The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft law amending the Law on the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education and certain other laws, submitted by the Minister of Health. The draft provides for the establishment of a single postgraduate training unit for all medical professional groups,...
The University Clinical Hospital in Wroclaw organized the first exercise in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation using ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) in simulated conditions. As part of the two-hour training, doctors learned how to perform the life-saving procedure as quickly as...
Hypertension is no longer just an adult problem. More and more teenagers are struggling with this dangerous disease, which can have serious consequences for their health. Obesity, unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity are just some of the risk factors contributing to the rise in...
Interview with Andrzej Tysarowski, MD, head of the Department of Genetic and Molecular Cancer Diagnostics at the National Cancer Institute in Warsaw, coordinator of genetic diagnostic guidelines within the National Cancer Strategy.
In just two years, the Wrocław transplant center has been among the top heart transplant centers in Poland. In May, the 100th heart transplant was performed at the Jan Mikulicz-Radecki University Clinical Hospital (USK) in Wroclaw. A 66-year-old man from Dzierżoniów received a new heart.
Nearly 30 training stations using state-of-the-art urology simulators have been prepared for participants in the 30th Symposium of the Endourology and ESWL Section of the Polish Urological Association, which begins today (16.06.).
Risk factors for respiratory failure in newborns include preterm labor and delivery by cesarean section. Researchers at Warsaw Medical University are looking for ways to reduce the rate of pulmonary hypertension coexisting with severe respiratory distress in the youngest patients.
"DEKALOG - the future of research institutes in Poland".- Research institutes are not about history, but first and foremost about the future," Prof. Henryk Skarzynski, chairman of the Council of the Main Council of Research Institutes, said at the 30th anniversary celebration. From this...
Regular physical activity can reduce brain bleeding in people with intracerebral hemorrhage. This was the conclusion reached by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, who conducted a a retrospective study on 686 people treated for intracerebral hemorrhage.
The asymptomatic nature and development of hypertension, makes it an insidious enemy. Research conducted under the direction of Dr. Mateusz Siedlinski and Prof. Tomasz Guzik of the Faculty of Medicine at the Jagiellonian University CM allows us to hope that this situation will change for the better.
The Medical Research Agency has announced a competition for the implementation of epidemiological studies on multimorbidity. PLN 100 million will go to researchers.
An interview with Prof. Krzysztof Giannopoulos of the Department of Experimental Hematooncology at the Medical University of Lublin.
Polish PTGiP experts have created the latest recommendations for the management of adolescent pregnancy. They were developed by a group of more than a dozen specialists led by Prof. Agnieszka Drosdzol-Cop, head of the Child and Girl Gynecology Subdepartment at the Hospital of the Order of...
The conference "Modern medical education as an answer to society's health needs", organized by the Conference of Rectors of Academic Medical Universities, began in the building of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Piastów Śląskich Medical University in Wroclaw.
- We are closing an important stage of a key investment," said Rector Zbigniew Gaciong during the topping out ceremony at the construction of the Medical Simulation Center. Construction work is coming to an end. Now there will be the closing of the shell and then the equipping of the building.
A multi-profile Center for Medical Simulation (WCSM) was ceremonially opened at the Collegium Medicum of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. - In the Medical Simulation Center, in addition to the existing teaching capabilities, robotics and artificial intelligence will become increasingly...
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a disease that most often manifests in young, apparently healthy adults. It is the most common cause of sudden death in athletes in Europe. Researchers at the National Institute of Cardiology are looking for a way to prevent the...
The Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Lublin performs interdisciplinary procedures using plastic, reconstructive and microsurgery. Among other things, an advanced multidisciplinary operation was recently performed on a patient with orbital cancer.
To answer the question of what a clinical trial is, one must look to Regulation 536/2014. A clinical trial is essentially a biomedical study that is characterized by certain features.
The sooner the better - that's the thought that may come to mind after listening to an interview with today's guest. Rehabilitation can prolong our lives and support the body in resisting the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, Adam Siger argues in our interview.
DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) is an extremely advanced procedure, but patients with implanted pacemakers can encounter some difficulties in post-operative care. Dr. Dariusz Koziorowski, MD, told us how we can remedy them.
The President of the Medical Research Agency, Radoslaw Sierpinski, MD, has approved the ranking list containing the results of the Head-to-Head Competition for non-commercial clinical trials or research experiments.
In the Department of General and Transplant Surgery at the Infant Jesus Clinical Hospital UCK WUM, on March 23, 2023, a team led by Professor Wojciech Lisik performed the first documented laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in a liver transplant patient in Poland.
The procedure was carried out at the Department of General, Transplantation and Liver Surgery at the Medical University of Warsaw. The clinic, headed by Professor Michał Grąta, is the only center in Poland where liver fragments are harvested from living donors. Now, for the first time, a liver...
Scientists from Poland and Canada have discovered a new gene whose mutations cause a high risk of breast cancer! The international team of researchers was led by Cezary Cybulski, a geneticist from the Department of Genetics and Pathomorphology at Pomeranian Medical University, and Mohammad Akbari...
- Atezolizumab contributes to prolonging disease-free time. The efficacy of this treatment was significantly associated with an assessment of the expression of the receptor for programmed death, PD-L1. The immunotherapy trial found that patients responded better the higher the expression, Dr....
Dr. Christine Greer of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Boca Raton, Florida, says that by analyzing the optic nerve and retina, it is possible to obtain detailed information about the normalities and abnormalities of our nervous system. This includes a diagnosis for Alzheimer's...
The prevalence of asthma in Polish patients is steadily increasing, and we can meet the need for adequate monitoring of the disease in primary care centers. However, there is still a great need for more precise asthma control measures.
To date, the only known consequence of Covid-19 infection in children has been PIMS, an acute and potentially dangerous generalized inflammatory syndrome caused by immune dysregulation that can lead to cardiac complications. Symptoms in the form of primarily high fever, signs of damage to at...
We discuss the new recommendations of the European Society of Clinical Oncology on the management of venous thromboembolism in oncology patients with Prof. Lucjan Wyrwicz of the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy at the National Cancer Institute, National Research Institute in Warsaw.
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