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The Healthcare Crisis: A Standoff Between Hospitals and Insurance Companies

Christiane Tager, 20/03 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

The conflict between the hospital owners' syndicate and insurance companies remains unresolved. Hospitals say they are grappling with soaring inflation and steadily rising operating costs, prompting them to demand a 15% increase in hospital fees. According to hospital executives, this adjustment is essential to offset the rising costs of ...

AIDS: From Medical Dead End to Hope for a Cure

Alain E. Andrea, 22/01 21:26 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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A patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was declared in remission after undergoing an allogeneic bone marrow transplant in 2020, according to a press release from the Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), published on Friday, January 17. This case represents the first success of its kind in France and the eighth ...

Alzheimer’s Disease: What if the Herpes Virus Holds the Key?

Alain E. Andrea, 15/01 13:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a major public health challenge in a world where demographic aging is advancing rapidly. According to updated data from the World Health Organization (WHO) as of October 1, 2024, the percentage of the global population aged over 60 is expected to nearly double between 2015 and 2050, from 12% to 22%, representing ...

Third Kidney Xenotransplant: A Hopeful Yet Monitored Step

This is Beirut, 2024-12-18 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Towana Looney, a 53-year-old American, became the third living person to receive an experimental genetically modified pig kidney transplant. The procedure, performed in late November at NYU Langone Hospital in New York, marks an important step in xenotransplantation aimed at addressing the chronic shortage of human organ donors. Ms. Looney, who ...

Victor Ambros: From Skepticism to the Nobel Prize

Alain E. Andrea, 2024-12-10 19:40 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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“All of my remaining realisable assets are to be disbursed as follows: the capital, converted to safe securities by my executors, is to constitute a fund, the interest on which is to be distributed annually as prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” These were Alfred Nobel's final ...

Announcement - Exclusive Interview with Victor Ambros, the 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine

This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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When, in 1993, Ambros identified a particular molecule, lin-4, he could not have imagined that he was laying the foundation for a scientific revolution. These microRNAs, invisible to the naked eye, are now considered the architects of biology, orchestrating essential processes within our cells. But what do these small, yet powerful, molecules ...

AIDS: In the Footsteps of a Major Scientific Scandal (2/2)

Alain E. Andrea, 2024-12-05 14:35 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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At the end of the 20th century, AIDS, previously unknown, spread rapidly, plunging the world into an unprecedented public health crisis. Researchers worked diligently to uncover the causes of this mysterious disease. In May 1983, Luc Montagnier and his team at the Pasteur Institute in Paris published an article in Science announcing that they had ...

AIDS: In the Footsteps of a Major Scientific Scandal (1/2)

Alain E. Andrea, 2024-12-02 18:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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In the early 1980s, a previously unknown disease emerged, signaling an unprecedented upheaval in the history of global public health. It all began on June 5, 1981, with the publication in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of an article titled Pneumocystis Pneumonia—Los ...

Nomonde Ngema Highlights HIV Stigma on Charlize Theron’s Instagram

This is Beirut, 2024-11-29 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The announcement made on Thursday, November 28, is a noteworthy step in raising awareness about HIV stigma, with activist Nomonde Ngema set to take over Charlize Theron’s Instagram to highlight the challenges faced by people living with HIV, particularly in South Africa. This collaboration highlights the ongoing challenges faced by people living ...

Health Minister Launches a Program for Emergency Healthcare Coverage

This is Beirut, 2024-11-18 17:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Health Ministry of public health Firas Abyad displaced

Minister of Public Health Firas Abyad launched a new program to cover emergency primary healthcare services that do not require hospitalization. The new program will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19 and will remain in place after the war on Lebanon ends. This program is aimed at Lebanese citizens receiving treatment at the Ministry of Public ...

Diabetes, a disease with a bitter taste

Alain E. Andrea, 2024-11-15 16:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by abnormally elevated blood glucose levels. Often asymptomatic in its early stages, it primarily affects the vascular system. Inadequately managed chronic hyperglycemia leads to progressive damage to blood vessel walls, resulting in microangiopathy (pathological changes in small blood ...

UK Faces Avian Flu Outbreak as H5N5 Strain Spreads

This is Beirut, 2024-11-06 19:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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In northern England, Yorkshire is now facing an avian flu outbreak following the detection of the H5N5 strain in poultry, marking the first cases recorded in farming since the beginning of the autumn season, the UK government announced on Tuesday. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) confirmed that all poultry at the farm ...

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