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...
- 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...
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