par This Is Beirut, 03/01 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
At the end of Wednesday's meeting between caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Health Minister Firas Abiad, the decision was made to "work towards implementing the agreement under which the sum of one thousand billion Lebanese pounds would be secured monthly to subsidize medication for cancer and chronic diseases," as Abiad put it. Concluded ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/02 16:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Twenty million new cases by 2022, nearly 10 million deaths... The data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) point to a widespread increase in the number of cancer cases worldwide. The number of new cancer cases will rise to more than 35 million in 2050 -- 77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, the World Health Organization's ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/03 13:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The civil servants' strike that has been going on for almost two weeks in Lebanon is seriously jeopardizing citizens’ health, especially those with chronic diseases in a country where healthcare is already severely weakened by an unprecedented economic and financial crisis. In a communique issued on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health deplored ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/03 11:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
genetic modification HEALTH kidney transplant pig kidney transplant
US surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that they had conducted the first successful transplantation of a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient on Thursday. US surgeons have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, the hospital said on Thursday, a ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/04 23:27 - Reading : less than a minute
From April 18th to 21st, over 200 exhibitors gather at the Forum de Beyrouth for the Beauty and Wellbeing Forum, a groundbreaking event in Lebanon dedicated to beauty, as well as mental and physical health.
par Alain E. Andrea, 17/05 17:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AHT diseases HEALTH hypertension
The discovery of new genomic regions related to blood pressure offers crucial insights for understanding and treating hypertension. May 17 is International Hypertension Day and on this occasion, This is Beirut provides an update on the latest developments. Arterial hypertension (AHT) is a major worldwide public health issue. Without early ...
par This Is Beirut, 31/05 15:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A long-standing resolution urging WHO action on towering health needs in the Palestinian territories hung in the balance on Friday, after Israel secured an amendment requiring the text to mention hostages held in Gaza. The largely technical text presented on Wednesday by a group of Arab countries, including the Palestinians, to the World Health ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/07 12:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Decisions political leaders take this year will be decisive whether a target to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 can be reached, the United Nations said on Monday. Figures from 2023 show a global improvement in the number of new infections, the treatment of HIV-positive patients and a fall in the number of fatalities, but UNAIDS warned ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/08 12:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza's first polio case in 25 years has sparked a challenging vaccination campaign amid ongoing conflict, with UN agencies preparing to vaccinate 640,000 children despite severe logistical obstacles. The Gaza Strip's first recorded polio case in 25 years has health workers and aid agencies grappling with the steep obstacles to conducting mass ...
