involved in a ring smuggling cocaine into Western Europe from Turkey has been cracked down in a specialized operation, police have said.
Bulgaria's Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP) has seized 30 tons of cocaine in 25 packages across the country.
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Greek authorities searching for the mother of 7-year-old Syrian hospitalized in Germany
Greece’s government body that manages the refugee crisis has been mobilized after it emerged that the family of a 7-year-old Syrian boy who is hospitalized in Germany and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant may be among the thousands of stranded refugees and migrants in Greece.