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 Alain E. Andrea, 04/01 15:13 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The already alarming situation of oncological patients in Lebanon has reached critical levels due to the lack of efficient and affordable treatment, putting the lives of over 30,000 Lebanese patients at risk. Given the increasing plight of cancer patients in Lebanon, pointing fingers at the people responsible has become an imperative. The fatal ...
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, 05/02 21:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Buckingham Palace cancer healthcare King Charles III UK Royal Family United Kingdom
King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, just a week after he was discharged from hospital for prostate surgery. Buckingham Palace announced on Monday that King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer. The discovery was made during a recent treatment for an enlarged ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/02 12:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
cancer Lloyd Austin Pentagon This is Beirut United States
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin was admitted to critical care on Monday, February 12. Duties were handed over to deputy Kathleen Hicks. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was admitted to a critical care ward with a bladder issue as he battles prostate cancer. He transferred his duties to his deputy on Sunday, the Pentagon said. Deputy Secretary of ...
par Alain E. Andrea, 20/08 18:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gene therapy is redefining modern medicine with its successes in hematological cancers and recent advances in treating solid tumors, particularly synovial sarcoma. Gene therapy is on the rise. Having made its first steps at the end of the 20th century, it has since accumulated several successes. This revolutionary approach, which involves ...
