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Poles' Health 2023: Increase in self-rated health, but also in health care spending

The CSO report "Household health care in 2023 is now available. - preliminary results." What does the latest data say about health status, chronic diseases and use of medical services?

Oct. 31, 2024
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AOTMiT: The Transparency Council will evaluate the diabetes drug

On Monday, November 4, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.

Oct. 31, 2024
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OZZL Residents' Agreement on skyrocketing salaries of doctors

Regarding the statements about skyrocketing salaries of medical staff, the Board of the OZZL Residents' Agreement opposes the shifting of responsibility for the inefficiency of the health care system onto medical staff and addresses its position to the Ministry of Health and policy makers.

Oct. 30, 2024
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Suspended department at one hospital means a flurry of work at another

- We are seeing an increased influx of patients, as those from the Zywiec district are also reaching us. Our ED, Emergency Room and wards are overcrowded. Places are beginning to be in short supply, especially for internal medicine and surgical patients, according to Dr. Klaudiusz Komor, vice-...

Oct. 30, 2024
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Longer leave for parents of premature babies

From 8 to as many as 15 additional weeks - that's how much parents of children born prematurely or those who require a longer stay in the hospital after birth will be able to get. The decision, made by the government on October 29, 2024, is aimed at supporting parents during difficult times by...

Oct. 30, 2024
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World Hypophosphatasia Day

Hypophosphatasia patients celebrate: "A gateway to a better life has been opened for us."

This year's celebration of World Hypophosphatasia Day (October 30) will be marked by the joy of patients and their loved ones in gaining access to the first and only targeted therapy for this ultra-rare genetic disease. - Reimbursement of the treatment opens a gateway to a better life - rejoice...

Oct. 30, 2024
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Changes to the World Medical Association's Declaration of Helsinki

On October 16-19, 2024, the World Medical Association (WMA) General Assembly in Helsinki marked the eighth revision of the Declaration of Helsinki. The document, created in 1964, remains a key determinant of ethical standards for research involving human subjects, especially in situations where...

Oct. 30, 2024
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OZZL on doctors' salaries

The National Board of OZZL is reacting to the statement of Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna, who said on the "You rise and you know" program on TVN24: "from the data I have from the Agency for the Assessment of Medical Technologies and Tarification, it appears that yes, there are some doctors...

Oct. 30, 2024
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SMA: New data on higher dosage regimen for drug nusinersen

Biogen publishes new data on the efficacy and safety of a higher dose of nusinersen.

Oct. 29, 2024
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Child "born in a cap" at the University Clinical Hospital No. 2 PUM in Szczecin

Such births are rare. On Monday, October 28, at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at USK2 PUM in Szczecin, a delivery of a baby boy, who came into the world in an amniotic sac, was taken by cesarean section.

Oct. 29, 2024
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Poland and NCCN intensify collaboration to adapt hematology guidelines

On October 16, 2024, the first meeting was held between leading representatives of the Polish hematology community, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the Alliance for Innovation (AFI) Foundation, which strengthened the ongoing collaboration on the adaptation of the NCCN...

Oct. 29, 2024
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Izabela Leszczyna: no child will lose hospital rehabilitation if they have had it

- I will certainly not back down and this regulation will go into effect. We are used to after the Law and Justice governments, that when there is a bill or regulation, nothing can be changed, because the authority is the smartest. We do consultations for this purpose, so that comments can flow...

Oct. 29, 2024
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The court confirms the position of the Patient Ombudsman: Tick lab tests are not the basis for Lyme disease diagnosis

The Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw, in a judgment dated October 23, 2024, fully supported the position of the Patient Ombudsman, confirming that laboratory testing of ticks does not comply with the requirements of current medical knowledge and cannot be considered diagnostic in the...

Oct. 29, 2024
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Strong opposition to conducting medical studies on the basis of foreign curricula

The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council strongly opposes the possibility of conducting medical and medical-dental studies in Poland based on curricula developed outside the European Union.

Oct. 28, 2024
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PCPs oppose recommendations of prescription report

Primary care physicians, who are affiliated with the Zielonogórskie Alliance Federation, are opposed to the recommendations contained in the published report of the Prescription and Fulfillment Team. Despite the team's twelve-month effort to streamline the prescription system, they say, the...

Oct. 28, 2024
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There is a bill on the National Cardiac Network

The Health Ministry has submitted a draft law on the National Cardiology Network (NCCN) for consutation. The goal of the bill is to organize the healthcare system in cardiology and ensure that patients have access to comprehensive, coordinated care at every stage of treatment. What does the bill...

Oct. 28, 2024
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AOTMiT: Transparency Council on preventive mastectomy, cystic fibrosis and newborn screening, among others

October 28 next meeting of the Transparency Council.

Oct. 28, 2024
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COVID-19 Vaccination - Like a turtle, sluggish...

The vaccination machine has started, as usual - sluggishly. Since Friday, you can be vaccinated against COVID-19 with an mRNA preparation adapted to the new variants. To "choose" we have only Moderna, unless someone wants to pay - he can use the commercial Pfizer (price of the vaccine not...

Oct. 28, 2024
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Shocking misinformation on cancer treatment. There is a statement from the MZ, MPC and oncologists

The Minister of Health, the Patient Ombudsman and the oncology community have issued a joint statement on disinformation regarding cancer treatment. At issue are the theories propounded by Jerzy Zięba, who compared the effects of chemotherapy to those of Zyklon B, with which the Nazis carried out...

Oct. 25, 2024
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There are already referrals for the COVID-19 vaccination. How about booking appointments?

- We have about 160,000 orders. We are delivering 100 doses each to individual points. We will see what the so-called vaccination rate will be this time, that is, how many people will want to be vaccinated. On Friday morning, a list of vaccination points will be available online, and it will be...

Oct. 25, 2024
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Polish women are not taking advantage of mammograms. Will invitations that save lives return?

The free mammography program, aimed at women 45-74, is used by about 30 percent of those eligible. At least 70 percent should, because then the population effect of reducing mortality from breast cancer, the biggest, among cancer diseases, killer of women in Poland, can be achieved.

Oct. 25, 2024