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MZ: New therapy for children with hemophilia A and B coming soon thanks to shortened purchasing procedure

The Health Ministry is publishing an announcement on a new therapy for young patients with hemophilia.

Oct. 21, 2024
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Prof. Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas president of PTMR

Last Saturday (19.10.), during the 13th Congress of the Polish Society of Family Medicine in Wroclaw, an Extraordinary General Meeting of PTMR members was held. During the meeting, elections of the new Board of Directors were held. Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, MD, UMW professor, was elected...

Oct. 21, 2024
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How to survive the mushroom season?

The vast majority of mushrooms are not edible, but neither are they poisonous. However, relying on folk ways to identify dangerous species can end tragically. We spoke with Dr. Michał Sutkowski, president-elect of the College of Family Physicians in Poland and associate dean of the Faculty of...

Oct. 21, 2024
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Receptor diagnostics for advanced breast cancer. Results of a pilot clinical trial are promising

A team of doctors from the National Cancer Institute in Gliwice, led by Prof. Gabriela Kramer-Marek, became the first in Poland to use PET radiolabeling for non-invasive imaging of the HER2 receptor in a 41-year-old patient with disseminated breast cancer. They obtained high uptake in several...

Oct. 21, 2024
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Coordinated care in primary care is the most patient-centric solution in decades

- PCPs have been given tools and diagnostic capabilities at their facilities. It's a much broader package of tests, including those that were previously only available in outpatient specialty care," Magdalena Kolodziej, president of the We Patients Foundation, says in an interview with Medexpress...

Oct. 18, 2024
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Immune resistance in seniors declines

- It is worth getting vaccinated. Keep in mind that especially in seniors, immunity is declining. It is similarly weak as in children, who do not yet have a mature immune response. Seniors, on the other hand, unfortunately, already have immune system cells at an advanced age - weaker - and...

Oct. 18, 2024
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The reimbursement procedure will be cheaper and shorter. The Ministry has published a list of substances for which this will be possible

It will reduce the time for processing reimbursement applications by a third and be about half a million zlotys cheaper for the responsible entity in the case of cardiovascular drugs with well-established efficacy. The Health Ministry has announced a list of substances covered by such a...

Oct. 18, 2024
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Vision of the Future: NRL president to Kick off Meeting for doctors in training

- For us, the most important goal is that the doctor of the future should not be afraid to treat," said Lukasz Jankowski, president of the Supreme Medical Council, during a conference for doctors in training, Kick off Meeting, organized in Otwock by the District Medical Chamber in Warsaw. The NRL...

Oct. 18, 2024
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Monika Tomaszewska: we have achieved a much higher vaccination rate than in the general population

- When someone reaches the appropriate age, for example, our system will automatically issue a referral and generate this information. The patient just needs to go for the vaccination. We started a few years ago with a low response rate. Today, about 50 percent of people from such referrals...

Oct. 18, 2024
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Ministry of Health to take control of CMKP? Outrage in the community

The selection of the head of the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education is to be made by a panel of experts, indicated by the Minister of Health, and not by the Electoral College - such a change results from the draft amendment to the Law on CMKP, which is already out for consultation. The...

Oct. 18, 2024
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There will be no alcohol on Allegro

Allegro responds to the law changes and halts the pilot of alcohol sales.

Oct. 18, 2024
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The National Health Fund is running out of money. Patients worry about continuity of treatment in drug programs

- Signals of financial problems have been reaching us for some time, but the last few weeks show that these are no longer speculations, but real and tangible consequences," says Magdalena Kolodziej, president of the We Patients Foundation, about the difficult financial situation at the NFZ....

Oct. 17, 2024
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Macroeconomic importance of the pharmaceutical sector in Poland

The macroeconomic impact of the domestic pharmaceutical sector on the economy is more than 20 billion zlotys. This is as much as we spend from the state budget on the police and fire departments. The industry has the ability to maintain financial stability and generate results that distinguish it...

Oct. 17, 2024
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We are in a new era of treating patients with NMOSD

NMOSD is a rare autoimmune nervous system disease with an aggressive course. Thanks to the provisions of the B.138.FM drug program, we have the opportunity in Poland to treat patients with seropositive NMOSD in accordance with the latest medical knowledge and current expert recommendations," says...

Oct. 17, 2024
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Climate and environmental challenges and public health. Conference October 24, 2024 in Warsaw, Poland

The conference Environmental and Climate Challenges and Public Health will be held on October 24 in Warsaw at the Magna Hall at 99/103 Marymoncka St. Invited by an interdisciplinary research team of specialists from the Center for Meteorological Modeling IMGW-PIB and the Center for Medical...

Oct. 16, 2024
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Standing subcommittee on oncology - blood cancers - live

Consideration of information on the organization of the system of care for patients with blood cancers - presented by the Minister of Health.

Oct. 16, 2024
Monika Wanke-Rytt

Medics promote vaccinations, but they themselves fail to lead by example

- Only 10-15 percent of doctors vaccinate against influenza. People see that doctors don't vaccinate, and if we don't set an example for them, we can't require our patients to be willing to vaccinate. The medical community, unfortunately, is a bit of a barrier when it comes to vaccination...

Oct. 16, 2024
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COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Poland today

"The COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Poland today and we will begin the process of distribution to wholesalers and then vaccination centers," Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna said on TOK FM radio.

Oct. 16, 2024
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E-prescriptions: Court confirms that medical facility's fine was justified

The Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw confirmed that the Patient Ombudsman had legal grounds to impose a fine of more than PLN 230,000 on the medical establishment. The sanction concerned prescriptions for drugs based on an online questionnaire filled out by patients, without mandatory...

Oct. 16, 2024
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Alkolods have replaced alcotubes. What does the health ministry say about it?

A controversial new product has appeared on store shelves, or rather... in store freezers. Alkolods are a new idea of alcohol producers to increase sales, unfortunately to the potential detriment of the youngest. The wPoznaniu.pl portal alerted about their introduction to the market. - I don't...

Oct. 16, 2024
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President handed out professorial appointments

The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and the arts. Thirty-two professorial appointments were given to health-related individuals.

Oct. 16, 2024