According to the WHO, up to 10% of adults and 20% to 30% of children contract the flu annually worldwide. In Poland, more than 6 million acute cases of the disease were reported last season. There were 122 deaths due to influenza, and the vaccination rate in our country was only 5.7%. Experts...
X-ray of the foot is the first of the imaging tests that the doctor orders in case of injury or suspected diseases of this part of the body. For a few minutes of the examination, an accurate image of the bony tissues of the foot is obtained. Read more about x-ray of the foot.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Polish Medical Mission has delivered more than 160 transports of medical aid to Ukrainian hospitals. For several months, in cooperation with the Frida organization, it has also been supporting the residents of the Kharkiv region, which is located...
- The Da Vinci robot eliminates the surgeon's hand tremor, provides three-dimensional visualization of the surgical field and 40x magnification to see structures previously invisible. When operated on for prostate cancer, it allows surgeons to maintain sexual performance and avoid incontinence,...
Another time change is behind us. On Sunday we moved the hands back an hour. Those in favor of such a turnaround were happy to laze in bed an hour longer, but does it really do their bodies any good?- Absolutely not, on the contrary! In fact, the most important thing in life is the biological...
Interventional radiologists and maxillofacial surgeons were involved in helping a 7-year-old patient suffering from a giant cell tumor of the left condylar process of the mandible. Doctors preceded the complex surgery with embolization of the tumor's feeding vessels, which greatly increased the...
Jak co roku przyszła pora zmiany czasu na zimowy. Z 28 na 29 października około jedna czwarta światowej populacji przestawia swoje zegary. I chociaż robimy to od ponad 200 lat, a jesienna zmiana czasu wydaje się przyjemniejsza, bo śpimy o godzinę dłużej, to nasze organizmy nadal się do tego nie...
- Today we attribute all the symptoms, all the ills of our lives to Hashimoto's disease, while the reality is different," says Dr. Michal Lis, head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetology and Nephrology at Czerniakowski Hospital in Warsaw.
In an era of growing e-commerce services, controlling the sale of medicinal products online is a challenge. Recognizing the potential for the development of illegal practices related to this, the General Pharmaceutical Inspectorate, in cooperation with Allegro, is launching an educational...
Several people have been hospitalized after taking adulterated Ozempic, the Austrian Safety and Health Administration (BASG) reported.
- The intellectual, professional part must keep up with the new technology. It is not enough to put a robot in a hospital so that patients can be cared for safely, says Filip Nowak, president of the National Health Fund.
Belgium plans to temporarily ban the drug Ozempic (semaglutide) for the treatment of obesity. The decision is aimed at preserving the drug's availability for patients with type 2 diabetes.
How does modern robotics support doctors in achieving what was previously impossible? What is modern medicine, in which the boundaries between man and machine are blurred? How is the quality and outcomes of urological patients changing in the 21st century? Where will robotic evolution in health...
The civic bill to amend the law on how to determine the lowest basic salary of some employees working in medical entities will not be lost with the arrival of the new term of the Sejm. According to the current legislation, it will be considered and there is no need to resubmit it.
The Stanislaw Staszic University of Science and Technology in Krakow and the Świętokrzyskie Oncology Center concluded a cooperation agreement on Monday (23.10.). One of the first research projects will concern the use of artificial intelligence in planning and quality control of radiotherapy...
In September, the State Sanitary Inspectorate completed another nationwide market inspection of biocidal products used to repel and control mosquitoes and ticks (insecticides and repellents).
W Centrum Nauki Kopernik trwa trzecia edycja kongresu VACCINE FORUM organizowanego przez ekspertów Instytutu Ochrony Zdrowia i Porozumienia na Rzecz Dobrych Praktyk w Szczepieniach. Zapraszamy do oglądania transmisji!
The Law on Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety came into effect on September 8, 2023.The indicated law imposes a number of new obligations on health care providers.The Law Amending the Law on Patients' Rights and Patients' Ombudsman, which introduces the Medical Events Compensation Fund, is...
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is a shameful problem and swept under the rug. Also by doctors. Does the responsibility for the health of the child rest solely with the woman? And what about "drunken sperm"? We discuss the consequences of drinking alcohol during pregnancy with Dr. Ewa...
The laser beam from a device dedicated to urology called Thulio strikes the kidney deposit with the utmost precision, crushing the stone into extremely small pieces without leaving any residual lithiasis. The only device of this type in Poland is owned by EMC SA Group's St. Anne's Hospital in...
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