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Disposable e-cigarettes will disappear from stores? Government prepares regulations, politicians call for enforcement of already existing law

- A ban on the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes is essential, otherwise we could be stuck with piecemeal solutions that will be circumvented later, Deputy Health Minister Wojciech Konieczny said during a joint meeting of the Senate Health and Environment Committee. Meanwhile, it turns out...

March 21, 2024
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NHF will lift limits in palliative and hospice care

Removing limits to palliative and hospice care is one of Minister Izabela Leszczyna's announcements. There is a draft ordinance to abolish limits on the treatment of patients in inpatient hospices, palliative medicine units, home hospices and palliative medicine outpatient clinics.

March 21, 2024
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Rzadkie zespoły padaczkowe to wyzwanie. Mierzą się z nim nie tylko chorzy, ale też ich rodziny i system

To problem, który dotyczy grupy około 1,5 tysiąca polskich pacjentów. W większości bardzo młodych. Rzadkie zespoły padaczkowe wywracają do góry nogami życie całych rodzin. Problemem są nie tylko oporne na leczenie napady, ale często też zaburzenia intelektualne małych pacjentów. Wyzwaniem jest...

March 20, 2024
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Parliamentary Group on Lung Diseases - broadcast

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - a health and social problem.

March 20, 2024
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Parliamentary Group on Women's Health - live

Outlining the priority areas of the Team's work in the context of pelvic floor diseases (urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse in women) - discussion among, among others: clinicians, patients' organizations, parliamentarians, representatives of the Ministry of Health.

March 20, 2024
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Endometriosis and uterine myomas affect fertility. This is a serious problem

- Both endometriosis and uterine myomas are fairly common problems in the context of infertility. Endometriosis affects about 10 percent of women of reproductive age. In women with infertility, it occurs in up to 50 percent. Uterine myomas are the most common benign cancer in women. It occurs in...

March 20, 2024
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AOTMiT: list of highly innovative drug technologies

Once a year, the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification prepares a list of highly innovative drug technologies for the Minister of Health. What therapies are included in the proposals to the MZ?

March 20, 2024
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New truncated composition of the Economic Commission

The Health Ministry has published the new composition of the Economic Commission. The Economic Commission is a team that conducts price negotiations with applicants for reimbursement of drugs, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices. The Commission, in accordance with...

March 20, 2024
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Celebrate World Oral Health Day

It is one of the most common diseases in the world. It affects 90 percent of people worldwide. However, there are age groups in which the problem affects almost the entire population. We are talking about dental caries. Today is World Oral Health Day.

March 20, 2024
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Health minister discussed challenges in hematology

There has been an increased incidence of blood cancers for several decades, the Health Ministry reminds us. In Poland, as in other European countries, the demand for hematology health services is steadily increasing. What needs and expectations does this raise?

March 19, 2024
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Krystyna Kofta: I delayed my research and it was stupid

- Woman, go and get yourself examined - this is what writer Krystyna Kofta would advise herself if she could turn back time. Her experience with cancer prompted her to speak out about cancer prevention and raise awareness among her female readers as well. - I figured it would be good if they...

March 19, 2024
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Increases in public health care in public consultation

A draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on conditions of remuneration for work of employees of medical entities operating in the form of a budgetary unit has been sent for public consultation. According to it, base rates would increase by about 20%.

March 19, 2024
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AOTMiT: Transparency Council will prepare positions on reimbursement of foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes

On Tuesday, March 19, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.

March 19, 2024
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President of NRL to MPC: necessary analysis of respect for patients' rights

The President of the Supreme Medical Council, Lukasz Jankowski, has asked Patient Ombudsman Bartholomew Chmiellow to investigate the level of compliance with patients' rights when health care services are provided by doctors and dentists licensed to practice in simplified modes that do not take...

March 18, 2024
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Katarzyna Piekarska: We don't take care of our health as we should

- All too often, very sick patients are brought to doctors. Prevention is all about making sure that it's the healthy woman who comes in for a check-up. Polish men and women should start taking their health seriously. Unfortunately, we also have a shortage of oncologists, and the medical youth do...

March 18, 2024
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Marek Tomkow: Pharmacists' provision of health services should be key in the coming years

- The concept of pharmaceutical care was not really defined until three years ago. That's when it listed what is a health benefit provided by pharmacists. This is a breakthrough, because we didn't have such powers before. Computerization will take off a huge part of our responsibilities. So we...

March 18, 2024
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Adoption and implementation of a national Alzheimer's program is needed

Today is European Brain Day. It's an opportunity to talk about the challenges of caring for patients with neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer's disease. In 2019, it ranked 7th among the leading causes of death according to WHO data, along with other forms of dementia. It is the...

March 18, 2024
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Ursula Demkow: Women functioning in the health care system need support. Both female patients and those who work in it

We have two groups of women in the health care system. The first is the patients, and the second is the ladies who work in this system. Both groups need support. The female patients for diseases common to their gender. Women who are employed in the system, on the other hand, need support to help...

March 18, 2024
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AOTMiT: The Transparency Council will evaluate local government health policy programs

On Monday, March 18, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.

March 16, 2024
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The 3rd Women's Health Congress is behind us

- About prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, as well as awareness and how to build knowledge that our health depends largely on us and our decisions. This is what we are going to talk about," said Editor Iwona Schymalla, president of the Zyjmy Zdrowo Foundation, opening the Third...

March 15, 2024
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What changes does the new reimbursement list bring? We have a list of

Gynecology, gynecologic oncology, cardiology and rare diseases are areas where there will be changes regarding treatment as a result of the new list of reimbursed drugs coming into effect. Patients have gained access to reimbursement for 7 therapies in oncology indications and 26 non-oncology...

March 15, 2024