Neurology

Strong tremor shook the Greek capital

The algae has been shown to reduce inflammation

Some 16 percent of the Turkish population suffers from migraines, which corresponds to 13 million patients, a prominent neurologist has said.

A team of physicians from the non-profit organization Renaissance and Progress visited the island of Donoussa in early May to provide free medical services to its few inhabitants. Donoussa, an attractive summer destination in the eastern Cyclades, presents limited opportunities for its 130 inhabitants when it comes to health and education.

A study carried out by the Society for Headache and Migraine Patients has found that the majority of Greeks still believe that the so-called "evil eye" ("mati") is responsible for making their head hurt.

The World Health Organization has classified headaches as a major health disorder and has rated migraines amongst the top 20 most disabling lifetime conditions. Recently however, a new therapy has been hailed as a breakthrough in this problem. Sputnik spoke with Migraine Action, a UK based charity organization about this treatment.

Drosos Kondylis a student from Pyrgos in the Peloponnese managed what many believed impossible. The young teen achieved a score of 17,090 in his university entry exams and is able to choose between the best universities in Greece.

Turkey's Health Ministry has sent a letter to the Social Security Institution (SGK), the government's health insurance scheme, to cover all medical expenses for 114 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients in the country, after an 8-month-old baby died due to a lack of financial means, according to daily Habertürk.

An 8-month-old baby with a fatal disease died in the Marmara province of Sakarya on May 22 after a campaign to raise money for the infant's treatment failed to raise enough funds, Doğan News Agency has reported.
  
The boy, Eymen Çapkın, was born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease affecting the part of the nervous system that controls voluntary muscle movement.

An investigating magistrate was Monday questioning a 26-year-old Iranian man who was arrested on the weekend on drug smuggling charges.

Officers were acting on a tip-off when they apprehended the suspect while he was riding in a taxi in Athens and allegedly found 2.2 kilograms of opium paste - one of the key ingredients in heroin - hidden in cardboard cylinders.