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New standards for diagnosis and treatment of asthma

The prevalence of asthma in Polish patients is steadily increasing, and we can meet the need for adequate monitoring of the disease in primary care centers. However, there is still a great need for more precise asthma control measures.

March 24, 2023
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Advertising of medical devices part 6. Advertising to the layperson.

As of January 1, 2023, new rules for the advertising of medical products apply. I invite you to a series of publications on this topic.

March 24, 2023
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Angels are among us. Medexpress editors honored by Coalition for the Premature Infant

"Angels of Prematurity" went to people who have made special contributions to improving the care of premature babies and spreading awareness of the smallest of the young. Among those honored by the Coalition for Prematurity were our editorial colleagues: Iwona Schymalla and Edyta Hetmanowska.

March 24, 2023
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Brak chętnych do szczepienia się przeciwko Covid-19

Znów odnotowujemy wzrost chorych pacjentów z COVID-19 w poradniach, mówią specjaliści medycyny rodzinnej, przypominając o możliwości szczepień ochronnych.

March 24, 2023
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Gluten - evil itself or a dietary whipping boy?

Can gluten also harm those who do not have celiac disease or are not allergic to it? Can "non-celiac and nonallergic gluten sensitivity" somehow be diagnosed - we discuss this with Dr. Ewa Lange of the Department of Dietetics at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

March 24, 2023
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Coalition for Prematurity has been supporting premature babies for 10 years

Ten years ago the Coalition for the Premature Infant was founded - a social initiative created by Prof. Maria Katarzyna Borszewska-Kornacka, then president of the Polish Neonatology Society. At the time, too little was being said about premature babies and the dangers they face from the first...

March 24, 2023
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Again an increase in the number of suicide attempts in Poland. What is the reason?

KGP data shows that in 2022 there were more than 5% more suicide attempts than the year before. The reason is still most often undetermined. Last year, this was found to be the case in 5.7 thousand cases, and the year before - in 5.5 thousand. In turn, among the known causes, mental illness and...

March 24, 2023
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Child after COVID - no longer just PIMS, now also PASC

To date, the only known consequence of Covid-19 infection in children has been PIMS, an acute and potentially dangerous generalized inflammatory syndrome caused by immune dysregulation that can lead to cardiac complications. Symptoms in the form of primarily high fever, signs of damage to at...

March 24, 2023
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WCCI Warsaw, a strong cardiovascular structure

The 27th Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions (WCCI) workshop, organized by the Foundation for the Support of Interventional Cardiology under the auspices of the Association for Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Society of Cardiology and in cooperation with EAPCI and EuroPCR,...

March 24, 2023
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Today is World Tuberculosis Day

"Yes! We can fight tuberculosis," is the slogan for World Tuberculosis Day, which falls on March 24. The most important action in the fight against tuberculosis is rapid detection and effective treatment of the disease, recalls Professor Maria Korzeniewska-Koseła of the Department of Epidemiology...

March 24, 2023
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Health Ministry considers extending free drug program to people over 70

"The possibilities of lowering the age criterion for free medicines are under consideration at the Ministry of Health, are at the stage of financial analysis and thus the timing of their possible introduction is unknown," writes Deputy Health Minister Maciej Miłkowski in response to MP Monika...

March 24, 2023
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"Yes to in vitro" will go to the parliament.

Nearly half a million signatures, have been submitted to the bill on reimbursement of the in vitro fertilization procedure. It provides for the restoration of reimbursement for infertility treatment.

March 23, 2023
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Elżbieta Piotrowska-Rutkowska: Pharmaceutical care should be included in the basket of guaranteed benefits

- We all see the need for pharmacists and other health professions to be actively involved in the system, in order to relieve the burden on doctors and serve the patient's welfare. The main subject to whom we should devote our time should be the patient, not as someone to whom we only need to...

March 23, 2023
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There are ESMO guidelines for the treatment of thrombosis in cancer patients

We discuss the new recommendations of the European Society of Clinical Oncology on the management of venous thromboembolism in oncology patients with Prof. Lucjan Wyrwicz of the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy at the National Cancer Institute, National Research Institute in Warsaw.

March 23, 2023
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Pawel Mierzejewski: we need to raise public awareness about HIV and AIDS

Hate speech is one of the most serious epidemics of the 21st century. It is all the more dangerous because it often strikes people infected with HIV and AIDS. Society's fear of such people and their stigmatization are the results of shortcomings in the area of education. Awareness that infected...

March 23, 2023
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Recent long-term data support the efficacy of satralizumab in the treatment of NMOSD

NMOSD (Devic's disease) is a rare disease of the central nervous system, characterized by severe bouts of optic neuritis and spinal myelitis, which, if untreated, leads to severe patient disability. As of November 1, 2022, NMOSD patients have gained access to a modern treatment that beneficially...

March 23, 2023
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Big changes in the National Cancer Registry

The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on the National Cancer Registry has been submitted for consultation.

March 23, 2023
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Szczecin doctors involved in medics' protest in Germany. OIL supports the demands

The Regional Medical Council in Szczecin supports the demands of doctors protesting in five German states. Doctors point to high pressure related to financial standards imposed by commercial hospital owners. The doctors also speak of unsatisfactory salaries and deteriorating work comfort.

March 23, 2023
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President handed out professorial appointments

President Andrzej Duda handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and the arts. Professorial nominations were received by:Alexander ARASZKIEWICZProfessor of medical and health sciences in the discipline of medical sciencesKarol Marcinkowski Medical University in...

March 23, 2023
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Changes to the model of the paramedic card

The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health on defining the model of the individual card of a paramedic has been submitted for consultation.

March 8, 2023
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2nd Women's Health Congress - full video recording

Organized by the Live Healthy Foundation and the Polish-American Cancer Foundation, the second WOMEN'S HEALTH CONGRESS was held on March 8, 2023, under the theme: mindfulness, fitness, health.

March 7, 2023