Poland is among the EU countries with the highest cancer mortality rates, and lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among both men and women. Every year there are about 22,000 cases of this cancer and about 23,000 deaths from it.
The Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on State Emergency Medical Services and Certain Other Laws has been submitted for consultation.
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on the Medical Final Examination and the Medical and Dental Final Examination has been submitted for consultation.
On June 24, 2024, WUM Rector Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong, MD, PhD, accepted the recommendation of the Student Government and appointed Prof. Robert Galązkowski, MD, PhD. o zdr. Robert Galązkowski as Vice Rector for Student Affairs and Education.Until now, Prof. Dr. med. and n. o zdr. Robert...
The Agency for Medical Research (ABM) is launching a competition for non-commercial clinical trials and research experiments in the field of oncology, allocating PLN 600 million for projects aimed at changing cancer diagnosis and therapy in Poland.
Doctors have no doubt: supervision of opioid prescriptions needs to be strengthened to reduce the risk of issuing them unnecessarily, or to put it bluntly, because it's probably high time to do so - for criminal purposes.
Deputy Health Minister Marek Kos takes over from Maciej Miłkowski. What hopes and expectations do patients have? We ask Stanislaw Maćkowiak, president of the Federation of Polish Patients.
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna is attending a meeting of the EPSCO Council (EU Council for Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs), which is being held in Luxembourg.
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on Conditions for the Safe Use of Ionizing Radiation for All Types of Medical Exposure has been submitted for consultation.
On the occasion of Father's Day, the third edition of the Guy at 100 PRO campaign was launched, reminding people of the importance of the role of dads in children's lives, but also how fatherhood serves men themselves. It also aims to educate parents about the new rights of fathers, which came...
During the summer months, the number of infections and food poisoning increases. This is associated with easier spoilage of food in hot weather, as well as the operation of seasonal "small catering" outlets. Supervision of them is one of the primary tasks of the State Sanitary Inspectorate.
There are results of the recruitment for the position of Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector. 3 candidates were selected:1) Mr. Lukasz Pietrzak, Piaseczno, Poland;2) Mr. Andrzej Pawel Czeslawski, of Warsaw, Poland;3) Mr. Artur Owczarek, registered office in Wroclaw.Earlier this week, Health Minister...
312.3 million medical consultations and 34.9 million dental consultations. Nearly 9.5% of medical advice in primary care was carried out by tele-treatment, according to the Central Statistical Office's AOS data.
Menus for patients were arranged with the help of qualified nutritionists, but irregularities were also found. Which ones?
On Monday, June 24, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
- Semen parameters are not something you can throw into an Internet browser asking for interpretation. Many men come to me completely healthy, but horrified by the results they have generated and interpreted for themselves. More often than not, I have good news for them," says Dr. Luke Kupis, a...
Who replaced Prof. Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz?
Patient Ombudsman Bartlomiej Chmielowiec has issued the first decisions under the Medical Events Compensation Fund. Two of the decisions are related to patients who suffered injuries, and three more are related to the death of a patient.
Prof. Waldemar Banasiak, head of the Heart Disease Center at the 4th Military Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic and head of the medical science discipline council at the Wrocław University of Technology, has been appointed by the Minister of Health as a national consultant in cardiology.
Professor Dr. Katarzyna Kotfis became the new national consultant in anesthesiology and intensive care as of June 11. She replaced Prof. Rafal Drwila in the position.National consultants are appointed by the Minister of Health from among specialists in particular fields:Medicine,pharmacy,Other...
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has appointed, on the proposal of Health Minister Izabela Leszczyny, Pawel Grzesiowski as Chief Sanitary Inspector.
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