- We are aiming to be able to talk about evidence-based apitherapy. The idea is that apitherapy should be based on specific scientific studies and on relevant standards," says Miroslaw Szczepanski, MD, PhD, from the Medical University of Warsaw, a specialist in laryngology and president of the...
- It happened that patients with severe edema could only be helped by amputating a limb. Oncological rehabilitation changed everything," recalls Prof. Andrzej Kulakowski, doyen of Polish oncology. Over the past four decades, oncology rehabilitation in Poland has undergone a significant...
The National Cancer Institute in Warsaw recently performed two procedures that should be regarded as pioneering medical achievements. Both took place during the Warsaw Live Endoscopy (WLE) conference, and the work of the surgical teams was followed live by nearly 450 people.
This year's celebration of World Hypophosphatasia Day (October 30) will be marked by the joy of patients and their loved ones in gaining access to the first and only targeted therapy for this ultra-rare genetic disease. - Reimbursement of the treatment opens a gateway to a better life - rejoice...
Primary care physicians, who are affiliated with the Zielonogórskie Alliance Federation, are opposed to the recommendations contained in the published report of the Prescription and Fulfillment Team. Despite the team's twelve-month effort to streamline the prescription system, they say, the...
The Minister of Health, the Patient Ombudsman and the oncology community have issued a joint statement on disinformation regarding cancer treatment. At issue are the theories propounded by Jerzy Zięba, who compared the effects of chemotherapy to those of Zyklon B, with which the Nazis carried out...
A tiny baby surrounded by hearts that form a four-leaf clover, and next to it hands wrapping this fragile and delicate baby is the latest graphic prepared especially for premature babies by prominent Polish artist and poster designer Andrzej Pągowski. It was prepared at the request of the...
In connection with the announced reform of the prison health service, the Ombudsman is submitting to the Minister of Justice a list of problems that need to be solved in order to effectively prevent torture.
Prof. Janusz Klatka, MD, head of the Clinical Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology at the University Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Lublin, was elected the new president-elect of the Polish Society of Otorhinolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons. The election was made during...
Last Saturday (19.10.), during the 13th Congress of the Polish Society of Family Medicine in Wroclaw, an Extraordinary General Meeting of PTMR members was held. During the meeting, elections of the new Board of Directors were held. Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, MD, UMW professor, was elected...
The vast majority of mushrooms are not edible, but neither are they poisonous. However, relying on folk ways to identify dangerous species can end tragically. We spoke with Dr. Michał Sutkowski, president-elect of the College of Family Physicians in Poland and associate dean of the Faculty of...
A team of doctors from the National Cancer Institute in Gliwice, led by Prof. Gabriela Kramer-Marek, became the first in Poland to use PET radiolabeling for non-invasive imaging of the HER2 receptor in a 41-year-old patient with disseminated breast cancer. They obtained high uptake in several...
- For us, the most important goal is that the doctor of the future should not be afraid to treat," said Lukasz Jankowski, president of the Supreme Medical Council, during a conference for doctors in training, Kick off Meeting, organized in Otwock by the District Medical Chamber in Warsaw. The NRL...
The selection of the head of the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education is to be made by a panel of experts, indicated by the Minister of Health, and not by the Electoral College - such a change results from the draft amendment to the Law on CMKP, which is already out for consultation. The...
The conference Environmental and Climate Challenges and Public Health will be held on October 24 in Warsaw at the Magna Hall at 99/103 Marymoncka St. Invited by an interdisciplinary research team of specialists from the Center for Meteorological Modeling IMGW-PIB and the Center for Medical...
- Only 10-15 percent of doctors vaccinate against influenza. People see that doctors don't vaccinate, and if we don't set an example for them, we can't require our patients to be willing to vaccinate. The medical community, unfortunately, is a bit of a barrier when it comes to vaccination...
World Food Day is celebrated every year on October 16. It was established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1979. In 2024, World Food Day is celebrated under the theme "The Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future." The theme is to draw attention...
How can the Polish legal system effectively enforce the obligation to vaccinate children and how to deal with the rising tide of misinformation about vaccinations, we asked attorney Katarzyna Czyzewska of Czyzewscy Kancelaria Adwokacka.
Coronaviruses, like influenza viruses, are subject to constant mutation, which gives rise to the need to develop new vaccine variants. We are currently waiting for a new reimbursable vaccine against COVID-19 to become available in Poland, but how long will it take? We asked the Chief Sanitary...
One in four elementary school students (26 percent) has a history of nicotine initiation, with an e-cigarette being the first nicotine product in their lives for 7 in 10 (73.3 percent). More than half (53.8 percent) of the students have tried nicotine products due to curiosity about their taste....
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