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How much sleep to reduce the risk of obesity?

Tomasz Kobosz, M.D., an internist, endocrinologist, diabetologist and author of publications on, among other things, a multifaceted approach to the problem of obesity, discusses the importance of sleep in weight control with Dr. Mark Derkacz.

July 3, 2023
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How much does health cost?

A great deal has already been said and written about the health debt that the COVID-19 pandemic has thrust us into, but one can't help but recall that it has particularly weighed on the primary health indicators for men. Life expectancy for men in Poland in 2022 has fallen to 74 years, decreasing...

July 3, 2023
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NHF: Coordinated care in primary care for patients under 18 years of age

The team to implement coordinated care in primary care has expanded the recommendation for another group of patients. Changes effective July 1, 2023.

July 3, 2023
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Pilot of care for patients with diabetic foot syndrome is being prepared

The Ministry of Health has published a regulation on a pilot program for diabetic foot syndrome care. Up to a dozen percent of diabetic patients struggle with this health problem.

July 3, 2023
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Ursula Szybowicz: Introducing a drug program in drug-resistant depression will improve patients' quality of life

An interview with Ursula Szybowicz, president of the Foundation You Can't See Past Me.

July 1, 2023
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Drugs without RDTLs. New list

The Health Ministry has published an announcement on medicinal products not subject to funding under the emergency procedure for access to drug technologies.

June 30, 2023
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Medical Fund: There is a list of technologies with a high level of innovation

In the list of 6 items.

June 30, 2023
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Maciej Miłkowski: esketamine therapy is the first drug program in Polish psychiatry

Interview with Deputy Minister of Health Maciej Miłkowski

June 30, 2023
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Prof. Agata Szulc: treatment with esketamine is for patients who are very severely affected by drug-resistant depression

Interview with Prof. Agata Szulc, head of the Psychiatric Clinic at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Medical University of Warsaw.

June 30, 2023
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There's money for flozins for seniors

Where will the money come from to include flosins in the list of free drugs for seniors? We asked Dr. Jaroslaw Frąckowiak, president of PEX PharmaSequence, about this.

June 30, 2023
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Continuation of the prescriber case. The minister notifies the prosecutor's office, and accuses the medical self-government of failing to respond to letters addressed to it

- We were able to identify ten doctors who issued between 100,000 and 400,000 prescriptions over the course of a year, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said at a press conference on Friday, and announced that a report had been filed with the prosecutor's office in this regard. In his opinion, the...

June 30, 2023
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WHO unsweetened about aspartan

The WHO cancer research agency says aspartame is a possible source of carcinogens. A ruling on the matter is likely to be floated next month.

June 30, 2023
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What really is palliative treatment?

- Thanks to innovative therapies, patients undergoing palliative treatment can live with their disease for many years, argued experts participating in the panel "Palliative treatment - how medical advances are changing patients' perspectives" at the 2nd Men's Health Congress.

June 30, 2023
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Prof. Marcin Wojnar: We have been waiting for a breakthrough in the treatment of depression for many years

An interview with Professor Marcin Wojnar, head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical University of Warsaw.

June 30, 2023
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Kielce: Artificial intelligence will ease doctor's workload

This solution could revolutionize medical visits. Parrot AI, an intelligent physician assistant, is being developed in Kielce. It is expected to relieve medics from performing the tedious administrative tasks of medical interviewing and completing medical records. Artificial intelligence...

June 30, 2023
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Senate will amend "quality" laws

The accreditation process should be substantive, not political. Meanwhile, the composition of the Accreditation Council, as designed in the Law on Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety, indicates that it will be a highly politicized body, one of the accusations made during Wednesday's meeting...

June 29, 2023
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Adam Niedzielski: we are closing in on comprehensive care for children with SMA

- We conduct screening tests to detect the condition. We have already done more than half a million of them. They allow us to treat before symptoms appear. Today we are closing the care of patients with spinal muscular atrophy with modern rehabilitation, for example with the use of an...

June 29, 2023
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Hope for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug tofersen for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) associated with a mutation of the in the gene SOD1 in an accelerated registration procedure - It is the first drug to target the targeting the genetic cause of ALS and a...

June 29, 2023
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Premature outflow of amniotic fluid - PTGiP issues management guidelines

- In more than half of the cases, the amniotic fluid drains due to the bacterial threat of various strains, many of which are highly malignant. The infection can therefore have a fulminant course. It's a condition in which a woman can even die within minutes," said Professor Piotr Sieroszewski,...

June 29, 2023
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Change in the organizational structure of the GIF

The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on Granting Statutes to the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspectorate has been submitted for consultation.

June 29, 2023
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Bioequivalent drugs are biological drugs

We ask Christopher Kope, president of National Drug Manufacturers, about the impact of biological drugs on medical progress.

June 29, 2023