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Feature Małgorzata Solecka

ABM on first fire

The Parliamentary Health Committee this week will face its first (of a long list) "investigative" topic, taking the Medical Research Agency under the magnifying glass. An agency against which, already at the stage of legislative work in 2019, the then opposition had numerous objections, and...

Jan. 9, 2024
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Radoslaw Sierpinski responds to allegations: I met all the criteria in the competition for ABM president

- I firmly declare that I met all the criteria required by the competition, including the statutory requirement to have three years of experience in human resources management," wrote Dr. Radoslaw Sierpinski, former president of the Medical Research Agency, on social media. This is in response to...

Jan. 8, 2024
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Hypercholesterolemia. Testing is a must

It affects up to 60 percent of adult Poles, but only a few are aware that they are struggling with it. We are talking about hypercholesterolemia. Its development is particularly influenced by lifestyle, including poor nutrition, lack of exercise, obesity, alcohol consumption, smoking and genetic...

Jan. 8, 2024
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How does cigarette smoking affect the oral cavity? Yellow teeth are not everything

The end of the year is fast approaching, and with it comes a lavish New Year's Eve party and... a list of New Year's resolutions. Many a person will make the decision to quit smoking for the first (or next) time. And rightly so, because it is an extremely unhealthy addiction. "Yellowed teeth are...

Jan. 8, 2024
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XVIII Patient Organization Forum

For the 18th time, on the occasion of World Sick Day on February 07-08, 2024. leaders of patient organizations, experts, as well as representatives of the administration and politicians will meet in Warsaw to discuss the most current topics concerning the health care system from the perspective...

Jan. 8, 2024
Łukasz Rokicki
SUMMARY OF THE YEAR

Lukasz Rokicki: We are consistently moving toward world standards in the treatment of hematooncology patients

It has been a good year for Polish hematology, which has shown that we are slowly moving toward European standards of treatment and care for hemato-oncology patients. A national hematology network is being piloted in Poland, and each reimbursement list in 2023 has brought more hematooncology...

Jan. 8, 2024
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General protest by farmers in Germany will hit Polish doctors

Every day dozens - if not hundreds - of doctors, nurses, medical caregivers and pharmacists cross the Polish-German border. They work in Schwedt, Locknitz or Prenzlau. Their situation has been difficult for some time for several reasons, such as border controls. They are bracing themselves for...

Jan. 8, 2024
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The Health Care Council will begin work on a draft on financing infertility treatments

In the sack, the Presidential Council on Health Care will begin work on a bill on financing various infertility treatments. Its submission was announced by the President when he signed the law on financing IVF from the state budget in mid-December.

Jan. 8, 2024
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Agnieszka Sznyk: Na łamach magazynu Health Management poruszamy problemy, z jakimi mierzy się system ochrony zdrowia

Zdrowie publiczne stoi w tej chwili przed wieloma wyzwaniami, takimi jak starzejące się społeczeństwo czy zmiany demograficzne. Trzeba wprowadzać zmiany terapeutyczne, a także wdrażać nowe rozwiązania technologiczne i procesowe – mówi dr inż. Agnieszka Sznyk z Instytutu Innovo. Właśnie te kwestie...

Jan. 5, 2024
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Prof. Alicja Chybicka: It has never been this bad

For an assessment of the situation in the health care system at the end of 2023, we asked Prof. Alicja Chybicka, an MP from the Civic Coalition who sits on the Parliamentary Health Committee.

Jan. 5, 2024
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Review of Events of the Year 2023 - Part 4

What did the medical world live in 2023? We look at what the most relevant information brought in the months of October through December.

Jan. 5, 2024
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MZ spokesman: Availability of therapy for people on the autism spectrum will not decrease

- Minister Izabela Leszczyna has decided that the availability of therapy for people on the autism spectrum will remain at 2023 levels, Damian Kuraś, a spokesman for the Health Ministry, announced Thursday. This is in response to concerns stemming from an order by the president of the National...

Jan. 4, 2024
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Prof. Marek Rękas: we can already treat AMD and DME at four-month intervals

Interview with Prof. Marek Rękas, national consultant for ophthalmology

Jan. 4, 2024
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AOTMiT: Transparency Council, among others, on rehabilitation program for cancer patients

January 8 next meeting of the Transparency Council.

Jan. 4, 2024
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Review of Events of the Year 2023 - Part 3

What did the medical world live in 2023? We look at what the most relevant information brought in the months of July through September.

Jan. 4, 2024
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Less counseling for people on the autism spectrum. There is a reaction from the prime minister and the health minister

Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna has intervened with the National Health Fund over counseling for people on the autism spectrum, Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a press conference on Wednesday. At issue is an order that went into effect at the beginning of the year. According to it, the number...

Jan. 4, 2024
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NFZ under the magnifying glass of the Supreme Audit Office

NIK publishes audit plan for 2024. What awaits us in the area of health?

Jan. 4, 2024
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Health Ministry has new spokesman

Damian Kuraś has become the new spokesman for the health ministry.

Jan. 3, 2024
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The number of counseling sessions for people on the autism spectrum will drop, clinics warn. This is a result of the order of the president of the National Health Fund

- We are forced to reduce access to services funded by the National Health Fund. Our accessibility is being reduced by one-third," reports the Association of Parents of Disabled Children Dwarf, which operates an Autism Clinic, Rehabilitation Center and Therapeutic Kindergarten, in a social media...

Jan. 3, 2024
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Prof. Jaroslaw Slawek: It was a very important year for neurology

An interview with Prof. Jaroslaw Slawek, head of the Neurology and Stroke Unit at St. Adalbert Hospital in Gdansk.

Jan. 3, 2024
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Takeda Pharma Ltd. with new CEO

Takeda Pharma sp. z o.o. in Poland has appointed Sameha Rafla as CEO.

Jan. 3, 2024