To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we speak with Andreas Karakatsanis, Professor of Breast Surgery at Uppsala University, Director of the Breast Clinic at Uppsala University Hospital, and Visiting Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, about advances in breast...
To mark World Mental Health Day, we speak with Nikolaos Christodoulou, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Thessaly’s Department of Medicine and Director of the University Psychiatric Clinic at Larissa University Hospital, about mental health in an age of constant pressure and growing everyday d...
With Memi Tsekoura, president of the “Petalouda” Skeletal Health Association, we discuss the importance of timely information and caring for our bones at every age, on the occasion of the 19th “Health in Focus” Conference. Tsekoura stresses that building strong bones begins in childhood, through exercis...
To mark World Alzheimer’s Day, “The Practive of Living” discusses one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine.
Our guest is Constantine Lyketsos, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and one of the world’s leading Alzheimer’s disease r...
We speak with Maria Papageorgiou, President of the “Erifyle” Initiative for Patients with Gynecologic Cancers, on the occasion of the symposium “Little Iphigenias: Women Facing Silent Cancers.” The discussion focuses on the woman behind the diagnosis, her fears and questions, the need for accurate and rel...
With psychologist and child psychologist Angelina Stergiopoulou, we discuss how to return to our daily routines while holding on to some of the calm, freedom, and positive energy of the summer vacation.
We talk about children returning to school, how parents can respond when a child says, “I don’t wan...
We speak with Stelios Stylianidis, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Professor Emeritus of Social Psychiatry in the Department of Psychology at Panteion University, about the growing presence of digital imagery in our lives, the constant pursuit of appearances and life behind the filters. We also discuss...
We discuss humanistic medicine with Anastasios Germenis, professor emeritus at the University of Thessaly’s School of Medicine and corresponding member of the Academy of Athens.
Drawing on his book “Ανθρωπιστική Ιατρική: Από τον πατερναλισμό στην ασθενοκεντρικότητα,” published by Crete University Press, Germenis explains how advan...
We speak with Mr. Petros Koumoutsakos, Professor of Computational Science at Harvard University and President of the Hellenic Institute of Advanced Studies, about Artificial Intelligence—an area in which he has been a pioneer for more than three decades—and how it is transforming biomedical research, ope...
Maria Gazouli, Professor of Biology, Genetics and Nanomedicine at the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), joins the program to discuss the major advances transforming modern medicine. The conversation explores personalized medicine, the microbiome and the...
Dr. Spyros Chouliaras, an obstetrician-gynecologist specializing in in vitro fertilization and an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell University, discusses infertility, an issue that now affects one in six couples worldwide.
Dr. Chouliaras explains why infertility rates have risen in recent years,...
Petros Petridis, Professor of Social Anthropology at Panteion University, joins "The Practice of Living" to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the way we speak, write, and communicate.
In a thought-provoking conversation, he examines the profound impact of AI on everyday life, language,...
In the first part of the program, we speak with Maria Papageorgiou, President of Erifyli, the Association of Patients with Gynecological Cancer, about endometrial cancer, as June is Endometrial Cancer Awareness Month. Ms. Papageorgiou discusses the importance of early diagnosis and reminds us how essential...
We speak with Elias El-Habr, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Sorbonne University and researcher at the University's Neuroscience Center, about the latest developments and treatments in cancer research. Dr. El-Habr presents his work, which focuses on brain cancers and, in particular,...
Με την ψυχολόγο κα Μαριάννα Παναγιώτου συζητάμε για το άγχος των εξετάσεων: κατά πόσο είναι φυσιολογικό, πότε λειτουργεί βοηθητικά και πότε γίνεται εμπόδιο, πώς μπορούν οι μαθητές να το διαχειριστούν, αλλά και ποιος θα πρέπει να είναι ο ρόλος των γονιών και του ευρύτερου περιβάλλοντός τους.
Η παθολόγος-ογ...
On this episode, we speak with Artemis Tsitsika, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and collaborating Professor of UNESCO for Global Health and Education, about adolescent mental health and the challenges...
Cardiologist and Director of the Hypertension Clinic Dr. Nikolaos Kouremenos joins the program to discuss arterial hypertension, one of the most silent and dangerous threats to public health, as it often develops without symptoms until serious complications occur. The discussion focuses on prevention,...
In the first part of the program, Theodoros Vasilakopoulos, Professor of Pulmonology and Intensive Care at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and President of National Public Health Organization (EODY), explains the symptoms of asthma, how the condition can be effectively...
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