Historical Vignette Evangelia Mourellou, Dimitra Bartzi, Gregory Tsoucalas Department of the History of Medicine and Medical Deontology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece. Dear Editor, The former Parnitha Sanatorium, now in ruins, was located on Mount Parnitha in the Municipality of Acharnon in the outskirts of the city of Athens. It was in …

Case Report Spiros Dellis 1, Nikolaos Taprantzis2, Evgenia Charitaki3, Dimitrios Filippou4, Dimosthenis Chrysikos4, Theodore Troupis4 1Konstantopoulio General Hospital, Athens, Greece 2 Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC 3 Department of General Surgery, Konstantopoulio General Hospital, Athens, Greece 4 Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC     …

Letter to the Editor Tsoucalas G1, Mourellou E1, Gatos GTh2, Gatos K2 1 Department of History of Medicine and Medical Deontology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece 2 Saint George Dementia Clinic, Nees Pagases-Alykes, Volos, Greece   Correspondece Address. Gregory Tsoucalas, Department of History of Medicine and Medical Deontology, School of Medicine, University …

Editorial Dimitrios FilippouAss. Professor, Medical School, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens The beginning of the 21st century has brought about a profound change in medical approaches, transitioning from broad treatment guidelines to more personalized therapeutic methods. This evolution, largely fuelled by progress in genomic technologies, has led to the rise of personalized medicine—where therapies …

Historical Review The Andalusian surgeon al-Zahrawi (936-1013) and his method of treatment for infantile hydrocephalus in Muslim Spain Ntakoulas G*, Mourellou E*, Tsoukalas G. Department of the History of Medicine and Medical Deontology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece. (* equal contribution) Abstract Hydrocephalus is a condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid builds …

Review Article Nikolaos K. Louros (1898-1986): the Greek Gynecologist and Medical Philosopher Miltiadis Perdikakis1, Dimosthenis Papadimitrakis1, Dimitrios Filippou2,3 1School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece 2Research and Education Institute in Biomedical Sciences (REIBS), Pireus-Athens, Greece 3Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece Corresponding Address: …

Review Article Anatomical variations of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMN) Papatzikos Konstantinos*, Mitropoulou Maria*, Filippou Dimitrios, Troupis Theodoros, Chrysikos Dimosthenis Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece (*Equally contributed) Corresponding Address: Papatzikos Konstantinos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, konstantinospapantzikos@gmail.com …

Historical vignette The Medicine of the semi-god healer Chiron and the divine origin of the Medical art Mourellou Evangelia, Tsoucalas Gregory Department of the History of Medicine and Medical Deontology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece Abstract The mythological creature Centaur Chiron, lived in the mountain Pelion in ancient Thessaly in Greece. Chiron …

Editorial Ethical Problems and Possible Limitations from the Use of AI in Medicine Dimitrios Filippou1,2 1 Research and Education Institute in Biomedical Sciences (REIBS), Pireaus-Athens, Greece 2 Dept. of Anatomy, School of Medicine, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the field of medicine, providing groundbreaking innovations in …

Historical Review Ntakoulas G*, Mourellou E*, Tsoukalas G. Department of the History of Medicine and Medical Deontology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece. (* equal contribution) Abstract Hydrocephalus is a condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid builds up within the fluid-containing cavities or ventricles of the brain, with its name deriving from the …