"DEKALOG - the future of research institutes in Poland".- Research institutes are not about history, but first and foremost about the future," Prof. Henryk Skarzynski, chairman of the Council of the Main Council of Research Institutes, said at the 30th anniversary celebration. From this...
The Ministry of Health has published a list of priority areas of specialization for nurses and midwives that will be eligible for funding in 2023, broken down by province and taking into account the number of training places and editions in the province. This list will form the basis for...
Salmonella poisoning occurred in one of the kindergartens in Biała Podlaska (Lublin voivodeship), reports the sanitary inspectorate. One employee of the facility and 14 children were poisoned. Two of them were hospitalized.
The Air Ambulance base in Zegrze Pomorskie (West Pomeranian Voivodeship) has resumed seasonal operations. The team will be on duty at the base until September 5.
They are placed on the patient's hands or other areas. They are used to identify the patient and his/her current therapeutic needs such as illness, medications used, treatments required, etc.So far, bar codes have been used, but an amendment to the Patients' Rights Act proposes putting names,...
An acquaintance (incidentally, a former deputy minister of health) once told me a story from his postgraduate internship in obstetrics. Lo and behold, the orderly telephoned him and invited him to the delivery room: "come on Sir, a unique case, an old primary, 28 years old!". As we know, there...
We recently celebrated World No Cigarette Day. We asked Minister Krzysztof Łanda during the 2nd Men's Health Congress whether we have the chance to have such a holiday - for health - on a daily basis. Global figures from the World Health Organization show that eight million people die each year...
Warsaw Medical University invites Warsaw residents to a unique event, Diversity x WUM - FESTIVAL OF DIVERSITY, organized by the university's international students.
An update to the myIKP app is now available on the App Store and Google Play. It's about renewing a valid security certificate and introducing additional features, such as making it easier to contact your clinic or the option to check the expiration date of medicines in your home medicine cabinet.
The Ombudsman is addressing the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection and the director of the Regional Specialized Hospital in Legnica. The issue is the disclosure of the personal data of the ICU patient and the complainant.
More than 600 children aged 12 and 13 have been vaccinated on the first day that the free and unrestricted HPV vaccines were made available, reports Health Minister Adam Niedzielski. There are plenty of free appointments.
Year after year, the number of people who face vision problems is growing. An increasing number of patients use corrective glasses and contact lenses on a daily basis. In this case, age does not matter - both children and adults visit the ophthalmologist. Find out what eye defects are most often...
Iga Rawicka, president of the EuropaColon Poland Foundation:Nutritional treatment is an absolute necessity.Patients, especially those with gastrointestinal cancers, are very often malnourished (up to 80% of such patients)It is difficult to treat a malnourished patient effectively, for example,...
The offices of primary care physicians are the places where a patient's health is managed. It is the family medicine specialists who should know the most about patients' health. They could have more of that knowledge if they obtained additional information. Family medicine specialists from the...
- I hope that patients equipped with the right information will feel more comfortable using medical services," says Patient Ombudsman Bartlomiej Chmielowiec. You can already download the "Patient Navigator" - an informative guide to help organize information on how to function in the health care...
Until recently, aesthetic medicine was most often associated with hyaluronic acid and the exaggerated, somewhat artificial look of overly lifted and modeled cheeks or lips. Many people had a rather negative attitude toward aesthetic medicine precisely because of the fear of changing their...
Nowadays, men are paying more and more attention to their hygiene and body care. Men no longer visit only the barber, but are increasingly willing to visit the barber or beautician. They reach for face creams or body lotions, which until now were more associated with women. Still, most men shave...
The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Poland, together with national partners, has issued a Polish-language version of guidelines aimed at strengthening the health system's capacity to respond to cases of violence against women and girls in emergencies. According to the WHO,...
We asked passersby in a Medexpress street poll about whether Polish women want to be vaccinated against HPV.
W obliczu rosnącej w zatrważającym tempie liczby prób samobójczych wśród dzieci i młodzieży, obchodzony 1 czerwca Dzień Dziecka nabiera innego wymiaru. – Najlepszym prezentem, jaki możemy dać młodemu człowiekowi, jest nasza uważność! Obserwujmy, reagujmy! Większość podjętych zamachów na własne...
– Zdrowie mężczyzn to bardzo istotne zagadnienie. Choć panowie dbają o wiele innych rzeczy, to nadal niechętnie przyznają się oni do swoich słabości zdrowotnych. Trzeba to zmieniać – powiedziała red. Iwona Schymalla, prezes Fundacji Żyjmy Zdrowo, podczas otwarcia II Kongresu Zdrowia Mężczyzn....
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