Living alone increases the risk of mortality by 32 percent. The ability to cope with loneliness is one of the key skills in a postcovid world, where social isolation and loneliness are becoming more common. Loneliness can be defined as the subjective feeling of lacking desirable forms of social...
Daily choices regarding diet, physical activity, exposure to various environmental factors, tobacco smoke, alcohol, etc. affect the speed of aging, the progression of biological age, but also the intellectual, social and emotional activity of seniors is extremely important," says Professor Piotr...
According to the National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians, Edyta Borkowska, MD, has been appointed by the Health Minister as a national consultant in medical laboratory genetics.
The Order of the Minister of Health dated February 14, 2024 on the establishment of a Team for the development of criteria for a health policy program for the treatment of infertility involving medically assisted procreation procedures, including in vitro fertilization carried out in a medically...
A Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on guaranteed services in the field of outpatient specialized care has been submitted for consultation.
"The current situation in blood donation is dynamic and thus requires a response and concrete action," reports the National Blood Center. Currently, there is a shortage of minus groups.
The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, handed out nomination acts to academics and employees of science and the arts. Eleven professorial appointments were given to those associated with medical and health sciences.
Cooperation between ministries, assistance aimed at active people whose loved ones need care, support for care services at the place of residence, or the issue of building a long-term care system. Minister Marzena Okła-Drewnowicz tells us what are the most urgent measures in senior citizen policy.
In the coming years, medical data will be one of the most important topics around which public debate will center, both at the national and European levels. Therefore, it is necessary already at this time to think beyond ministries, including social partners and one of the most important tasks is...
Minister Zdrowia przyznała akredytacje dla dziesęciu szpitali oraz dwóch podmiotów POZ. Wyróżnione jednostki to:SZPITAL POWIATOWY W RADOMSKU w zakresie działalności SZPITAL WIELOSPECJALISTYCZNYCentrum Onkologii im. prof. Franciszka Łukaszczyka w Bydgoszczy w zakresie działalności Centrum...
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna has accepted the resignation of Prof. Robert Galązkowski from his position as director of the Air Rescue Service, the health ministry reports on X (formerly Twitter). The new director of the LRP is Beata Strzałkowska, who until now served as deputy director for...
The Ministry of Health invites entities and organizations to nominate candidates for the National Council for Geriatric Care.
The Health Ministry has made a disturbing and dangerous decision for oncology patients to postpone the entry into force of the National Oncology Network, said Czeslaw Hoc (Law and Justice). Asking in the Sejm about the reasons for the decision, he accused the government of "noncholance,...
We discuss the role of cancer prevention, the reasons why women do not come in for cytology and mammography, but also the development plans of the National Institute of Oncology with the director of the NIO, Prof. Beata Jagielska.
Lung cancer is the biggest killer in the cancer group. The challenge remains to reach at-risk groups with prevention and diagnose the disease at an early stage. Implementing treatment at the first stage achieves five-year survival in more than 90 percent of patients. The chances of a cure for...
Nearly half of all deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease. After the great success of dramatically reducing mortality in acute coronary syndromes, the following years, decades now, have not brought such significant progress. How to change this? How to strengthen cardiac care on the one hand,...
The earlier detected, the better the chances of survival - with this statement any oncologist will agree. Cancer, however, does not always produce unambiguous symptoms or they are difficult for the average person to see. Sometimes, quite by chance, a specialist in another field will see something...
We entered 2024 with only partially implemented Plan for Rare Diseases[1]. The Plan itself was adopted back in 2021,[2] and the implementation of the tasks enshrined in it was scheduled for 2021-2023. In the last days of December 2023, however, a draft amendment to the Plan appeared in the list...
An order to this effect was published in the OJ of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Starting tomorrow (February 1, 2024), a new service at the E-Health Center.
The Council of Ministers has adopted a regulation that determines how to determine the additional remuneration of those who are part of medical commissions that adjudicate the degree of fitness for military service. This includes nurses or paramedics. The new regulations also provide for an...
Polska jest jednym z pięciu pierwszych państw na świecie, które uzyskały certyfikat WHO Validation of Trans Fat Elimination, za wdrożenie programu REPLACE na rzecz obniżania tłuszczy trans. Docenione zostały działania Polski w obszarze spełnienia wymagań we wdrażaniu programu REPLACE, który...
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The Health Committee wants more detailed information on the Medical Fund. At Thursday's meeting of the committee, which was devoted to the topic, there was not much concrete. The most important one is that some PLN 7 billion remains unused.
- The bill on the morning-after pill will be sent to the Diet. We are talking about over-the-counter access for people 15 and older. Under the age of 15, a prescription will be required. It is about one specific, mentioned in the bill," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at a press conference after...
The European Commission is proposing more time for companies to apply the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR). It is also proposing measures to increase transparency in the medical device sector, including by speeding up the launch of some elements of the European medical device...
Posłowie pytają, ministrowie odpowiadają. Po Exposé Donalda Tuska, na pytania posłów z zakresu działania Ministerstwa Zdrowia odpowiada szefowa resortu. Poseł Czesław Hoc pyta o losy obywatelskiego projektu ustawy o podwyżkach dla pielęgniarek. Pyta też o podwyżki dla innych grup zawodowych.
Continuous attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine leave the country unable to provide citizens with efficient access to medical services. This is especially true for localities close to the front line - which is why six months ago the Polish Medical Mission, in cooperation with FRIDA Ukraine,...
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on the Pilot Program in Mental Health Centers has been submitted for consultation.
A multidisciplinary team of specialists from the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Gdansk saved the life of 6-year-old Alexander. The absolute havoc in the boy's respiratory system was most likely caused by a fungal infection. His condition was so serious and complicated...
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