In a new position paper published last week, the World Health Organization updated its recommendations for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. There is still no national vaccination program in Poland, but the president has signed an amendment to the Medical Fund Act, which will allow...
Doctors from the poviat hospital in Kozienice, together with the state-owned company Enea Wytwarzanie, initiated a prevention program against depression in children and adolescents. The problem is serious, because according to a study conducted by the Lower Silesian University, as many as 44...
A group of 1.2 patients under the age of 18 with primary and secondary immunodeficiencies, including those after infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, will be included in the pilot program of remote health monitoring. Primary health care and outpatient specialist care facilities can now apply for...
The World Health Organization has identified the actions required to ensure an integrated approach to the care and management of epilepsy. The guidelines are intended to respond to the needs of patients in many aspects.
Hunter's disease patients and their doctors fear losing access to treatment. The reimbursement decision for a preparation covered by the drug program expires at the end of the year. Its extension is uncertain due to the high cost of therapy.
More than one fifth of children in Poland struggle with the problem of excessive body weight, according to data collected by the Supreme Audit Office based on the analysis of medical documentation. 14.5 percent Polish children are overweight, 7.2 percent. are obese people. According to experts,...
On December 3, we celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, during which we draw attention to the daily challenges faced by over 1.3 billion people around the world. The most vulnerable are people with disabilities living in low- and middle-income countries and in areas of...
December 1 has been celebrated as World AIDS Day since 1988. Although the care of the sick is considered exemplary in Poland, there is still much to be done in terms of HIV/AIDS prevention. Meanwhile, it is possible and effective, both as a pre- and post-exposure action. However, many people do...
Pharmaceutical wholesalers still lack morphine. Some hospices borrow medicine from patients to give it to other patients. The Ombudsman intervenes in the case. He asks the Minister of Health about the actions taken to improve the situation. Adam Niedzielski assures that supplies will be restored...
Assistance in setting up an online patient account and completing a health questionnaire and the possibility of issuing a referral for a preventive examination. Such services will be provided in the offices of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture. It is primarily about...
Two-thirds of Poles do not perform preventive examinations, and 40 percent. does not know that they are free - according to the published report "Why don't we test ourselves? Prevention of Polish women and Poles”.
The Central Clinical Hospital of the Medical University of Warsaw lost power as a result of a power grid failure. The entire clinic was left without electricity on Wednesday, except in the areas equipped with emergency power supply from power generators.
By 2027, health care spending is expected to reach 7 percent. GDP, declared the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, during the 8th reporting and election session of the Citizens' Parliament of Seniors. It has to do with the aging of the society.
- Patients who start treatment early have the best clinical outcomes. This is a pilot, perfect program. However, we are constantly analyzing what else can be added, what drugs are needed - said Deputy Minister of Health Maciej Miłkowski in an interview with Medexpress, summing up 3.5 years of the...
“Since there are treatments for SMA, we know we can stop this progressive disease. Her image changes. It becomes a chronic disease, not a fatal one. We are proud of it. We hope for further successes and further therapies - said Dorota Raczek, president of the SMA Foundation, in an interview with...
- The minimum plan is to stop the progression of the disease. This was achieved in all patients. Almost 90 percent of improvement was achieved, which in the progressive disease of the nervous system is completely unattainable without treatment - said in an interview with Medexpress Prof....
- We can say that not only have the natural course of SMA, which is a progressive disease untreated, been reversed. So the stabilization of the patient's condition would be a huge success. We can see, however, that the condition of our patients is improving - said Prof. Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk,...
Since November, night and holiday health care has been operating at the Hospital in Legionowo. Launching such services is a great help, also for residents of northern districts of Warsaw.
In the IKP app you can find tips on how to provide first aid in the event of a stroke, the Ministry of Health informed on the occasion of the World Cerebral Stroke Day, recalling that in such cases, time is the most important thing.
Patients in more than half of Polish hospitals do not have access to Wi-Fi, according to a study conducted by Biostat at the request of Fortinet. In just one fifth of hospitals, Internet access is provided everywhere. More than half of the branches that do not provide Internet access do not plan...
- There was no cure for triple-negative breast cancer for a long time and as soon as it appeared, we waited for it to be reimbursed quickly. In October we were informed that the therapy would be available in Poland - said Krystyna Wechmann, president of the Polish Coalition of Cancer Patients and...
- Patients will have better treatment and medical care comfort, as well as the awareness that an expert who treats a woman will be able to help her so that she recovers. This is a milestone in European standards, said MP Barbara Dziuk in an interview with Medexpress, commenting on the changes in...
The World Health Organization has launched a global study of the life experiences of people diagnosed with cancer. The results are expected to be used to create better and more effective support mechanisms. The survey is part of a wider campaign that includes the organization of national...
- Decisive measures are needed to limit children's access to the so-called "Energy engineers" - the spokesman for children's rights, Mikołaj Pawlak, is alerting in his speech to the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski. Drinks with the addition of taurine and caffeine have a very negative effect...
Poles went to pharmacies to buy preparations containing potassium iodide. This is a reaction to the preventive actions of the government related to the distribution of iodine-containing preparations. However, endocrinologists urge not to take such drugs on your own. Importantly, drugs in doses...
- The National Oncology Network offers a chance to place Poland in the same rank in terms of oncological care as the rest of Europe. It should not be introduced chaotically, but gradually and based on the reported data - said prof. Adam Maciejczyk, chairman of the National Council for Oncology,...
The World Health Organization data shows that more than 10 percent. people around the world struggle with mental health problems. People suffering from depression constitute the largest group. Patients struggle, inter alia, with difficulties in functioning in society. In extreme cases, this...
Prostate biopsy, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging can be performed on an outpatient basis under intravenous anesthesia. The Ministry of Health wants such changes. Until now, this form of anesthesia could only be used during hospitalization.
- Each infection is a deterioration of the child's general health, and this can affect the overall prognosis - said Maria Miszczak-Knecht, MD, a national consultant in the field of pediatric cardiology, at the Coalition for Premature Infant Foundation's conference on protecting children against...
Over PLN 3.1 billion will go to 14 hospitals treating children. Thanks to the money allocated to investments, the comfort of care for young patients is to be increased. The first competition under the Medical Fund has been adjudicated.
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