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Pulse oximeter and patient skin pigmentation: what does the research say?

The American medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine has published the results of a study showing that pulse oximeters that measure patients' oxygen levels give false readings in people of a skin color other than white.

July 12, 2022
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Mental care reform at risk? The Commissioner for Human Rights asks the Prime Minister for a position

. The spokesman asks the Prime Minister for the position • The Polish Society of Environmental Psychiatry wrote an open letter to the prime minister on the future of the mental health care system • Psychiatric communities see signs of abandoning the reform of the psychiatric care system and...

July 12, 2022
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Long COVID threatens the economy. In Germany, restrictions will return in the fall

German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said that the so-called long COVID - or persistent symptoms after coronavirus infection - is a serious problem for society and the labor market.

July 11, 2022
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Poland again - is not testing

The no-testing pandemic strategy led to a massive wave of infections - and deaths - in fall 2020. Are we in danger of a repeat? Probably not, but yes - again, the number of deaths will probably increase.

July 11, 2022
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The Polish Onko-Hematology Registry is getting closer. There is a draft regulation

The draft of the regulation of the Minister of Health on the Polish Onko-haematological Register "PROH" was submitted for consultation.

July 8, 2022
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CBA: Nationwide refund fraud

The CBA officers detained a person involved in the procedure of extorting a refund from the National Health Fund. It is a formula for babies.

July 8, 2022
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MZ: Earnings of trainee doctors from 1 July

The announcement of the Minister of Health on the amount of the basic monthly salary of a trainee doctor and a trainee dentist was published.

July 8, 2022
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A priority for a new drug for Alzheimer's disease

Eisai and Biogen announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will process as a matter of priority an application for the marketing of lecanemab, an anti-beta-amyloid antibody. The Agency has indicated 6 January next year as the target date for the publication of the decision. The...

July 7, 2022
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Australia: Fourth Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine for Thirty-Year-Olds

Australians over the age of 30 will be able to receive a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Monday. This means that with the changes in recommendations, more than seven million people will be eligible for revaccination.

July 7, 2022
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The health of women and men requires separate attention

While women in the UK live longer than men on average, they spend most of their lives in poor health or with disabilities. How the health care system should approach women's health, Tiffany Sadler, the British ambassador to Slovenia and the regional representative of the health care and life...

July 7, 2022
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There is a new national consultant in the field of medical rehabilitation

Prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Łukowicz, from the Independent Public Clinical Hospital Prof. Grucy CMKP in Otwock. Let us remind you that on February 28, 2022, the national consultant in the field of medical rehabilitation, Prof. Piotr Majcher, president of the Polish Rehabilitation Society. There was...

July 7, 2022
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Monkey pox: over 6,000 cases worldwide. Is this already a pandemic?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported the current record of monkey pox. Currently, more than 6,000 cases of infection are known from 58 countries.

July 7, 2022
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Raises for residents

The draft ordinance of the Minister of Health on the amount of the basic monthly salary of doctors and dentists specializing in residency was submitted for consultation.

July 7, 2022
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Standing subcommittee on public health - sugar tax - watch live

Consideration of information on the impact of sugar tax on health-promoting behavior of citizens and increasing access to health care (diabetes, obesity) - presented by: the Minister of Health, the Minister of Finance and the President of the National Health Fund. Discussion and adoption of the...

July 7, 2022
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NFZ: The planned revenues in 2023 are PLN 144 billion

More than 26 percent The revenues of the National Health Fund are expected to increase year on year - it provides for a draft financial plan for 2023, which was adopted on Wednesday by the Parliamentary Health Commission. This is an increase, of course, in relation to the original version of the...

July 6, 2022
Leszek Borkowski
Dr n. farm. Leszek Borkowski

Slimming with pharmacology

I try my best but to no avail. I already know that the process of losing weight is arduous and difficult. I look at pharmacology with an increasingly greedy eye and I place more and more hope in it, envying my colleagues. I experienced that the usual rule of less eat food did not bring any...

July 6, 2022
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Bon voyage, or where to go on vacation in Europe without a vaccination certificate?

As you can read on schengenvisainfo.com, the improvement in the epidemiological situation related to COVID-19 in Europe has allowed the entry regulations for travelers during the summer season to be lifted.

July 6, 2022
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Coronavirus: Latest MZ data

The health department provided the latest data for the period 30.06-06.07.2022: We have 4 163 (including 556 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Mazowieckie (931), Silesian (541), of Małopolska (384), Lower Silesia (360), Pomeranian (292), Greater Poland (251),...

July 6, 2022
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Politicians, also responsible for health, are fleeing from the ship "Great Britain"

British Health Minister Sajid Javid resigned yesterday, plunging Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government into crisis, just before the next wave of coronavirus is expected. Currently, the total number of cases of infection in the UK is close to 220,000. Finance Minister Rishi Sunak also resigned...

July 6, 2022
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What do Poles know about clinical trials?

Iwona Schymalla's guest is Andrzej Kruk from In Vivo Doctrina.

July 6, 2022
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The FDA recommends that Covid-19 vaccines be reformulated in the fall. Will there be a new booster?

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made a recommendation to drug manufacturers for a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the agency, it should include the Omicron BA.4 / 5 component, which would allow us to talk about the so-called a two-component (bivalent) booster.

July 5, 2022