- It is hoped that the proposed treatment method will slow down the progression of the disease and improve the quality of life of MS patients," says Adam Stępień, head of the Neurology Clinic at the Military Medical Institute, the principal investigator in the PROTECT-MS study, which is...
On November 14, offices, institutions and public places across the country will be illuminated in blue. This will be an expression of solidarity with diabetics and an attempt to draw attention to the problems diabetics and their families face on a daily basis! - Discrimination and prejudice are...
The Świętokrzyskie Oncology Center has implemented state-of-the-art solutions to implement new radiotherapy treatment techniques and precise monitoring of the irradiation area. It is the first in Poland to use a system that increases the precision of patient positioning during treatment with a...
- I would like good P.E. to start as early as early childhood education, because an investment in the health of a young person is an investment in the future," said Education Minister Barbara Nowacja during a press conference on the appointment of a team for the preparation of a new physical...
In the latest edition of the Shanghai Ranking GRAS, Global Ranking of Academic Subject 2024, Wroclaw Medical University confirmed its strong position as a medical university. In the Clinical Medicine category, the university took first place, ahead of Jagiellonian University and other Polish...
In the face of demographic implosion and increasing life expectancy - the structure of our society is changing at a pace that will have an increasing impact on the functioning of long-term care in Poland with each passing year. Seniors are increasingly lonely, queues for specialized care are...
Rare cancers account for about 20-25 percent of all oncology diagnoses. They include a variety of cancer types that are difficult to diagnose and treat due to limited clinical knowledge, fewer available therapies and clinical trials. They pose a challenge to both doctors and health systems around...
The "Golden OTIS" Trust Award for the program "Implementation of additional care for patients over 65 years of age" was given to Prof. Piotr Jankowski, MD, head of the Clinical Department of Internal Medicine and Gerontocardiology, and Malgorzata Kupisz-Urbanska, MD, from the Clinical Department...
The Polish History Museum in Warsaw yesterday hosted a Public Health Congress on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the State Sanitary Inspectorate. It was attended by representatives of state authorities, professional local governments, parliamentarians, scientists active in the field of...
The Agency for Medical Research (ABM) has announced the outcome of the Open Competition for non-commercial clinical trials and research experiments (ABM/2024/1). As a result of the competition, which ran from March to May 2024, funding with a total value of more than PLN 278 million was awarded...
- This topic should be addressed outside of emotions of a typically political nature. There is nothing wrong with limiting the operation of departments that consume financial resources while not being used properly. This is a waste of the potential of the medical staff. However, it is worthwhile...
The financial problems of the public health care system are prompting a rationalization of spending. Experts from the Medical Rationale of State stressed that in this situation it is particularly profitable to manage health through education, effective prevention, improved adherence and optimal...
Seniors and children and adolescents will also receive prescriptions for free medicines from doctors accepting them at facilities that do not have a contract with the National Health Fund - the government approved a draft amendment to the Law on Health Services on Tuesday. The important change...
The Rev. Anna Mazowiecka Clinical Hospital has been certified as a "Hospital without pain," confirming the implementation of pain relief procedures in accordance with the guidelines of the Polish Society for the Study of Pain. Patients of the facility will be regularly asked to assess the...
At the University Clinical Center in Gdansk, two children who were diagnosed with extensive complex vascular malformations already in the fetal period underwent innovative treatment before birth. This is the first in Poland and one of the first of its kind in the world.
The European Union wants to eliminate from municipal wastewater drug residues excreted by people who need to take them. This is to be financed by the pharmaceutical industry. - This is a huge expense for manufacturers of inexpensive drugs, which will result in an increase in the cost of their...
Since 2010, she has been suffering from a severe autoimmune disease of the nervous system - NMOSD or neuritis spectrum disorder of the optic nerves and spinal cord. Anita Najmrocki experienced symptoms such as excruciating pain, hemiparesis, difficulty with movement, and loss of vision. Before...
The lack of an effective system of early prevention in the field of child and adolescent mental health, the insufficient number of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the face of a growing number of patients, and the excessively long waiting time for specialized psychiatric assistance in some...
"The Polish Society of Physician Managers, looking at the public narrative blaming medics, and doctors in particular, with the catastrophic state of the National Health Fund's finances, unequivocally states that the current burdening of doctors with the situation of the National Health Fund is a...
A team of researchers from the National Cancer Institute in Gliwice, in collaboration with the Silesian Medical University in Katowice and the Institute of Cancer Research in London, has developed a novel immuno-PET imaging technique using a Zr-89-labeled antibody that could enable patients with...
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