Subscribe
Logo small
Search

Recent articles in MedExpress.pl

iStock-545582736

There is a March list of reimbursed drugs

The health department published: Announcement of the Minister of Health of February 21, 2022 on the list of drugs and foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses for which an official selling price has been established Announcement: HERE Announcement of the Minister of Health of February 21, 2022...

Feb. 22, 2022
iStock-1288717943

How much does Bill Gates know?

Bill Gates attended the Munich Security Conference last weekend. In addition to the founder of Microsoft, the event was attended by heads of over 30 countries, representatives of NATO and the United Nations. According to Gates, the risk of a serious disease from Covid-19 is behind us, but another...

Feb. 21, 2022
iStock-845470768

Cyberbandites attacked the Polish Medical Air Rescue

The unprecedented cyberattack on the Polish Medical Air Rescue took place on February 14, 2022. The service dangerous.pl was the first to inform about the event. The attack on LPR takes the form of ransomware. The virus encrypts the data and informs the user that it can recover it after paying...

Feb. 21, 2022
iStock-1299313238__

Don't expose your penis to the cold wind!

Participation in Saturday's 50 km skiing run ended very painfully for 24-year-old Remi Lindholm. Thirty-degree frost and a strong wind caused the Finnish Olympian to frostbite the penis. In most cases, frostbite of the penis is confined to the foreskin, but there are cases involving the entire...

Feb. 21, 2022
eko-slupek-1

What is the eco-post for?

- Thanks to the cooperation with the Bytom City Hall, a sensor monitoring air quality, the so-called Eco-pillar - explains dr hab. Health Sciences Grzegorz Dziubanek, Vice-Dean of the Faculty. And he adds: - The task of the device is to inform the residents of Bytom about the current air...

Feb. 21, 2022
iStock-1287694587

Ministry of Health: Obligation to vaccinate medical services

On the obligation to undergo vaccination against COVID-19 by persons performing a medical profession in entities performing medical activities, persons performing professional activities in these entities, other than performing a medical profession, as well as employees and persons performing...

Feb. 21, 2022
iStock-1363616698

Waiting for the fourth dose

The anniversary of the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic (March 11) by the World Health Organization is rapidly approaching. More and more countries are introducing the fourth dose of the vaccine or discussing the possibility of giving it to people at risk. In the United States, leading public...

Feb. 21, 2022
iStock-1139686668

Change cooked to raw!

It is widely known that a plant-based diet is very good for the heart and improves overall health, and the benefits for the planet cannot be forgotten. However, according to a recent study by British scientists published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, eating vegetables, especially cooked,...

Feb. 21, 2022
iStock-1210288082-polska-koronawirus-poland-covid

Daily report: The end (of the pandemic) is near

The Ministry of Health announced: We have 9 589 (including 914 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Masovian (1791), Greater Poland (1118), Kuyavian-Pomeranian (990), Silesian (753), Zachodniopomorskie (688), Pomeranian (619), Lower Silesia (549), Łódzkie (545),...

Feb. 21, 2022
ThinkstockPhotos-475705121

A breach in the protective barrier of pancreatic cancer

Our immune system has the potential to find and destroy cancer cells. However, cancer cells use tricks to avoid the immune system's response. Professor Douglas Fearon of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and ZhiKai Wang of the University of Science and Technology of China found one such trick....

Feb. 18, 2022
iStock-1215779768

Pandemic: Is This The End?

Access to vaccines and drugs for COVID-19, and the words of some of the world's health experts make you think we have started to tame the virus. Does this mean that the pre-pandemic reality will return?

Feb. 18, 2022
Leszek Borkowski
Dr n. farm. Leszek Borkowski

The COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy and lactation

On February 15 this year. new Summary of Product Characteristics for COMIRNATY has been approved. Comirnates, 30 micrograms/dose, concentrate for dispersion for injection (with purple cap) and Comirnates, 10 micrograms/dose, concentrate for dispersion for injection (with orange cap). The changes...

Feb. 18, 2022
Walenty-Zajdel_zdjecie
Walenty Zajdel

Testing in pharmacies - a disgrace of NRA and MZ

Anyone can make a mistake. A wrong decision can also happen to central institutions such as the Ministry of Health (MZ) or the Supreme Pharmaceutical Council (NRA). The introduction of testing to pharmacies is more than a mistake - it is a disgrace of the NRA and Ministry of Health, because...

Feb. 18, 2022
cat-6946505_1920

Purring to your health

February 17 is World Cat Day. Cats accompany humans for at least 9 thousand. years. They are the most popular pets in the world and the boarding community literally fell in love with them. Cat keepers say that "you have to earn their love, but it's definitely worth it." What do the research say...

Feb. 17, 2022
psilocybin-5198533_1920

Psilocybin is effective in the long-term treatment of major depression

Previous research by scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine found that treatment with psilocybin relieved symptoms of major depressive disorder in adults for up to a month. Now, the results of a follow-up study indicate that psychotherapy-assisted treatment with psilocybin produces significant...

Feb. 17, 2022
iStock-1298831792

The first woman in the world to be cured of HIV

The patient from the United States is the third person in the world and the first woman to be cured of HIV.

Feb. 17, 2022
FZPOZPZ-logotyp

Family doctors announce a fight to repeal the regulation: Non-market and harmful

It is non-market and harmful, and puts the National Health Fund in a monopolistic situation. A sovereign who can change the terms of the contract at any time - doctors from the Zielona Góra Agreement announce a fight to repeal the ordinance of the Minister of Health on the conditions for...

Feb. 17, 2022
LOGO-PPOZ-1-CS4

PPOZ: Night and holiday care requires repair for years, but the patient must be responsible for the efficiency of the system!

Staff shortages, lack of adequate funding and overconsumption by patients in the provision of advice - according to the doctors of the Alliance of Healthcare Employers - are the most serious obstacles to the implementation of the pilot program in the field of healthcare services provided by the...

Feb. 16, 2022
iStock-1355420777

Good news for obese UK residents

A new weapon will to combat excess body weight.

Feb. 16, 2022
fizjoterapia

The Polish Alliance of Healthcare Providers Fizjoterapia Plus has chosen the authorities

Michał Śliwiński became the first chairman of the National Association of Healthcare Providers Fizjoterapia Plus (OPŚ Fizjoterapia Plus), and Adrianna Szuflicka was the vice-president - informs the National Chamber of Physiotherapists. Michał Śliwiński graduated from the University of Physical...

Feb. 16, 2022
Zrzut-ekranu-2022-11-24-o-122823

There is a draft of the March list of reimbursed drugs

On the website of the Ministry of Health, a Draft announcement of the Minister of Health on the list of reimbursed drugs, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and medical devices has been published, which will enter into force on March 1, 2022. Comments to the draft Notice of the Minister...

Feb. 16, 2022