Women develop heart disease on average 10 years later than men. Until the onset of menopause, they are protected by hormones - estrogens. Then, it is heart and vascular disease - heart attack and stroke - that are the most common causes of death in women. This is the case not only in Poland, but...
The conditions of hospitalization of patients of the district hospital in Starachowice (Świętokrzyskie) will improve. The clinic has started the renovation of the General Surgical Department.
- We want to provide patients suffering from multiple sclerosis the necessary knowledge and facilitate their meetings with other patients - says Monika Łada, president of the SclerosisRozsiane Foundation.Info, in an interview with Medexpress, and announces conferences for patients. There are also...
"There was and there is neither my consent nor the consent of the government to keep any pregnancy registry," Health Minister Adam Niedzielski wrote on Twitter. It is a reaction to the information appearing in the media regarding the extension of the scope of information reported in the...
- Men have a problem with talking about their health - said Deputy Minister of Health Piotr Bromber during the First Men's Health Congress. The event was an opportunity to talk about health prophylaxis, civilization diseases or issues related to the male psyche, sexuality and the problem of...
The research shows that every third man and every tenth woman in Poland die of heart disease before the age of 64. The main reason for this is an unhealthy lifestyle, mainly smoking, lack of exercise, overweight, obesity, stress and poor diet.
From October, expenditure on neonatology and the valuation of highly specialized services will increase, the Ministry of Health announced on Twitter. The head of the ministry asked the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariffication to urgently retarify all pediatrics.
Pills containing potassium iodide have been handed over to poviat headquarters of the State Fire Service throughout the country, the Ministry of the Interior and Administration informed. It is related to the media information concerning the fighting in the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant area.
New functionality in the IKP application. From today, you can carry out first aid activities with the help of the telephone. It will also be easier to find the nearest AED defibrillator - informs the Ministry of Health.
Wards from the Solec Hospital have already been transferred to the Southern Hospital. A long-term care unit for seniors is to be established in the hospital building at Solec Street in Powiśle. Now there is a clinic and an emergency room.
- We are introducing a reform of the spa treatment - said Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski during a press conference in Ciechocinek. The choice of the sanatorium and the date of treatment is to be made by the patient.
Children whose fathers were passive smokers in childhood are more likely to develop asthma, according to a long-term study conducted by scientists at the University of Melbourne. The risk is even greater in children who are active smokers.
Half of avoidable care errors are related to drug misuse, warns the World Health Organization. A quarter of these events are serious or even life-threatening.
Can adult patients with SMA count on continued treatment? Are all their needs taken into account by the Polish health care system? What needs to change?
Patients with the 20 most deadly neoplasms in Poland have full access to only 29 out of 136 recommended therapies. Another 46 cancer drugs are reimbursed with limitations. The National Health Fund will not pay for the treatment of the rest - according to the data on the Onkoindex website.
In 2021, the Office of the Patient Ombudsman was literally inundated with an avalanche of reports and complaints from patients - nearly 164,000 were received, the most since 2009, i.e. since the establishment of an institution that safeguards patient rights. Grounds? First of all, a pandemic, but...
The guest of Medexpress is Kamil Dolecki - president of the SARCOMA Association for Patients with Sarcoma and Melanoma, organizer of Onkobieg.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert regarding cases of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and lymphomas in the scar tissue around breast implants. The FDA is asking people with breast implants to report any worrying symptoms to their doctors.
- Drug review is one of the most difficult elements of pharmaceutical care - said Ewa Krajewska, Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector during the Healthcare Forum as part of the Economic Forum in Karpacz. If the pilot program, which is ongoing in 75 Polish pharmacies, is positively assessed, the service...
American doctors are sounding the alarm - more and more children are swallowing small lithium (button) batteries. What is the threat of this?
The number of cataract surgeries performed after the coronavirus pandemic was announced has dropped by a third, according to data from the National Health Fund. Although the epidemic situation has improved significantly since 2020, ophthalmologists note that patients still do not report to the...
From the point of view of the Commissioner for Human Rights, the issue of the age restriction in access to gene therapy is not over, said Stanisław Trociuk, deputy Ombudsman, during the Tuesday meeting in the Sejm, devoted to the problem of access to reimbursed gene therapy in the treatment of SMA.
On September 1, 2022, a new unified program for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) will enter into force. This program includes three treatment options: the previously used drug Spinraza and the newly introduced drugs: Zolgensma (gene therapy) and Evrysdi (oral therapy). Since April...
Although they are pregnant and weight gain is normal, they use fasting and restrictive diets that can harm them and their offspring. Research conducted by scientists and students of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice say straightforwardly - 68.8% of women who are expecting a child or...
Can the hospital impose on patients an obligation to deposit valuables, including cash, in a hospital deposit? Does he have the right to limit their access to these items during hospitalization?
A dozen or so Pomeranian bathing areas have already been closed due to the bloom of cyanobacteria, which, as the doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Alliance emphasize, may be hazardous to health. - Do not risk entering the water that is contaminated, meeting with "uninvited guests" often ends...
Hardly anyone is aware of the great consequences of untreated teeth. We usually equate this fact with pain, bad breath and an unsightly smile. Unfortunately, this discomfort can turn into something much worse. Untreated dentition leads to very serious diseases, and in extreme cases even to a...
Poland has received permission from the European Commission (EC) to launch a cross-border e-prescription exchange service with other member states. This new functionality will enable foreign patients to fulfill e-prescriptions in a Polish pharmacy, and Polish patients abroad, informs the Ministry...
The draft ordinance of the Minister of Health amending the ordinance on infectious diseases causing obligatory hospitalization was submitted for consultation.
The second "Rally for Health" could not miss the DKMS foundation, whose mission is to fight blood cancer.
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