Healthy life expectancy for men increased by one year last year compared to 2021, according to data released by the Central Statistical Office. In women, the increase was 0.6 year. In 2022, healthy life expectancy was 60.1 years for men and 63.7 years for women.
Separate voting precincts will be set up in medical facilities, nursing homes, prisons and detention centers. This will happen if there are at least 15 voters in them on election day.
Rzecznik Praw Pacjenta powołał pierwszych członków Zespołu ds. Świadczeń z Funduszu Kompensacyjnego Zdarzeń Medycznych. Jest to zespół 45 bardzo doświadczonych ekspertów reprezentujących różne dziedziny medycyny. Zadaniem Zespołu jest wydawanie opinii medycznych wspomagających Rzecznika w...
Although any dental procedure today can be performed under highly effective local anesthesia, many patients forgo dental treatment because of a paralyzing fear of visiting the dentist. This can and should be effectively counteracted, convinces Dr. Anna Wesolowska, an expert in dentophobia...
A new Eurobarometer survey on mental health found that nine out of ten respondents (89 percent) believe that promoting mental health is as important as promoting physical health. At the same time, less than half of respondents believe that people with mental health problems have the same access...
The Patient Ombudsman has summarized the action on pain management in Emergency Medical Teams and proposed measures to improve the comfort and quality of life of patients struggling with pain. What conclusions?
Doświadczenie choroby onkologicznej jest złożone i zindywidualizowane. Wpływa na różne sfery życia pacjenta. „Fundacja Piękniejsze Życie” z wynikami najnowszego i pierwszego tego typu badania, które wyraźnie pokazuje, że wygląd oraz troska o swój wizerunek pomagają w walce z chorobą.
The 15th edition of Silesia Marathon 2023 will start this Sunday (October 1), with more than 7,000 people taking part in the event. However, before the marathoners line up at the start line, some of them will undergo cardiological tests. In this way, researchers at the Silesian Medical University...
As of September 2, the 2-valent HPV vaccine is free for all children between the ages of 9 and 18, the National Health Fund headquarters reminds. Children of other ages than those covered by the program (that is, ages 9-11 and 14-18) can be vaccinated against HPV free of charge, the National...
The European Commission today presented a legislative proposal that will make it easier for people with disabilities to access their right to freedom of movement by giving them, on an equal basis, access to special conditions, preferential treatment and the right to park while in another member...
What are the causes of diabetes and can it be cured? These are just some of the questions we asked Warsaw residents. How did they cope?
Procedures for determining permanent irreversible cessation of brain function are today regulated by notices of the Minister of Health, which are not sources of generally applicable lawThe Ombudsman is asking the Supreme Medical Council for its position on whether these procedures should be...
All the problems of health care have been solved, outlays have increased by 120 percent in eight years (this was announced on Twitter on Tuesday by Minister of Education and Science Przemyslaw Czarnek, who, as rumor has it, is preparing to take over as head of government after the elections. It's...
After the "great program of modernization and revitalization of large-scale housing estates," the United Right is presenting a second concrete for the next term. It is about improving the quality of meals for patients in hospitals.
A law went into effect today (1.09.), on the basis of which people who are 65 years of age or older, as well as children and adolescents under 18 years of age, will receive the right to selected free medicines.
Rzecznik Praw Pacjenta wydał decyzję, w której uznał, że prywatna placówka medyczna na terenie województwa dolnośląskiego stosuje praktyki naruszające zbiorowe prawa pacjentów.
- Down syndrome will certainly be on the list of diseases qualifying for a permanently issued disability certificate, Pawel Wdowik, deputy minister of family and social policy and government plenipotentiary for people with disabilities, wrote on Twitter.
The Health Ministry has issued a communiqué on the matter.
As the effectiveness of cancer treatment for children and adolescents increases, rehabilitation is also becoming increasingly important. According to a study conducted by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, as many as...
During Friday's session of the Sejm, deputies rejected all of the Senate's amendments to the Law on Patients' Rights and Patients' Ombudsman. The law establishes a Medical Events Compensation Fund.
The Patient Ombudsman, Bartlomiej Chmielowiec, and the Center for Monitoring Quality in Health Care, represented by Director Agnieszka Pietraszewska-Maketa, have entered into an agreement on cooperation aimed at improving the safety and quality of the health care system in Poland.
Observance of patient rights is a prerequisite for realizing the humanistic mission of health systems. In the face of contemporary challenges resulting from epidemiological, technological, institutional and social changes, it is necessary to create conditions for a more effective functioning of...
The Chief Sanitary Inspectorate appeals for moderation in sunbathing. Adequate intake of sunlight is essential for the proper functioning of the human body, but staying in the sun too long can lead not only to burns, but even cancerous changes, the GIS reminds.
The directors of the city's hospitals with gynecological departments in Warsaw have signed a joint statement on access to all medical services, including abortions, in cases that comply with current law. - In any of our hospitals, every woman can always count on help in a health or life-...
Wednesday's meeting of the Sejm's Senior Policy and Health Committee featured the first reading of a bill presented by the President of the Republic of Poland on special geriatric care. Among other things, the bill envisages supplementing the health care system with 75+ health centers. According...
A draft "Law on amending the Law on reimbursement of medicines, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices" has reached the Parliament. Family medicine specialists are concerned about the provisions on doctors' prescriptions. The provisions were very favorable to patients...
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.
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.
Congenital hypophosphatasia is an ultra-rare inborn metabolic defect that is caused by a deficiency in the activity of an important enzyme, alkaline phosphatase, says Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska, MD, IMiD professor, head of the Department of Inborn Metabolic Defects and Pediatrics at the Mother and...
The vacations are a sensitive period during which the rate of mental disorders increases. Why? We asked Dr. Piotr Wierzbinski, MD, a member of the Polish Psychiatric Association and the International Society of Sports Psychiatry, to explain this phenomenon.
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