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Lymphoedema cannot be taken lightly. Improperly treated, they lead to disability

At least half a million cancer patients in Poland struggle with limb lymphoedema. The most common cause of this disease is damage to the lymphatic system in the treatment of neoplastic diseases (as a result of surgery to remove lymph nodes) and radiotherapy. The swelling can lead to disability...

Oct. 13, 2022
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Poles want to buy iodine preparations. Doctors warn against taking them on your own

Poles went to pharmacies to buy preparations containing potassium iodide. This is a reaction to the preventive actions of the government related to the distribution of iodine-containing preparations. However, endocrinologists urge not to take such drugs on your own. Importantly, drugs in doses...

Oct. 13, 2022
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Medexpress message summary - October 13, 2022

- The National Oncology Network offers a chance to place Poland in the same rank in terms of cancer care as the rest of Europe. It should not be introduced chaotically, but gradually and based on well-defined data - said Prof. Adam Maciejczyk, chairman of the National Council for Oncology,...

Oct. 13, 2022
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Today the EMA's decision to vaccinate children younger than 5 years old

The European Medicines Agency is to decide today on the recommendation of vaccinations against Covid-19 for children over 6 months of age, health minister Adam Niedzielski informed on Twitter. So far, children from 5 years of age have been vaccinated.

Oct. 13, 2022
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Patients with PsA are waiting for reimbursement of IL-23 inhibitors

- Dermatologists, rheumatologists, but most of all patients suffering from psoriatic arthritis, are waiting for interleukin 23 inhibitors to be reimbursed also in our country - said Prof. dr hab. n. med. Joanna Narbutt, National Consultant for Dermatology and Venereology.

Oct. 13, 2022
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KSO is a patient-centered idea - assess the oncologists carrying out the pilot study

- The National Oncology Network offers a chance to place Poland in the same rank in terms of oncological care as the rest of Europe. It should not be introduced chaotically, but gradually and based on the reported data - said prof. Adam Maciejczyk, chairman of the National Council for Oncology,...

Oct. 12, 2022
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Krynica Forum 2022 in just a week! What can we expect?

Dynamic changes in the international arena and new challenges related to the ongoing Russian aggression against independent Ukraine have taken over public space. The revolution caused by the COVID19 pandemic, the specter of economic collapse, and now the war on our eastern border, are important...

Oct. 12, 2022
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Latest Data from Ministry of Health

The health department provided the latest data for the period from October 6 to 12: We have 15,749 (including 2,911 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Mazowieckie (2237), of Silesia (1994), Lesser Poland (1337), Greater Poland (1242), of Lublin (1177), Lower...

Oct. 12, 2022
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Medexpress message summary - 10/12/2022

Over PLN 800 million is to be allocated next year for the reimbursement of new drugs. The Ministry of Health published a draft regulation on the allocation of the amount of financial resources in 2023, constituting an increase in the total budget for reimbursement. As we read in the...

Oct. 12, 2022
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There will be more money to pay for new drugs

Over PLN 800 million is to be allocated next year for the reimbursement of new drugs. The Ministry of Health published a draft regulation on the allocation of the amount of financial resources in 2023, constituting an increase in the total budget for reimbursement.

Oct. 11, 2022
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Medexpress message summary - 10/11/2022

Prof. dr hab. Barbara Dołęgowska (Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, PUM). She replaced prof. dr. hab. Maciej Szmitkowski. National consultants are appointed by the Minister of Health from among specialists in specific fields. https://tiny.pl/wrhlx According to WHO,...

Oct. 11, 2022
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The Ministry of Health encourages young doctors to specialize in oncology

"Oncology - turn on your medical passion!" this is the slogan of the campaign that aims to encourage future doctors to choose this specialization. - Tumors are becoming one of the main causes of death, ¬ reminded Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski during the conference inaugurating the campaign.

Oct. 11, 2022
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Prof. dr hab. Sylwia Kołtan: non-immunocompetent children need Covid-19 prophylaxis with the use of antibodies

- In addition to vaccinations against Covid-19, the option of using a cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies with prolonged action has appeared for children over 12 years of age and weighing more than 40 kg. We can give them to children, for example, before the transplantation of hematopoietic...

Oct. 11, 2022
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There is a new national consultant in balneology and physical medicine

Aleksandra Barbara Sędziak (Sanatorium Uzdrowiskowe "Willa Dąbrówka", Długopole-Zdrój) became the new national consultant in the field of balneology and physical medicine. She replaced dr. n. med. Robert Szafkowski. National consultants are appointed by the minister of health from among...

Oct. 11, 2022
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Prof. Iwona Hus: Covid-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis will allow the treatment of patients at risk to be continued

- Covid-19 causes a break in the treatment of the underlying disease in cancer patients. Such an infection may persist for a long time. Pre-exposure prophylaxis could help reduce the risk of Covid-19 disease, but also allow the treatment to be continued - said Prof. dr hab. n. med. Iwona Hus,...

Oct. 11, 2022
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Medexpress message summary - 10.10.2022

- During the pandemic, confidence in the health care system has decreased, but in the context of dealing with the global phenomenon that has happened to us, the general trust in states has also decreased. The factor that contributed to the decline in confidence was, inter alia, the issue of...

Oct. 10, 2022
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Today we celebrate World Mental Health Day

The World Health Organization data shows that more than 10 percent. people around the world struggle with mental health problems. People suffering from depression constitute the largest group. Patients struggle, inter alia, with difficulties in functioning in society. In extreme cases, this...

Oct. 10, 2022
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The minister's t-shirt will be auctioned

The Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, donated a T-shirt, in which he was vaccinated with the second maintenance dose against Covid-19. The income from the auction is to support the Lublin hospice.

Oct. 10, 2022
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Prof. Wiesław W. Jędrzejczak

How is a medical university established?

I am a graduate of the Military Medical Academy in Łódź, a university that ceased to exist. However, I will not write about how it was liquidated, but about how it was created.

Oct. 8, 2022
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Podlasie already has better psychiatric care

The Psychiatry Center for Children and Adults was opened today at the University Teaching Hospital in Białystok. - After more than a decade of the white spot in Podlasie, today we are filling the void in child psychiatry. Children from Podlasie will no longer have to be treated in neighboring...

Oct. 7, 2022
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Healthcare financing is not an accounting game

The assumptions for the draft amendment to the Act on the Professions of Physicians and Dentists, which were published on September 30, introduce changes in the financing of the entire health care system in Poland and will have serious consequences for it - says Wojciech Wiśniewski, member of the...

Oct. 7, 2022