Fundacja Żyjmy Zdrowo oraz Polsko-Amerykańska Fundacja Onkologiczna zapraszają do obejrzenia pełnego zapisu wideo II KONGRESU ZDROWIA MĘŻCZYZN.
O tym jak choroba wpływa na życie całej rodziny mówi w rozmowie z Medexpressem Teresa Brzozowska-Nieczaj, mama Kacpra i Karola - bliźniaków chorujących na ataksję Friedricha.
Five years of experience, related to the functioning of the drug program in Poland, concerning the treatment of SMA, confirmed that we are dealing with a model solution. This does not mean, however, that there is no room for change. The first ones have already occurred and concerned pregnant...
The Gedeon Richter Poland study is dedicated to men - their health, emotions and self-acceptance. The latest report "Understanding Masculinity. The reality of the Polish man" debunks popular stereotypes about tough, insensitive men.
- It would be worthwhile to expand the indications and simplify the path to get into the drug program. These elements are also reported to us by patients themselves. They say that they suffer from depression, nothing helps them, but for some reason they cannot get into this program. So the change...
- Lack of knowledge about the need for treatment, proper management, as well as the therapies and topical treatment options available in the drug program evidently translates into a reduced supply of the correct drugs, says Col. Prof. Witold Owczarek, head of the Department of Dermatology at the...
Press conference by Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna on the draft of the new list of reimbursed drugs as of October 1, 2024.
We talk to Alicia Lisowska, president of the Epi-Bohater Foundation, about the results of a study on the stigmatization of patients with central nervous system disorders.
"Consideration of information from the Minister of Health on the availability of the drug Ozempic and plans to ensure it in the future."
We ask Prof. Dominika Dudek, president of the Polish Psychiatric Association, about the study's findings on the stigmatization of patients with central nervous system disorders.
- Children are very much affected by returning to school. It's often a new environment for them, and they don't know if the classmates they sat in the bench with will still want to sit with them. We adults have a big challenge ahead of us to support our children against the tide of peer...
- The needs for molecular diagnostics are very urgent and met only to a certain extent. We must divide patients who need targeted therapy and require molecular diagnostics into two groups. The first is oncology patients, who have reimbursed high-throughput genomic testing or next-generation...
- We are in the process of proceeding with amendments to ban the sale of all such products, both nicotine-containing and nicotine-free, until the age of 18. Currently, the law only talks about nicotine. There are harmful substances in these disposable nicotine-free inhalation devices as well,"...
- It is important that we start investing in our body, because it is our health that will be with us for life. If we want to enjoy it for a long time, we should start with this investment. My generation was the backyard generation, today is the car seat generation, because we drive our children...
- It used to be that the school nurse was someone who was valued and used in the school from start to finish. Students also had access to dentists, for example, and now it's mostly private visits... I think it's worthwhile to take care of the role of the nurse at school. This potential is...
- We have focused a lot over the decades on diseases, on how to prevent them as well, but especially on how to treat them, how to proceed, how to rehabilitate them. This is very important and this has often been neglected as well, but without the element of education we won't move said Deputy...
The President of the UODO has fined the Independent Public Health Care Center in Pajęczno 40 thousand zlotys. As a result of the hacking attack, the facility lost access to patient and employee data. It took corrective action only after the fact. Before that, it had not conducted a risk analysis...
Blood is urgently needed. We are asking blood donors to come forward," the regional blood donation and blood-treatment centers are appealing. Some of them lack almost all blood groups. This is the case, for example, in Cracow and Radom.
- We need to determine, first of all, who should be the ultimate beneficiaries of what the health premium looks like and how much it is. I understand the indignation of entrepreneurs, but at the same time I know what problems health care is currently facing. The task of the Medical Council is to...
Maciej Dabrowski, M.D., took over as deputy director for clinical affairs at the National Institute of Cardiology last Wednesday. He succeeded Prof. Maciej Sterlinski, MD, who is returning to work with patients at the NIKard Center for Heart Rhythm Disorders.
- Patients with hemato-oncology diseases deserve to be treated with the latest methods, the parlementarians who spoke in a poll conducted by Medexpress in the parliamentary corridors agree. Among other things, we asked them about the importance of effective use of financial inputs in this field...
Introducing a child to school life is a process that requires parents to do much more than buy a backpack and walk their toddler to the school gate. In fact, it is an emotional moment for both children and parents, who often experience this stage just as intensely.
The COVID-19 pandemic was a huge shock for many of us, not only in terms of health, but also psychologically. We lived in constant tension, uncertainty and fear for the future. As a result of the experience, some people developed what is known as post-pandemic stress syndrome, which, like other...
The case of two female fist fighters, Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan and Imane Khelif of Algeria, competing in the women's events at the Paris Olympics, has heated up the discussion about their gender. There have been harsh comments, memes and made-up facts of life. Meanwhile, the issue of physical gender...
Five cities, the support of dozens of experts and volunteers, and nearly 14,500 people who visited the prepared stops - this is the balance of the just-completed campaign organized by the European Commission as part of Mission Cancer. Its goal was to spread knowledge about cancer and oncology...
It protects against bacterial diseases, viral diseases and allergies, pushes back the specter of obesity and reduces the risk of cancer for both baby and mother - that's what breast milk is. Unfortunately, not all children have a chance at the "gold standard of nutrition." It is to them that the...
- Surveys show that one in two Poles believe that restricting alcohol sales at gas stations at night is a step in the right direction, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna said at a press conference on Thursday. She also said of plans to restrict the sale of so-called "monkeys."
Subcutaneous therapies not only improve the quality of life of patients, but also save money by reducing the involvement of medical personnel, hospital occupancy and consumption of materials necessary for intravenous administration. Besides, this is one of the solutions to cope with the...
- The Finance Ministry has decided together with the Health Minister to amend the excise map for tobacco products, Deputy Finance Minister Jaroslaw Neneman said Wednesday during a meeting of the Subcommittee on Public Health.
The Health Ministry is working on a regulation on a detailed list of professional activities of dental hygienists.
Opening balance - the current state of nephrology in Poland (Debate). Presentation of the results of a survey conducted among patients affiliated with the National Association of My Kidneys.
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