A great deal has already been said and written about the health debt that the COVID-19 pandemic has thrust us into, but one can't help but recall that it has particularly weighed on the primary health indicators for men. Life expectancy for men in Poland in 2022 has fallen to 74 years, decreasing...
The team to implement coordinated care in primary care has expanded the recommendation for another group of patients. Changes effective July 1, 2023.
The Health Ministry has published an announcement on medicinal products not subject to funding under the emergency procedure for access to drug technologies.
Interview with Deputy Minister of Health Maciej Miłkowski
Where will the money come from to include flosins in the list of free drugs for seniors? We asked Dr. Jaroslaw Frąckowiak, president of PEX PharmaSequence, about this.
The WHO cancer research agency says aspartame is a possible source of carcinogens. A ruling on the matter is likely to be floated next month.
- Thanks to innovative therapies, patients undergoing palliative treatment can live with their disease for many years, argued experts participating in the panel "Palliative treatment - how medical advances are changing patients' perspectives" at the 2nd Men's Health Congress.
The accreditation process should be substantive, not political. Meanwhile, the composition of the Accreditation Council, as designed in the Law on Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety, indicates that it will be a highly politicized body, one of the accusations made during Wednesday's meeting...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug tofersen for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) associated with a mutation of the in the gene SOD1 in an accelerated registration procedure - It is the first drug to target the targeting the genetic cause of ALS and a...
We ask Christopher Kope, president of National Drug Manufacturers, about the impact of biological drugs on medical progress.
Congenital hypophosphatasia is an ultra-rare inborn metabolic defect that is caused by a deficiency in the activity of an important enzyme, alkaline phosphatase, says Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska, MD, IMiD professor, head of the Department of Inborn Metabolic Defects and Pediatrics at the Mother and...
In mid-June, a lung transplant was performed for the first time at Krakow's St. John Paul II Specialized Hospital . This is the first lung transplant center in Malopolska.
A team of transplant specialists from the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Clinical Center performed simultaneous heart and lung transplant operations on two patients. Anesthesia during the surgery and post-operative care were co-managed by doctors from the UCK Department of...
Interview with Andrzej Tysarowski, MD, head of the Department of Genetic and Molecular Cancer Diagnostics at the National Cancer Institute in Warsaw, coordinator of genetic diagnostic guidelines within the National Cancer Strategy.
The transition period is coming to an end - as of July 1, referrals to sanatoriums in Poland will already be issued only in electronic form. The change is expected to facilitate the use of spa treatment services.
What was the reason for the decision?
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on Good Manufacturing Practice requirements has been submitted for consultation.
If you happen to feel a sense of heaviness, have problems with swollen legs, abdomen or face - you may have a problem with water retention in the body.
This year's edition of the Crystal Feathers competition for journalists has been decided. Six journalists received the first prize and a statuette, while the jury also awarded 17 honorable mentions. This year, as many as 334 materials were submitted to the competition in four categories, among...
Chronic kidney disease is easy to diagnose but leads to premature death in 95% of patients. 80,000 patients die annually. Approximately 4 - 4.5 million Polish women and men suffer from this condition in Poland. 11% of adults have already lost more than half of their active kidney parenchyma and...
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