Patients are and must share responsibility for their condition, but there is a special group where this principle doesn't quite work. These are people with rare, genetically determined diseases. Rare, although, as experts point out, not at all rare.
Deputy Health Minister Maciej Miłkowski sums up the past year.
We talk about the difficult art of doctor-patient communication with Professor Ryszard Gellert, director of the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education.
Presenting the draft budget for 2024, Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared before Christmas that some PLN 192 billion would be allocated for health next year. However, the president's veto of the omnibus bill meant that the PLN 3 billion that was supposed to be injected into public utilities would...
The mystery of the most classic symptom of pregnancy, morning nausea, has finally been solved. Identifying the cause potentially opens up opportunities to create effective treatments that will bring women quick relief.
An interview with MP Rajmund Miller, deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Health Committee.
Prezes Agencji Badań Medycznych dr hab. n. med. Radosław Sierpiński został odwołany – wynika z nieoficjalnych ustaleń Radia ZET. Redakcja nie uzyskała jeszcze od komentarza Ministerstwa Zdrowia.
An interview with Piotr Pawliszak, president of the District Medical Chamber in Warsaw.
An interview with Krystyna Stachowska, Vice Mayor of Rzeszow, conducted during the Public Health Congress.
The first of the deputy health ministers has received his appointment. Wojciech Konieczny became secretary of state at the ministry.
- An intensive year is behind us (...) In the next one we hope for good cooperation with the Ministry of Health, so that the problems of nurses and midwives are solved through dialogue," says Andrzej Tytuła, vice president of the Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives.
Smoking, uncontrolled hypertension and the epidemic of overweight and obesity - these are the main risk factors for diseases that are hugely determined by the daily health choices, or anti-health choices, of Poles. How to change them, and whether it's even possible, experts pondered at the 10th...
- You should not say anything about medicines. Because of your decisions, I now have to look all over the world for vaccines," Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna said during the debate on next year's draft budget toward Law and Justice deputies. At the same time, the head of the Health Ministry...
Nearly 60 percent of patients in Poland who needed mental health support did not seek help, fearing stigma. There are only nine psychiatrists per 100,000 residents, and the average waiting time for an appointment is 117 days. - We recommend integrating mental health services into primary health...
Patients finally got the most important thing - the attention of the public and authorities. It has reached the public consciousness that kidney disease is like cancer - just as common, just as dangerous, but at the same time easily treatable," says Professor Ryszard Gellert, director of CMKP.
The 55-year-old pop legend first officially shared her diagnosis in December 2022, having already canceled several dates from her scheduled January and April 2023 "Courage World Tour." The cancellation of the long-awaited tour was prompted by the singer's health problems, which caused much...
Illnesses also occur during holidays, on holidays or at night. We should seek help from the nearest night and holiday health care facility. There is no regionalization.
An interview with Prof. Mark Rękas, national consultant for ophthalmology.
We talk to Elżbieta Piotrowska-Rutkowska, president of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber, about how pharmacists view 2023 and what challenges 2024 will bring for them.
Christmas is undoubtedly a special time, but in the flurry of duties and preparations we don't quite get the magic of it. We can relax in a variety of ways, but there are a few tried-and-true and universal tips to help us spend these festive days better. We recommend a short 2023 guide prepared...
Prof. Milosz Parczewski has been appointed national consultant for infectious diseases by Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna. The handover of the appointment letter took place with the participation of Deputy Speaker of the Polish Parliament Monika Wielichowska.
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