The provision preventing price competition in the drug market that was included in the draft amendment to the reimbursement law needs to be modified. It blocks the entry of lower-priced drugs into reimbursement and introduces legal unpredictability, which threatens to cause companies to abandon...
Registration for participation in the XXIX. Scientific Symposium of the National Institute of Cardiology. The formula of the event provides for panel discussions and expert speeches on new directions in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases - the discussions will be complemented...
The Trade Union of Psychiatric and Addiction Treatment Workers has announced a protest outside the Health Ministry building for May 12. We publish the protesters' demands on Medexpress.
April 3 next meeting of the Transparency Council.
Scientists from Poland and Canada have discovered a new gene whose mutations cause a high risk of breast cancer! The international team of researchers was led by Cezary Cybulski, a geneticist from the Department of Genetics and Pathomorphology at Pomeranian Medical University, and Mohammad Akbari...
Gośćmi Patient Empowerment Podcast są: Maria Libura, ekspertka Centrum Analiz Klubu Jagiellońskiego ds. zdrowia i Przemysław Marszałek, sekretarz MukoKoalicji, członek CF Europe i zarządu Fundacji MATIO.
Primary bone tumors account for about 6-7% of the incidence among young cancer patients, and their cure rate is estimated at about 65-75%[1]. Whether or not a child recovers, and how comfortable his or her life will be during and after treatment, depends largely on the stage at which the disease...
There will be no regionalization, but legal changes are needed to increase access to physiotherapy at home
Effective June 1, 2023, Geraldine Schenk will assume the position of Managing Director of Janssen Poland.Geraldine Schenk began her career at Johnson & Johnson in 2003 at Janssen Switzerland, where she was promoted several times, eventually serving as Chief Commercial Officer and Board Member of...
Dr. Christine Greer of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Boca Raton, Florida, says that by analyzing the optic nerve and retina, it is possible to obtain detailed information about the normalities and abnormalities of our nervous system. This includes a diagnosis for Alzheimer's...
The prevalence of asthma in Polish patients is steadily increasing, and we can meet the need for adequate monitoring of the disease in primary care centers. However, there is still a great need for more precise asthma control measures.
KGP data shows that in 2022 there were more than 5% more suicide attempts than the year before. The reason is still most often undetermined. Last year, this was found to be the case in 5.7 thousand cases, and the year before - in 5.5 thousand. In turn, among the known causes, mental illness and...
To date, the only known consequence of Covid-19 infection in children has been PIMS, an acute and potentially dangerous generalized inflammatory syndrome caused by immune dysregulation that can lead to cardiac complications. Symptoms in the form of primarily high fever, signs of damage to at...
The 27th Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions (WCCI) workshop, organized by the Foundation for the Support of Interventional Cardiology under the auspices of the Association for Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Society of Cardiology and in cooperation with EAPCI and EuroPCR,...
Nearly half a million signatures, have been submitted to the bill on reimbursement of the in vitro fertilization procedure. It provides for the restoration of reimbursement for infertility treatment.
NMOSD (Devic's disease) is a rare disease of the central nervous system, characterized by severe bouts of optic neuritis and spinal myelitis, which, if untreated, leads to severe patient disability. As of November 1, 2022, NMOSD patients have gained access to a modern treatment that beneficially...
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on the National Cancer Registry has been submitted for consultation.
The Regional Medical Council in Szczecin supports the demands of doctors protesting in five German states. Doctors point to high pressure related to financial standards imposed by commercial hospital owners. The doctors also speak of unsatisfactory salaries and deteriorating work comfort.
President Andrzej Duda handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and the arts. Professorial nominations were received by:Alexander ARASZKIEWICZProfessor of medical and health sciences in the discipline of medical sciencesKarol Marcinkowski Medical University in...
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health on defining the model of the individual card of a paramedic has been submitted for consultation.
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