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Spring Scientific Symposium at the National Institute of Cardiology

The XXIX Scientific Symposium of the National Institute of Cardiology has come to an end. More than 300 people listened to expert presentations on new directions in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, presentations of difficult clinical cases and panel discussions.

April 18, 2023
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Long-term care: it affects you too! What changes does the system need?

In Patient Week, Urszula Jaworska speaks with Anna Koziel - Senior Health Specialist in the Global Health, Nutrition and Population Practice at the World Bank.

April 18, 2023
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"Closer to You

Let's learn to talk about mental health

A nationwide educational and informational campaign "Closer to You" has been launched, the originator and organizer of which is the Artemis Group. The campaign focuses on the topic of mental health in the work environment, and its theme is communication and empathy in this regard. Its goal is to...

April 18, 2023
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Centrum Chirurgii Robotycznej Grupy LUX MED otwarte

– Roboty to przyszłość medycyny. Cieszę się, że idziemy w kierunku, w którym dbamy o bezpieczeństwo naszych pacjentów i o to, by byli leczeni nowymi technologiami, dzięki którym będą mogli szybko wracać do zdrowia – powiedziała Anna Rulkiewicz, prezes grupy LUX MED podczas otwarcia Centrum...

April 18, 2023
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Special Editor of Medexpress: Urszula Jaworska

We begin the preceding VII Patient Empowerment Congress - Patient Empowerment Week in Medexpress, i.e. meetings with leaders of patient organizations who take on the role of special editors of the service. In this morning's editorial board, we host Urszula Jaworska, president of the Urszula...

April 18, 2023
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We need screening for Pompe disease, doctors warn

Early diagnosis and timely implementation of enzyme replacement therapy are the most important determinants of Pompe disease, doctors remind. Unfortunately, the late form of the disease, which is predominant, is often detected at a late stage. Several factors contribute to this, but what could...

April 17, 2023
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Quality Law: What are the medics hoping for?

We want constructive dialogue, we want talks about quality and patient safety," Lukasz Jankowski, president of the Supreme Medical Council, said on Monday. The Agreement of Medical Organizations held a press conference at the NIL headquarters, during which leaders assured that no one cares more...

April 17, 2023
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Lung transplants in Krakow - there is an agreement with the National Health Fund

Krakow's John Paul II Specialized Hospital has signed an agreement with the National Health Fund to finance lung transplantation procedures.

April 17, 2023
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Vocational and social rehabilitation for people with disabilities is ineffective

The needs for vocational and social rehabilitation of people with disabilities far exceed the financial capabilities of provincial governments, according to an audit by the Supreme Audit Office (NIK).

April 17, 2023
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Quality law was a threat to Poles

- Common sense and responsibility for the safety of Poles, both patients and medics, have prevailed! - This is how Bożena Janicka, president of the Healthcare Employers' Agreement, comments on the rejection of the harmful Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Act.

April 17, 2023
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ABM to fund study on arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a disease that most often manifests in young, apparently healthy adults. It is the most common cause of sudden death in athletes in Europe. Researchers at the National Institute of Cardiology are looking for a way to prevent the...

April 17, 2023
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Hospital system collapsed

A few years ago, a friend invited me to visit the famous Karolinska Institutet Hospital in Stockholm (that's the one where the Nobel Prize is awarded). The Swedish hospital was by then much more computerized than the Polish hospital where I work, but the experience was instructive. Well, just at...

April 17, 2023
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SOCIAL SECURITY: The number of sick leaves is increasing

According to the Social Insurance Institution, 5.1 million medical certificates of temporary inability to work were registered in the first two months of 2023. What was the most common cause of sickness absences?

April 17, 2023
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The parliament has rejected the law on quality. By one vote

225 deputies should have voted to override the Senate's veto of the quality law, voted - 224. One vote was missing, and the Health Minister says that corporate interests prevailed over patient welfare and announces that he will do everything to ensure that the quality law returns. Is this...

April 14, 2023
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MZ: Restriction of prescribing machines coming soon

A regulation will be issued within a month that will limit doctors' ability to issue prescriptions via teleprescription. The Health Minister announces that this will primarily apply to psychotropic drugs.

April 14, 2023
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Refugees in the Polish health care system

Half a billion zlotys was spent by Poland on health care services for Ukrainian refugees during the ten months of 2022, according to data provided by the National Health Fund in February, a year after Russia invaded our eastern neighbor. The benefits are primarily primary health care, which,...

April 14, 2023
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7 myths about stuttering

Shame, low self-esteem, loneliness, and often depression as a consequence. This is what life is like for many people who stutter. A lot of myths have grown up around this affliction, and there are many methods of therapy. But specialists agree on one thing: stuttering can be cured and it should...

April 14, 2023
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Working in Africa teaches humility and self-discipline

After returning from Uganda, he couldn't look at food for several weeks. There, on one dollar a day, a whole village had to survive. A dozen or so people. Including young children.

April 14, 2023
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World Pompe Disease Day

April 15 is World Pompe Disease Day. This ultra-rare, genetic disease is a difficult opponent, both to diagnose and treat, especially since the process of the disease and the age of onset of symptoms are variable. The first symptoms can occur at any age, but the earlier they appear, the faster...

April 14, 2023
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NIK on personal assistant services for people with disabilities

In 2019-2021, the Minister of Family and Social Policy was late in announcing the Program on assistant services for people with disabilities. Contracts for the implementation of support were concluded after the deadline. It happened that people with disabilities had to wait six months for...

April 14, 2023
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The National Health Service is reacting sharply to problems with the availability of the drugs Ozempic and Trulicity. Announces inspections

In just two years, we are seeing a marked increase in interest in drugs from the GLP-1 analog group. In the case of Ozempic, we are seeing a six-fold increase in packages dispensed. Trulicity is a nearly eightfold increase in just 24 months.

April 14, 2023