The Transparency Council and the President of the AOTMiT have issued positive recommendations for the addition of pharizymab therapy to the drug program for retinal diseases. - This is an opportunity, especially for those patients for whom the drugs used so far do not bring the desired result,...
More than 457,000 people missed appointments with specialists in endocrinology, cardiology, oncology and orthopedics in the first six months of 2023 alone. The National Health Service is calling for cancellations of appointments that patients know they will not attend.
The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council has raised a number of objections to the draft amendment to the Reimbursement Act. One of the most important demands of the medical self-government is the removal of the obligation of doctors to mark the level of payment for a drug when issuing a...
In this episode of the Cardio Know-How podcast, Professor Jaroslaw Drozdz of the Central Clinical Hospital of the Medical University of Lodz continues the Summer School of Clinical Cardiology and discusses the topic of hypertension.
I have no family references to what happened 80 years ago in Ukraine. My Parents spent the war in captivity in Germany, my closest relatives in Siberia and then in the Anders Army. But a book recently fell into my hands, "Notes from Volhynia," by Prof. Henryk Kirschner, MD, professor emeritus of...
First reading of the government draft law on amending the law on health care services financed from public funds and the law on reimbursement of medicines, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices (print No. 3478) - substantiated by the Minister of Health.Consideration and...
For the sixth time, the "J-intestinal" Society announces the Prof. Witold Bartnik competition for the best doctoral, master's and bachelor's thesis on the broad topic of inflammatory bowel diseases.
The Minister has submitted the 2024 Tarification Plan to the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification.
Only 560 g weighed at birth Sara, who was born in the 28th week of pregnancy at the Multispecialist Regional Hospital in Gorzow Wielkopolski. Today the girl has been in the world for more than 100 days, and her weight is approaching 3 kg.
The Ministry of Health has published a new list of drugs and medical devices at risk of unavailability on Polish territory. These drugs must not be exported abroad. Which preparations and medical devices are missing?
Sanepid has decided to close seven Tri-City seaside bathing beaches due to a blue-green algae bloom. The ban on entering the water is in effect in Gdynia and Sopot. The dangerous bacteria were found in Gdynia's bathing beaches: Babie Doły, Orłowo, Redłowo and Środmieście, and Sopot's: Łazienki...
More than PLN 700,000 worth of equipment has been added to the operating theater of the University Clinical Hospital in Opole. It's a CO2 surgical laser, which will support the work of ENT surgeons, among others, during the treatment of laryngeal tumors and sleep apnea and other ear diseases....
The All-Poland Physicians Trade Union and the OZZL Residents' Agreement have announced a protest of doctors called "Fight the prescribers, not the doctors!", which will take place on 13.07 at 13:00 at 15 Miodowa Street in Warsaw.
The URPL website has published a message addressed to professional health care workers on the obstruction of access to a medicinal product. What drug is it about?
The phenomenon of protein glycation has been known to us for more than 110 years. Already at the beginning of the 20th century, as in 1912, Louis Camille Maillard was the first researcher to describe the reaction of spontaneous bonding between amino acids and simple sugars and referred to it as...
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on guaranteed services in the field of hospital treatment has been submitted for consultation.
Since the beginning of July, treatment of drug-resistant depression with esketamine has been available in Poland under a drug program. This is the first such program in Polish psychiatry. So far, there have been no breakthroughs in the treatment of the disease, from which 1.5 million Poles...
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Health Minister Adam Niedzielski attended the "Health Picnic" in Wolomin, where they announced major changes to the free medication program.
Consideration of information on occupational therapy in the improvement of the elderly and in the care of seniors, taking into account the urban and rural division - Ref: Minister of Family and Social Policy and Minister of Health.
Programs to reduce access to cigarettes in Poland; what tools are effective and what solutions are used by European countries - continuation of discussion.
The Chief Sanitary Inspectorate appeals for moderation in sunbathing. Adequate intake of sunlight is essential for the proper functioning of the human body, but staying in the sun too long can lead not only to burns, but even cancerous changes, the GIS reminds.
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