Worldwide, the number of new cases increased by 4 percent in the 28-day period from December 11, 2023 to January 7, 2024, compared to the previous 28-day period. It amounted to more than 1.1 million new cases, the World Health Organization reports. The number of deaths, on the other hand, fell by...
Vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), as part of the universal vaccination program, is recommended for both girls and boys in their 12th and 12th years, the National Health Fund headquarters reminds. Cervical Cancer Awareness Week is underway.
- "Pressing" this obligation on physiotherapists is absurd," says KRF President Dr. Tomasz Dybek. Bureaucracy will push the patient into the background?
January 22 marks the beginning of Cervical Cancer Awareness Week. It is the world's third cancer in women in terms of incidence and fourth in terms of mortality. The disease can be prevented or detected at an early stage by screening. Regular cervical cytology is essential.
- We should strive to ensure that people over 65 have all medicines for free," Marzena Okla Drewnowicz, Minister of Senior Citizens' Policy, told Radio ZET in an interview. - Now, however, it is necessary to review the drug basket that is there, so that there is not a certain fiction. We know...
A plan to combat childhood caries and the need to support teaching staff at medical and dental faculties were the most important issues discussed at the recent meeting of the Council for the Development of Dentistry at the Ministry of Health, which is currently chaired by Vice President of the...
"We have already developed a number of digital solutions and are constantly developing them. The key ones are e-prescription, e-referral and e-consultation," according to the Health Ministry. Work is underway to improve the Internet Patient Account, the myIKP application, the Medical Home Care...
The Health Ministry hosted a meeting between Minister Izabela Leszczyna, Minister for Senior Citizenship Policy Marzena Okla-Drewnowicz and Prof. Katarzyna Wieczorkowska-Tobis, Chairwoman of the Board of the Polish Gerontological Society.
- As a government, we will jointly propose an amendment to the law restricting access to the "morning-after pill." This will make this type of contraceptive available without a prescription," Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced at a press conference on Monday.
An interview with Alicia Lisowska, president of the Epi-Bohater Foundation.
Minister Izabela Leszczyna has appointed Prof. Janina Stępińska as director of the National Institute of Cardiology.
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna has appointed Dr. Beata Jagielska as director of the National Cancer Institute.
What if there was a closure of medical faculties that do not meet the relevant requirements and received a negative opinion from the Polish Accreditation Commission?
- The Civic Coalition will submit its bill that gives the right to safe abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in an interview with three TV stations: TVP, TVN and Polsat. A draft is already ready, which will allow access to emergency contraception without a...
There is an order on the division of responsibilities in the leadership of the Health Ministry - including four deputy ministers. Maciej Miłkowski is in charge of drug policy. Urszula Demkow takes responsibility for the development of medical personnel, Marek Kos for dialogue, and Wojciech...
At the end of 2023, interventional procedures for critical heart defects in fetuses will be added to the surgeries performed at Warsaw's Bielański Hospital. - The smallest hearts require the care of top-notch specialists and the best quality equipment, stresses Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski.
- It is worth considering the abolition of referrals to an ophthalmologist, doctors of the Zielonogórski Association argue. In their opinion, accessibility to specialists has not improved thanks to them.
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna has dismissed Lukasz Szumowski from his position as director of the National Institute of Cardiology.
Who became him?
In response to numerous requests to the authors of the series, we are separately posting the entire text and presentation on the Medical Event Compensation Fund. Together part 4 - 6.
It affects up to 60 percent of adult Poles, but only a few are aware that they are struggling with it. We are talking about hypercholesterolemia. Its development is particularly influenced by lifestyle, including poor nutrition, lack of exercise, obesity, alcohol consumption, smoking and genetic...
The end of the year is fast approaching, and with it comes a lavish New Year's Eve party and... a list of New Year's resolutions. Many a person will make the decision to quit smoking for the first (or next) time. And rightly so, because it is an extremely unhealthy addiction. "Yellowed teeth are...
It has been a good year for Polish hematology, which has shown that we are slowly moving toward European standards of treatment and care for hemato-oncology patients. A national hematology network is being piloted in Poland, and each reimbursement list in 2023 has brought more hematooncology...
In the sack, the Presidential Council on Health Care will begin work on a bill on financing various infertility treatments. Its submission was announced by the President when he signed the law on financing IVF from the state budget in mid-December.
NIK publishes audit plan for 2024. What awaits us in the area of health?
Damian Kuraś has become the new spokesman for the health ministry.
President of the Zielonogórski Agreement Jacek Krajewski summarizes the past year.
An interview with Prof. Grzegorz W. Basak of the Department of Hematology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Warsaw Medical University.
The work environment threatens health and life. Developments in technology and safety strategies are not improving workplace safety fast enough. Worldwide, nearly 3 million people die each year from occupational accidents and diseases.
O podsumowanie mijającego roku i wyzwania w nadchodzącym poprosiliśmy prof. Macieja Kupczyka, prezydenta Polskiego Towarzystwa Alergologicznego (Klinika Chorób Wewnętrznych, Astmy i Alergii UM w Łodzi).
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