More than PLN 1.8 billion will be allocated in 2023 to standardize the employment of psychologists, educators, speech therapists, pedagogical therapists and special educators in mainstream schools, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced during a press conference at the School and...
“This year has started with very good news for us. This is what we have been striving for for many years. The Ministry of Health has lifted restrictions on the duration of biological therapy. Until now, patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease could receive treatment for one or two...
– This year will go down in the history of Polish diabetology as a breakthrough year. Lots of good things happened. We are experiencing a revolution when it comes to the concept of treatment and access to new drugs. From May to September, the Ministry of Health made decisions extending the...
Prof. Lukasz Krzych, head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Prof. K. Gibinski University Clinical Center of the Silesian Medical University in Katowice, tells us about modern anesthesiology.
- The topic of patient safety is being talked about more and more. It is no longer something that was only discussed by experts. It is becoming the subject of disputes that go beyond the world of experts," said in the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Patient Ombudsman Bartłomiej Chmielowiec...
From four hours to as much as 12 hours, the time from heart retrieval to implantation in the recipient can be extended with the OCS system. It's a portable, warm perfusion and monitoring system designed to keep the donor heart in a metabolically active state, very similar to a human heart....
Z udziałem konsultanta krajowego w dziedzinie perinatologii prof. Mirosława Wielgosia.
– Polska jest bodajże jednym z dwóch krajów w Europie, które antykoncepcję awaryjną mają ciągle na receptę. Liczę tutaj na zmianę, ale nie tylko w tej kwestii. Liczę na zmianę również jeżeli chodzi w ogóle o dostępność antykoncepcji, ponieważ znowu jesteśmy na szarym końcu – powiedziała w...
The consequence of major neglect in osteoporosis is death, Professor Brigid Kwiatkowska warns.
Prof. Brigid Kwiatkowska says why women are a special group of patients, what the consequences are and what we can do.
Is Dr. Tomasz Maciejewski, director of the Mother and Child Institute in Warsaw, afraid of artificial intelligence? How big a problem is its "energy intensity" and how can it help health?
Prof. Jaroslaw Slawek, head of the neurology and stroke unit at St. Adalbert Hospital in Gdansk, talks about deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease.
- "You always have to know where to draw the line, when to say 'no' and not to change someone's face, but to maintain natural beauty," says Dr. Adam Boruch, a doctor of aesthetic medicine.
A conversation with Andrzej Pągowski, graphic artist, conducted during the 3rd Women's Health Congress.
- One of the biggest advantages of robots is the precision of the procedure and the less invasive nature of the procedure, which results in better clinical outcomes. This means faster recovery, more effective rehabilitation and certainly less risk of complications," Alexandra Diyon, general...
Iwona Schymalla's guest is Adam Boruch, MD, a family medicine specialist and co-chair of the coordinated care section of the Polish Society of Family Medicine.
- There is a lot of talk about strengthening and developing pharmaceutical care. This is an element that would allow patients and clients closer access to health care services. A very important step forward is the introduction of public financing for vaccinations in pharmacies. However, this tool...
- We have a shortage of doctors, we're talking about 3.4 billion minor ailments being treated across Europe each year. If everyone who struggles with such a thing wanted to go for a medical consultation, we would have to have as many as 120,000 additional full-time positions for doctors. That's...
- We are fighting intensely for new therapies. Patient organizations, NGOs, doctors, medical professionals and regulators are focusing on this. Yet we fail to recognize that prevention is the most important part of all this. After all, it's better to get examined than treated," Prof. Beata...
Finansowanie wizyt patronażowych położnych.
Immunotherapy is entering very strongly into the treatment of many cancers, but especially in cervical cancer it has brought a breakthrough. Very good therapies are already registered for both first- and second-line treatment. Refunds, unfortunately, are not. This is a change expected and desired...
I. Omówienie i przyjęcie planu pracy Podkomisji do 31 lipca 2024 r.II. Rozpatrzenie informacji w sprawie sposobu realizacji zajęć szkolnych w zakresie edukacji zdrowotnej – przedstawia Minister Zdrowia oraz Minister Edukacji.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - a health and social problem.
Outlining the priority areas of the Team's work in the context of pelvic floor diseases (urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse in women) - discussion among, among others: clinicians, patients' organizations, parliamentarians, representatives of the Ministry of Health.
- Both endometriosis and uterine myomas are fairly common problems in the context of infertility. Endometriosis affects about 10 percent of women of reproductive age. In women with infertility, it occurs in up to 50 percent. Uterine myomas are the most common benign cancer in women. It occurs in...
- Woman, go and get yourself examined - this is what writer Krystyna Kofta would advise herself if she could turn back time. Her experience with cancer prompted her to speak out about cancer prevention and raise awareness among her female readers as well. - I figured it would be good if they...
- All too often, very sick patients are brought to doctors. Prevention is all about making sure that it's the healthy woman who comes in for a check-up. Polish men and women should start taking their health seriously. Unfortunately, we also have a shortage of oncologists, and the medical youth do...
- The concept of pharmaceutical care was not really defined until three years ago. That's when it listed what is a health benefit provided by pharmacists. This is a breakthrough, because we didn't have such powers before. Computerization will take off a huge part of our responsibilities. So we...
Today is European Brain Day. It's an opportunity to talk about the challenges of caring for patients with neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer's disease. In 2019, it ranked 7th among the leading causes of death according to WHO data, along with other forms of dementia. It is the...
We have two groups of women in the health care system. The first is the patients, and the second is the ladies who work in this system. Both groups need support. The female patients for diseases common to their gender. Women who are employed in the system, on the other hand, need support to help...
If it's so good, why is it so bad? - asks Dr. Michal Sutkowski, spokesman for the College of Family Physicians in Poland.
An interview with Prof. Jack Grzybowski, head of the Cardiomyopathy Unit at the National Institute of Cardiology.
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