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Raises for nurses in subcommittee

Extraordinary subcommittee to consider a citizen's bill to amend the law on how to determine the lowest basic salary of some employees working in medical entities.

April 11, 2024
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World Parkinson's Disease Day

New research, new hopes

Currently, there is no effective therapy that offers a chance to cure Parkinson's disease. Despite an in-depth understanding of its pathomechanisms, its exact cause is unknown. Existing treatments make patients more comfortable, but do not prevent systematic neurodegradation of the brain.

April 10, 2024
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Podkomisja stała do spraw zdrowia psychicznego

Rozpatrzenie informacji na temat przyszłości psychiatrii środowiskowej w Polsce – wdrażanie pilotażu Centrów Zdrowia Psychicznego oraz planów jego zmiany w rozwiązania systemowe – przedstawia Minister Zdrowia.Rozpatrzenie informacji na temat funkcjonowania infolinii dla osób dorosłych w kryzysie...

April 10, 2024
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W szpitalu masz większą motywację, żeby rzucić palenie – wiemy dlaczego, ale pytanie: jak?

W Wielkiej Brytanii przeprowadzono bardzo ciekawe wieloośrodkowe badanie eksperymentalne na oddziałach ratunkowych z udziałem pacjentów, którzy nie wymagali natychmiastowej interwencji medycznej. Dotyczyło prób rzucenia palenia tytoniu. Wyniki badania komentuje Krzysztof Łanda, doradca ministra...

April 10, 2024
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Oncology patients in Poland await reimbursement for comprehensive genomic profiling

An increasing number of oncology patients in Poland are not only facing a disease diagnosis, but also face inequalities in access to modern diagnostic and, consequently, therapeutic methods. Despite tremendous advances in the field of molecular diagnostics, comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP)...

April 10, 2024
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Press briefing by Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna

April 10, 2024
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NIO-PIB has established cooperation with WHO Poland. It is about oncology prevention

More knowledge is needed among Poles about the availability of cancer prevention tests - this is the main conclusion from a meeting between Dr. Nino Berdzula, director of the World Health Organization Office in Poland, and Dr. Beata Jagielska, director of NIO-PIB. It turns out that as many as 62...

April 10, 2024
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Blood is urgently needed in the Świętokrzyskie region. There is a shortage of almost all groups

The Regional Center for Blood Donation and Hematology in Kielce appeals to blood donors to donate blood honorably. There is a shortage of almost all groups. Blood donors can count on additional incentives, including tickets to handball games.

April 9, 2024
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Neural networks and AI will speed up disease diagnosis. Researchers at the Jagiellonian University have developed an important tool

Researchers at the Jagiellonian University have developed the world's first method for quickly recognizing bacteria and fungi in images from light microscopes. The new technology uses deep neural networks and artificial intelligence. Ultimately, it is expected to support the work of laboratory...

April 9, 2024
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RODO has not calmed concerns about data security. 62 percent of Poles are even more concerned about it

More than five years after the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (RODO), 58 percent of Poles believe they have more control over their personal data. However, there is also the other side of the coin. 62 percent of Poles surveyed are more concerned about the security of their...

April 9, 2024
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WIM-PIB with first Prostate Unit in Poland

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, accounting for as much as 20 percent of all cancer cases in this patient group. In recent years, Poland has been the country with the highest rate of increase in mortality from prostate cancer in the entire EU. For effective treatment, early...

April 9, 2024
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These drugs may soon be in short supply. There's a new list of drugs at risk of unavailability

A Notice of the Minister of Health dated April 8, 2024 on the list of medicinal products, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices at risk of unavailability on the territory of the Republic of Poland has been published in the Official Journal of the Ministry of Health.The...

April 9, 2024
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In an aging society, the role of the anesthesiologist is gaining importance

Prof. Janusz Andres, head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Jagiellonian University, president of the Polish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, initiator of the "Safe Patient" campaign, talks about the differences between anesthesia and sedation and new drugs in...

April 9, 2024
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Modern anesthesiology: safety and efficacy

Prof. Lukasz Krzych, head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Prof. K. Gibinski University Clinical Center of the Silesian Medical University in Katowice, tells us about modern anesthesiology.

April 9, 2024
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MPC Bartholomew Chmielowiec: A strategy for patient safety must be implemented

- The topic of patient safety is being talked about more and more. It is no longer something that was only discussed by experts. It is becoming the subject of disputes that go beyond the world of experts," said in the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Patient Ombudsman Bartłomiej Chmielowiec...

April 8, 2024
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The system-education campaign: the Power of Women.

On March 26, the Medical Rationale of State, in partnership with the Federation of Associations of "Amazons" - with a debate under such a title - launched the next stage of the system-education campaign "Women's Health - Family Safety" focusing public attention on prevention, modern diagnosis and...

April 8, 2024
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Measles and rubella. NIZP-PZH appeals for complete completion of forms

Important information for doctors and medical personnel. The National Institute of Public Health National Research Institute reminds that it is essential to write the address of the patient's residence in the forms sent with the materials for measles and rubella testing.

April 8, 2024
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How non-cancer proteins affect human metabolism. The latest U.S. research

An important goal for modern medicine is to be able to store and preserve biological preparations for a long and safe time, especially those for cell therapies that use stem cells.

April 8, 2024
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RPO asks about the rights of the elderly. He is turning to Minister Marzena Okla-Drewnowicz on the issue

The rights of the elderly are still viewed in the context of social welfare, which perpetuates negative stereotypes associating old age with poverty, frailty and support needs, the Ombudsman notes, and asks Senior Policy Minister Marzena Okla-Drewnowicz for information on planned measures that...

April 8, 2024
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Patients also want changes to medical staff liability rules for adverse events

The Council of Patients' Organizations under the Minister of Health has supported the demands of the Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council and the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives to change the rules of medical personnel liability.

April 8, 2024
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For dinner with your pet? What does the Sanitary Inspectorate have to say about it?

Do you have a dog and want to go to a restaurant with it? Who decides whether to allow pets in? Are there regulations that govern this?

April 8, 2024