Fundacja Żyjmy Zdrowo oraz Polsko-Amerykańska Fundacja Onkologiczna zapraszają do obejrzenia pełnego zapisu wideo II KONGRESU ZDROWIA MĘŻCZYZN.
- The National Oncology Strategy is being implemented, about 70 percent of it, on time, although some of the tasks are being remodeled over time, assured Prof. Piotr Rutkowski of the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Oncology Institute - PIB in Warsaw, chairman of the Polish Oncology Society, during a...
Consideration of the Senate's resolution on the Law on Amendments to the Law on Health Care Services Financed from Public Funds and Certain Other Laws
Consideration of information on the implementation of the Law of June 16, 2023 on Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety - presented by the Minister of Health.
- Chronic lung diseases cause as much as 9 percent of disability in Poland. Lung diseases are second in order as causes of sickness absence. This is a huge public health problem," says Dr. Malgorzata Czajkowska-Malinowska, president of PTChP, in an interview with Medexpress. What path has...
For the 19th time on February 10-11, 2025, Warsaw will become a meeting place for leaders of patient organizations, experts, representatives of the administration and politicians, who will jointly discuss the key challenges of the health care system in Poland. The Forum of Patients'...
Fake news spreads in the public space just like viruses. What constitutes their strength and what is the power of influence? Dr. Jan Zając, CEO of Sotrender, explains this in an interview with Medexpress.
The Gynecologic Oncology Clinic at the National Cancer Institute in Warsaw has once again received the prestigious accreditation from the European Society of Gynecologic Oncology (ESGO). "This confirms not only the high level of interdisciplinary care of patients, the use of modern diagnostic and...
- Oncology has long strived for treatment to be detached from the hospital bed. Medicine today offers such possibilities," oncologist Prof. Barbara Radeckatold the Sejm. Experts argued that due to the increase in the number of patients and the burden on hospitals, therapies that can be taken at...
Are we making good use of medical staff? What can be done to ensure that each medical professional can realize his or her competencies one hundred percent? How to effectively move away from the hierarchization of medical professions? The opening panel of the 11th Public Health Congress was...
The entry criteria for drug program B.122, the prophylactic treatment of angioedema, will be changed in accordance with the responsible entity's request, a Health Ministry representative announced at the Public Health Congress.
Are there really more mental disorders in the population today than even - if only - two or three decades ago? Or are they simply being diagnosed more frequently or is the structure of diagnoses changing? During the panel on the place of psychiatry in public health, the experts agreed on one...
Diagnostic tools to select breast cancer patients who can avoid chemotherapy in the treatment process and drugs to reduce the risk of recurrence of this cancer were discussed at the Breast Cancer Forum on November 28.
Science is data, medicine is data, experts argued during a discussion on digital transformation and its impact on the efficiency of the healthcare system. The debate opened the second day of the 11th Public Health Congress.
Fear, pains and muscle spasms kept her awake. She began a long trek to the doctors in search of a diagnosis. - I can't count how many visits there were, probably dozens. Finally, when I heard it was ALS, my hands were shaking so badly that I couldn't dial my husband's phone number. I thought I...
The key to stopping or slowing the epidemic of civilization diseases, (such as diabetes, obesity, alcohol abuse and infectious diseases), is health education and prevention and prevention in the broadest sense, agreed experts participating in a discussion devoted to this issue at the 11th Public...
At the European level, clearly issue an intensified joint effort by organizations such as the European Brain Council, the European Academy of Neurology, the European Psychiatric Association, EFNA, among others, to develop and adopt policy recommendations by the European Parliament and the...
Dyskusja na temat poselskiego projektu ustawy o zmianie ustawy – o prawach pacjenta i Rzeczniku Praw Pacjenta oraz niektórych innych ustaw
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna has appointed a new composition of the Council for Rare Diseases. It will be headed by Prof. Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk, head of the Department of Neurology in the Faculty of Medicine at Warsaw Medical University.
Every year, the European Autism Week is celebrated in the first week of December. It's an opportunity to talk about the needs of people on the spectrum and their loved ones. Those of people with profound autism are hardly met. 80 percent of autistic people with high support needs need to live in...
Six exceptional Polish female researchers were awarded at the gala of the 24th edition of the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women and Science program. At a time when the world is grappling with a range of challenges - from climate change to pandemics - diversity in research teams is becoming even more...
Order of the President of the National Health Fund No. 94/2024/DSOZ amending the order on defining the conditions for concluding and implementing contracts in the types of medical rehabilitation and health programs in the scope of services - treatment of children and adults with coma.
Consideration of information from the Minister of Education on the preparation of the core curriculum and the timetable for the introduction of the new subject "Health Education."
On November 14, offices, institutions and public places across the country will be illuminated in blue. This will be an expression of solidarity with diabetics and an attempt to draw attention to the problems diabetics and their families face on a daily basis! - Discrimination and prejudice are...
In the face of demographic implosion and increasing life expectancy - the structure of our society is changing at a pace that will have an increasing impact on the functioning of long-term care in Poland with each passing year. Seniors are increasingly lonely, queues for specialized care are...
Rare cancers account for about 20-25 percent of all oncology diagnoses. They include a variety of cancer types that are difficult to diagnose and treat due to limited clinical knowledge, fewer available therapies and clinical trials. They pose a challenge to both doctors and health systems around...
The "Golden OTIS" Trust Award for the program "Implementation of additional care for patients over 65 years of age" was given to Prof. Piotr Jankowski, MD, head of the Clinical Department of Internal Medicine and Gerontocardiology, and Malgorzata Kupisz-Urbanska, MD, from the Clinical Department...
The Polish History Museum in Warsaw yesterday hosted a Public Health Congress on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the State Sanitary Inspectorate. It was attended by representatives of state authorities, professional local governments, parliamentarians, scientists active in the field of...
This year's celebration of World Hypophosphatasia Day (October 30) will be marked by the joy of patients and their loved ones in gaining access to the first and only targeted therapy for this ultra-rare genetic disease. - Reimbursement of the treatment opens a gateway to a better life - rejoice...
The Minister of Health, the Patient Ombudsman and the oncology community have issued a joint statement on disinformation regarding cancer treatment. At issue are the theories propounded by Jerzy Zięba, who compared the effects of chemotherapy to those of Zyklon B, with which the Nazis carried out...
Today is World Obesity Day. The Ministry of Health, together with the National Health Fund, remind us that this is an ideal opportunity to start taking care of a healthy lifestyle.
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