The image of the well-known surgeon, Professor Krzysztof Bielecki, has been used by fraudsters to, among other things, advertise a pseudo-drug with alleged anti-atherosclerotic effects. Materials using deep fake technology have also been used to promote other preparations with questionable...
Pregnancy is a special time in every woman's life. To make it safe and peaceful it is worth performing prenatal tests, which play a key role in monitoring the health of both mother and child. As of June 5, 2024, the conditions for including pregnant women in prenatal diagnostics under the...
What pharmacists need to know about biologic drugs, how to "advertise" pharmaceutical products, when off-label use of a drug is legitimate and how consumers visiting pharmacies can be classified - these were just a few of the issues discussed at the Medicine, Pharmacy and Business - Synergy of...
Biogen obtains marketing approval from the European Commission for the drug tofersen, the first therapeutic solution for the treatment of a rare, genetic form of ALS. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with a mutation in the SOD1 gene is a devastating, fatal and extremely rare genetic form of...
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna awarded 49 scholarships to medical students for significant achievements. Most of them were for academic performance.
The ,,Life with Cancer" Foundation is organizing a series of free psycho-oncology workshops organized as part of the "We Live" project. The project aims to support hematooncology patients and their loved ones. Subsidized by the DKMS Foundation, the workshops are free of charge.
Thanks to its presence in the European Union, patients from Poland - after fulfilling several conditions - can receive elective treatment abroad. Throughout the Community in 2022, a total of more than 24,000 documents were issued as a basis for planned treatment. In 2023 alone. The National...
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna at a press conference on investment in psychiatry: The mental health crisis affects many of us, increasingly children and adolescents, so investment in mental health care has been a priority for me since the beginning of my tenure.
Poland spends less on prevention than other EU countries. And according to the WHO, it can prevent up to 50% of cases of civilization diseases or delay their development, which allows to reduce spending on treatment tenfold," stressed Dr. Janusz Meder, during the debate on June 4 this year.
Before you decide to get a tattoo, it is important to know the composition of the ink used and its potential health effects.
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...
- 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.
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...
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?
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,...
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...
- 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...
An interview with Natalia Rospara, president of the LAL-D Patients Association.
Perinatal hospice and the unborn child as a patient.
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,...
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.
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