An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers reported — but it remains unclear how much difference that might make in people’s lives. Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its U.S. partner Biogen had announced earlier this fall that the drug lecanemab appeared to work, a badly needed bright spot after ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, revealed that Paris does not mind the election of Marada Movement Leader, Sleiman Frangieh, as president of the republic, adding that the French “are the most informed of the Lebanese file.” “Frangieh is the strongest presidential candidate,” the Minister told an interview with Télé ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary visited the Beirut-based offices of Al-Liwaa daily, accompanied by Director General of the Information Ministry, Hassan Falha, where they met with the newspaper’s chairman Salah Salam.   Following the meeting, Makary reiterated his support for all the Lebanese media means. He said that talks ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary welcomed in his office at the Ministry, USA “National Public Radio” International Correspondent based in Beirut, Ruth Sherlock, in the presence of the Head of the Ministry’s Foreign Correspondents Press Room, Marwan Shoukri. Discussions reportedly touched on media affairs and the current situation in ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary welcomed in his office at the Ministry, MP Jimmy Jabbour, with whom he discussed the most recent developments on the Lebanese arena. NNA

Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary welcomed the Director General of Cooperatives at the Ministry of Agriculture, Gloria Abu Zaid, who visited him in the company of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) representative in Lebanon, Noura Orabih Haddad. After the meeting, Orabih said, “I had the honor to meet with Minister ...

Researchers say a new study of kidney cancer offers hope for treating the disease using existing drugs. The study of the cancer at a single-cell level has discovered a potential drug target to treat renal cell carcinoma – a cancer with a high death rate that is hard to detect.  According ...

Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati met at the Grand Serail, with Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, with whom he discussed the situation of the media sector in the country and relevant Ministry affairs. Following the meeting, Caretaker Minister Makary said, “I briefed the Premier on my talks in Djerba-Tunisia, ...

A simple blood test that looks for changes in a group of proteins could detect breast cancer up to two years before diagnosis, according to scientists. Experts have identified a type of blood test that focuses on a set of six proteins that may be at higher or lower levels ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary, currently representing Lebanon at the Francophone Summit in Djerba, Tunisia, took part in a closed meeting held yesterday between heads of states and governments, heads of delegations of member states and governments of the World Organization of La Francophonie, entitled: “Francophonie of Tomorrow”. In ...