An interview with Prof. Piotr Kuna of the Medical University of Lodz.
Who is mainly affected by osteoporosis? What test is performed to detect it and how often should one undergo it? These questions, among others, were answered by MPs in a poll we conducted in the parliamentary corridors.
Interview with Deputy Minister of Health Wojciech Konieczny, conducted during the 8th Patient Empowerment Congress.
W końcu 2023 r. działalność prowadziło 11,5 tys. aptek i 1,1 tys. punktów aptecznych – podaje Główny Urząd Statystyczny. To o odpowiednio o 1,6 oraz 2,5 proc. mniej, niż w roku poprzednim. Średnio na jedną aptekę i punkt apteczny przypada niemal 3 tys. pacjentów. Okazuje się też, że zawód...
Access to innovative therapies and diagnostic solutions in Poland improved again last year, mainly due to oncology drugs and those used for rare diseases. The least progress is in chronic diseases, although clinicians stress that there has been tremendous progress in this area as well in recent...
The Announcement of the President of the National Health Fund on the implementation of the pilot program on pharmacist services for reproductive health has been published. The President of the National Health Fund stresses that according to the Law on the Pharmaceutical Profession, a pharmacist...
- We are so psychologically constructed that we attribute the right to dream to people who are healthy. We forget that people at the end of life also dream," says Mariola Kosowicz, MD, clinical psychologist and psychooncologist at the Psychooncology Outpatient Clinic at the Oncology Center in...
On Monday, May 20, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
The Patient Ombudsman has imposed the first penalty regarding treatment of Lyme disease according to ILADS guidelines.
W związku z gwałtownym starzeniem się społeczeństwa opiekunowie seniorów będą niedługo pożądani na rynku pracy tak samo jak dziś księgowe, pracownicy budowlani, kierowcy czy specjaliści AI. W ciągu najbliższych 30 lat liczba osób powyżej 65. roku życia w Europie wzrośnie o 38 % – do 129,8 mln...
Although it has been known for 2,000 years and is more common than breast or lung cancer, it remains one of the most elusive and most common chronic autoimmune diseases with a genetic basis. Undiagnosed and untreated, it can lead to disorders of virtually every system in the body: osteoporosis,...
The government, judging from a reading of the Multiannual State Financial Plan adopted by the Council of Ministers a few days ago, does not foresee any acceleration in the growth of health care outlays, and since, as has been mentioned more than once, the growth in recent years has been quite...
Interview with Prof. Tomasz Szczepanski, president of the Polish Society of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology.
Administrative proceedings have been initiated against the Municipal Police Chief in Krakow over a violation of personal data protection involving the release of an individual's personal data in a press release, the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection informed the RPO.
Konsultantem krajowym w dziedzinie transplantologii klinicznej został specjalista chirurgii ogólnej, specjalista transplantologii klinicznej prof. Michał Grąt, kierownik Kliniki Chirurgii Ogólnej, Transplantacyjnej i Wątroby WUM. Konsultantów krajowych powołuje minister zdrowia spośród...
- Some men diagnosed with infertility fear that not only will their health be judged negatively, but that their masculinity will be called into question. This is misguided and completely unnecessary," says Dr. Luke Kupis, a urologist, andrologist, microsurgeon and male infertility specialist.
- We have lifted limits on hospice and palliative care, and are raising the valuation of these services. As of July 1, the valuation of services in psychiatry will increase. I have announced a competition for 3 billion zlotys to subsidize psychiatric hospitals for children and adolescents. They...
During the May meeting of the District Medical Council in Warsaw, new members of the Presidium of the ORL were elected. We already know the composition of the council.
- Every day we dispense narcotics, the heaviest drugs, and suddenly it turns out that with this one there is such a big political dispute, and yet this can be completely peacefully reconciled. This project should be worked on, and at the same time give a free hand to pharmacists. Let them decide...
The premise of the 40 PLUS Program was very simple. It was supposed to rebuild the health of Poles after the pandemic. At that time, many patients did not regularly perform preventive examinations, and some avoided them altogether. The consequences of such behavior are tragic; to this day,...
"Efforts should be made to ensure that every woman in labor has access to anesthesia during childbirth. The introduction of an adjustment coefficient by the National Health Fund may favorably affect the actual availability of anesthesia during natural childbirth and thus contribute to improving...
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