A decision on the morning-after pill will be made at the next session of the Sejm. The Confederation filed a motion during the second reading to reject the draft amendment to the Pharmaceutical Law, so the project must be dealt with by the Health Committee.
The Health Ministry has made a disturbing and dangerous decision for oncology patients to postpone the entry into force of the National Oncology Network, said Czeslaw Hoc (Law and Justice). Asking in the Sejm about the reasons for the decision, he accused the government of "noncholance,...
We discuss the role of cancer prevention, the reasons why women do not come in for cytology and mammography, but also the development plans of the National Institute of Oncology with the director of the NIO, Prof. Beata Jagielska.
During autumn and winter, the human body is extremely susceptible to infections and diseases. This is the perfect time to strengthen our immunity. Advertisements in the media shower us with information about supplements that should do wonders for our health. Speaking about supplements and taking...
Lung cancer is the biggest killer in the cancer group. The challenge remains to reach at-risk groups with prevention and diagnose the disease at an early stage. Implementing treatment at the first stage achieves five-year survival in more than 90 percent of patients. The chances of a cure for...
It's not only on the grandson and policeman anymore, but also on the doctor. Fraudsters do not disguise their efforts to extort money, mainly from the elderly. The Świętokrzyskie branch of the National Health Fund warns against the new way criminals operate.
Acute myeloid leukemia is one of the relatively rare hematopoietic malignancies. We discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges with Professor Lidia Gil of the Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at the Poznan University of Medical Sciences.
A civic bill to amend the law on minimum wages in health care, prepared by the nursing community, will be handled by an extraordinary subcommittee, the Health and Public Finance committees decided at a joint meeting on Wednesday.
Dexcom, a global leader in real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) systems for people with diabetes, today announced the launch of its newest rtCGM system, the Dexcom ONE+. The system is available in Poland, Spain and Belgium as of today, and will soon be released in other countries as well.
- The topic of people with intellectual disabilities and disabilities in general needs more government involvement. The group of people with intellectual disabilities has so far been on the fringes of the margins," Lukasz Krasoń, government plenipotentiary for people with disabilities, secretary...
- Oncology is associated with dying and this stereotype should be changed, because cancer is already a chronic disease. In Poland, almost one million people have cured cancer and only undergo regular check-ups. But, unfortunately, the number of patients will increase, which is why we need to...
The government has approved a draft amendment to the law on the National Oncology Network. - We are postponing the effective date of some of the provisions of the National Oncology Network. Thanks to this, we retain the possibility of using all oncological therapies in all hospitals that provide...
- Senior age is special in that the body always functions less well as the years go by, and diabetes accelerates those processes that normally take place in aging. It can be said that a patient with diabetes ages twice as fast, as long as he is treated poorly. If he is well managed and follows...
- Anesthesiology takes patient safety as its starting point. Anyone undergoing sedation or anesthesia must first and foremost be safe," Professor Janusz Andres, president of the Polish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, told Medexpress in an interview.
Nearly half of all deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease. After the great success of dramatically reducing mortality in acute coronary syndromes, the following years, decades now, have not brought such significant progress. How to change this? How to strengthen cardiac care on the one hand,...
On the eve of World Sick Day, the People and Medicine Foundation is organizing for the second time the conference "On Sickness in Human Terms," aimed at all those who face various chronic diseases. The conference will be held on February 10, 2024, and will consist of lectures and practical...
Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women worldwide. About half a million women hear such a diagnosis every year, including more than 3,800 - in Poland. One of the lowest five-year survival rates in Europe is recorded in our country. Experts agree - prevention is limping along, so...
Przyszłość diagnostyki i profilaktyki nowotworowej - diagnostyka genetyczna i molekularna.
A bill to amend the law on the National Cancer Network.
– Program lekowy sprawił, że pacjenci są właściwie zaopiekowani i diagnozowani. Dzięki ostatniej aktualizacji mamy w programie nową cząsteczkę, farycymab, która pozwala istotnie wydłużyć odstępy czasowe między zgłaszaniem się pacjentów do ośrodka – powiedziała prof. Małgorzata Figurska z Kliniki...
... and here reality squawks. This colloquial version of Stanislaw Wyspianski's words ("So that our hearts would laugh to great, great things. And here commonness squawks ...") perfectly describes the current situation in the sensitive area of public health quite accurately.
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