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Today is World Food Day

World Food Day is celebrated every year on October 16. It was established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1979. In 2024, World Food Day is celebrated under the theme "The Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future." The theme is to draw attention...

Oct. 16, 2024
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Deputy Minister Marek Kos on automatic reimbursement

In parallel with the "grand renewal," i.e. work on the new expanded list of reimbursed drugs to take effect on January 1, 2025, a process is underway to introduce automatic reimbursement, reports the Health Ministry.

Oct. 15, 2024
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Nurses: We will no longer cheat patients! They are writing to Donald Tusk

Polish nurses and midwives are demanding an immediate response from the Prime Minister to the citizens' bill on health care salaries. They accuse the government of ignoring the problem of staff shortages in the public health care system and failing to take real action to ensure patient safety.

Oct. 15, 2024
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Vaccine Forum 2024

Sanctions for not vaccinating your child? In Poland it's just a theory

How can the Polish legal system effectively enforce the obligation to vaccinate children and how to deal with the rising tide of misinformation about vaccinations, we asked attorney Katarzyna Czyzewska of Czyzewscy Kancelaria Adwokacka.

Oct. 15, 2024
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Long-term beds - is it worth reaching for KPO money?

The deadline for submitting bids in the competition announced by the Health Ministry, i.e. November 6, 2024, is inexorably approaching, and from the questions asked by hospitals all the time, it seems that both the founding bodies and the hospitals themselves are still considering whether to...

Oct. 15, 2024
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World Anesthesiology Day

Anesthesiology and intensive care are among the fastest growing fields of medicine

Interview with Dr. Konstantin Shuldrzynski, specialist in anesthesiology and intensive care, head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and deputy director of the National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Medical Affairs.

Oct. 15, 2024
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Vaccine Forum 2024

New vaccine for COVID-19 should be available in 2-3 weeks

Coronaviruses, like influenza viruses, are subject to constant mutation, which gives rise to the need to develop new vaccine variants. We are currently waiting for a new reimbursable vaccine against COVID-19 to become available in Poland, but how long will it take? We asked the Chief Sanitary...

Oct. 14, 2024
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One in four elementary school students has already tried nicotine. For 7 in 10 teens, e-cigarettes were the gateway to addiction

One in four elementary school students (26 percent) has a history of nicotine initiation, with an e-cigarette being the first nicotine product in their lives for 7 in 10 (73.3 percent). More than half (53.8 percent) of the students have tried nicotine products due to curiosity about their taste....

Oct. 14, 2024
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AOTMiT: Transparency Council, among others, on prenatal diagnosis and off-label indications

On Monday, October 14, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.

Oct. 13, 2024
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Coordinated care in primary care is a step in the right direction

- Thanks to the fact that it is now possible to perform at least a number of preliminary examinations in the PCP, it is possible to assess the patient's health status and determine whether he necessarily requires specialized care or broader diagnosis, or whether he can be successfully managed by...

Oct. 12, 2024
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Health money 2025: an even bigger disaster?

The Sejm did not support the Law and Justice Party's motion to reject the draft budget for 2025 in the first reading and referred it to work in parliamentary committees. The committees are to take a position by the end of October, while the Public Finance Committee has until November 22 to...

Oct. 11, 2024
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POZ: Coordinated care for the medal

Patients who use coordinated care are not only satisfied, but actually delighted with the services offered, is the conclusion of a study presented on Friday, conducted by the We Patients Foundation. The coordinated care model has been in development for two years, and half of the patient...

Oct. 11, 2024
Elżbieta Ostrowska

Extension of working life in people of retirement age will increase

- Not only do we have an aging population, but there are more and more people in late old age. This is happening as a result of people from the post-war baby boom entering senior age. This is a challenge for the labor market, but also for the health care system, the pension system. The average...

Oct. 11, 2024
Beata Małecka-Libera

Senate: 2025 Year of Health Education and Prevention

The Senate of the Republic of Poland has passed a resolution to establish 2025 as the Year of Health Education and Prevention. The initiative, proposed by a group of senators, is a response to the deteriorating health statistics of Polish society and the increasing incidence of diseases of...

Oct. 11, 2024
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Wroclaw Medical University the best university in Poland

According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR), the Wroclaw-based university outranked institutions such as Jagiellonian University and Warsaw University.

Oct. 11, 2024
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Asian beauty secrets - multi-step care for healthy skin

Asian skin care enjoys enduring popularity around the world. Its philosophy, based on harmony and attention to detail, helps achieve healthy, radiant skin. It's worth exploring how these carefully crafted rituals can improve the condition of skin and hair, especially now that autumn requires us...

Oct. 11, 2024
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Important message from the Ministry of Health on infusion fluids

In view of the increasing demand for infusion fluids both in Poland and in other countries, and the limited possibilities to increase the production of these drugs due to the exhaustion of the manufacturers' production potential, the Minister of Health informs about the current issuance of...

Oct. 11, 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. 10, 2024
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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded. Laureates have cracked the code of protein structures

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded half to David Baker "for computational protein design," and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper "for protein structure prediction." Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have successfully used artificial intelligence to predict the...

Oct. 9, 2024
Zbigniew Derdziuk

Prevention and rehabilitation. Social Security helps patients return to the labor market

- We have 26 million sick leaves in a year, and there are 16 million economically active people in Poland. The average layoff lasts 11 days. This is a huge loss of labor resources. ZUS, as part of its statutory tasks, conducts rehabilitation. We want people to be able to return to the labor...

Oct. 9, 2024
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There is money for the development of Medical Research Support Centers

On October 22, the call for applications will be launched in a competition with KPO funds for improving and increasing the scientific and research capacity of existing Clinical Research Support Centers.

Oct. 8, 2024