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....
According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR), the Wroclaw-based university outranked institutions such as Jagiellonian University and Warsaw University.
On October 22, the call for applications will be launched in a competition with KPO funds for improving and increasing the scientific and research capacity of existing Clinical Research Support Centers.
Beginning October 15, 2024, pregnant women will be able to receive a free pertussis vaccination at primary health care (PHC) clinics. This vaccination protects a woman both during pregnancy and after childbirth, as well as the newborn from getting sick and being hospitalized in the first months...
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on guaranteed services in the field of hospital treatment has been submitted for consultation.
Poznan in the large cities category and Sopot in the smaller cities category are the winners of the 3rd edition of the Healthy Cities Index. It presents living conditions in 66 Polish cities with county rights. What are the further places on the podium and which cities became leaders in the eight...
Epidemiological data indicate that life expectancy in Poland, depending on, among other things, place of residence, level of education, amount and source of income, or gender, can vary by up to a dozen years. Only appropriate systemic solutions can help reduce health inequalities. Recognizing...
Epidemiological surveillance is one of the main sources of information on the incidence of notifiable and registerable infectious diseases, including invasive bacterial diseases, emphasize the participants of the conference "Diagnosis of the functioning of epidemiological surveillance in Poland...
- An alternative to drug treatment may be neurosurgical treatment, including the use of spinal stimulators, says Prof. Tomasz Mandat, head of the Nervous System Tumor Clinic, National Cancer Institute in Warsaw.
In fact, in sexology, the patient is the couple, and then it's full democracy," said sexologist Dr. Stanislaw Dulko in an interview with Bozena Stasiak. Who is more ashamed of visiting a sexologist? Is this shame justified?
- A field military hospital has been developed in Nysa, with the participation of the management and doctors, nurses of the Nysa hospital, which had to be evacuated. The field hospital in Nysa is in operation. If someone needs help, there is this initial help, but also that of a specialized...
Treatment entities affected by the floods can apply for basic and urgent needs assistance, the Health Ministry reminds.
Smoking marijuana has also joined the risk factors for neck and head cancers, experts from the University Clinical Center in Gdansk point out. However, it turns out that even a person who never smokes and does not abuse alcohol can get sick. The culprit is the human papilloma virus, or HPV.
- An anxious patient can be transformed into a cooperative patient who will then be treated in a standardized manner. These techniques are not just reserved for children and adolescents. They can and should also be implemented for adult people who are so afraid of the dentist that they...
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