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Are you planning a tattoo? You have the right to know

Before you decide to get a tattoo, it is important to know the composition of the ink used and its potential health effects.

June 6, 2024
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First Pole in the European Society of Gynecological Endoscopy

A great success for Polish medicine! Prof. Rafal Stojko, head of the Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Division of the Faculty of Health Sciences in Katowice of the Silesian Medical University, has become a member of the Advisory Board for 2024-2028 of the...

June 6, 2024
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A city that is (in)accessible?

- Every lowered curb and every accessible toilet is something amazing," says Izabela Sopalska-Rybak, president and founder of the Kulawa Warszawa Foundation, who talks about what barriers people with disabilities face, what has changed for the better, and what needs improvement.

June 6, 2024
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NIPIP and WHO: together against sexual violence

A clinical training for trainers will be held in Warsaw on June 4-6: Strengthening the response capacity of the Polish health care system in cases of sexual and intimate partner violence. Approximately 45 people from all District Chambers of Nurses and Midwives from all provinces in Poland will...

June 5, 2024
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Before you go to the water

The bathing season in Poland began on June 1 and will last until September 30. The quality of bathing water is tested by the State Sanitary Inspectorate. Where to check the results?

June 5, 2024
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NIK: Will investments in health work out for us?

The system for evaluating investments in health care did not ensure that public money was spent economically or in accordance with the health needs of citizens. The reviewing bodies had no knowledge of the status of implementation and effects of investments. Most projects were implemented late,...

June 4, 2024
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Is loneliness the new disease of civilization?

Nearly half of Polish adults increasingly feel they lack companionship. According to the Institute's 2022 "Generations" report. "Feelings of loneliness among adult Poles" found that as many as 53% of adult Poles suffer from loneliness, with as many as 35% of people having no one to turn to for...

June 4, 2024
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How does the heart beat in the box?

- We take a heart, put it in a device, connect it to various tubes and start it up. This heart has its own circulation in the coronary vessels and, suspended in this box, starts to beat. This causes a sensation," says Dr. Zygmunt Kalicinski, a cardiac surgeon and clinical transplantologist from...

June 4, 2024
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Enzyme replacement therapy allows LAL-D patients to function normally

An interview with Natalia Rospara, president of the LAL-D Patients Association.

June 4, 2024
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Parliamentary team on perinatal care - live

Perinatal hospice and the unborn child as a patient.

June 3, 2024
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Opportunity for seriously ill patients with mitral valve regurgitation

Up to half of patients with severe symptomatic mitral valve regurgitation are not referred for surgery because of the risks of the procedure. For them, an innovative tricuspid valve made from porcine pericardium may be a chance for treatment. - This is a chance of life for this group of patients,...

June 3, 2024
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Szafranowicz for Miłkowski

Jerzy Szafranowicz is a candidate for the post of deputy health minister after Maciej Miłkowski, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna confirmed at a press conference on Friday. The head of the ministry said she would ask the prime minister to accept the candidacy.

May 31, 2024
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W sobotę staruje program in vitro

1 czerwca wystartuje program leczenia niepłodności metodą in vitro finansowany z budżetu państwa.

May 31, 2024
Dariusz Tarabasz

AI regulation is needed, especially in areas such as health

- Those who are best prepared will gain, because it is necessary to prepare properly for the new regulations. Those who oversleep this moment, who will not keep up with the new regulations, will lose," says attorney Dariusz Tarabasz of Czyzewscy Law Firm in an interview with Medexpress,...

May 31, 2024
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Maciej Miłkowski's resignation signed by prime minister

The Health Ministry confirms that Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed the resignation submitted by Deputy Health Minister Maciej Miłkowski on Wednesday. His name has already been removed from the list of people who make up the ministry's leadership, published on the website. He resigned as...

May 31, 2024
Barbara Rychalska

Automated doctor is still a distant future

- We are still very far from the emergence of technologies such as the automated doctor, and perhaps we don't particularly need it at the moment. Medicine and the life sciences industry as a whole is quite un-digitized. We actually have problems with very mundane things, such as medical records,"...

May 31, 2024
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Recruitment for medical faculties with negative PKA opinion halted

Science Minister Dariusz Wieczorek met with Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna regarding medical faculties, they have been launched despite the negative opinion of the Polish Accreditation Commission. They will not be allowed to start recruitment.

May 29, 2024
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Kompleksowe profilowanie genomowe otwiera pacjentom drogę do leczenia

– Leki ukierunkowane molekularnie znajdują zastosowanie w praktyce klinicznej, nie tylko w leczeniu chorych na zaawansowane raki płuca, przede wszystkim niedrobnokomórkowe, ale i w leczeniu uzupełniającym. Diagnostyka molekularna ma więc ogromne znaczenie – mówi w wywiadzie dla Medexpressu prof....

May 29, 2024
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How to teach a child about health?

As of September 2025, a new subject - health education - will appear in schools, replacing upbringing for family life. What should be included in the core curriculum? We asked Dr. Wojciech Feleszko, a pediatrician, immunologist and pulmonologist, about this.

May 29, 2024
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AOTMiT: Transparency Council will evaluate local government programs, drugs and benefits

On Monday, June 3, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.

May 29, 2024
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Pediatric oncology: Nataniel is healthy thanks to participation in clinical trials

At the Mother and Child Institute in Warsaw, clinical research plays a key role in the search for new, more effective treatments for pediatric cancer. The story of Nataniel, a young man who had cancer for several years, is one of many examples of how innovative therapies can make a real...

May 29, 2024