The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advises how to spend Halloween safely. Proper selection of costumes, body decorations and treats is key. The FDA's Committee on Consumer Product Safety and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published a guide.
- We advocate that in Poland 8 percent of GDP should go to health. Marcelina Zawisza would not evade taking responsibility for this sector in such a situation. Without a guarantee of real funds to heal health care, of course not," said Adrian Zandberg, leader of the Left Together, in the Graffiti...
Another installment of the nationwide social campaign under the slogan: "The only test like this" is taking off. This year, the campaign's message under the slogan: "The only test you probably haven't ordered" has been directed to the medical community. The main goal of the activities is to...
Autumn can be colorful and healthy, the National Health Fund argues, and recommends a new autumn edition of an e-book with inspiring recipes. The guide features 25 recipes for dishes featuring seasonal fruits and vegetables. The National Health Fund's Diet portal also features a new diet plan -...
During the Symposium of the Medical Chambers of Central and Eastern European Countries (ZEVA), a position was taken expressing support for the efforts of the Polish Medical Council to introduce a no fault system in Poland, the Supreme Medical Chamber announced on Twitter.
The Supreme Medical Council calls on the Minister of Health to take urgent steps to ensure a significant increase in funding for hospital services in pediatrics and child and adolescent psychiatry. In the opinion of the Medical Council, the current level of funding does not allow children's...
"We are extending until the end of the year the rule on verifying the history of prescriptions for narcotics and psychotropic drugs before issuing more," the Health Ministry said. The rule, the ministry added, will have a warning category, rather than a blocking category.
The medical council is opposed to giving the criteria for determining permanent irreversible cessation of brain function (brain death) the character of a legal act, being a source of universally applicable law. The Supreme Medical Council is concerned that replacing the current guidelines...
Interview with Prof. Teresa Jackowska, head of the CMKP Department of Pediatrics and president of the Polish Pediatric Society.
Sixty-eight thousand patients benefited from the KOS-ZAWAL program from October 2017 to December 2022, with reimbursement of services under the program amounting to PLN 1.25 billion, according to a summary prepared by a team of NFZ analysts. Patients enrolled in the program received...
Challenges related to the vaccination calendar, the role of artificial intelligence in promoting prophylaxis, health promotion in the office of an occupational physician or the importance of opinion leaders in dialogue with patients online. Such issues were the focus of discussions at the 3rd...
Interview with Elżbieta Piotrowska-Rutkowska, president of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber, conducted during the Vaccine Forum Congress.
- There are areas in health care where the use of new technologies can certainly improve the diagnostic process. Artificial intelligence can, for example, suggest to a doctor which of the patients arriving in the ED with a head injury require urgent referral to the neurology department. However,...
- The public, after the change of power, certainly expects quick decisions and quick results from those decisions. Perhaps that's why the Ministry of Health will not be the one the coalition partners will be particularly keen on," Klaudiusz Komor, vice president of the Supreme Medical Chamber,...
The Headquarters of the National Health Fund presented a draft order of the President of the National Health Fund amending the order on the terms and conditions of contracts for providing comprehensive oncology services (draft dated 17.10.2023).
Nawet 100 tysięcy osób rocznie umiera w Polsce z powodu zakrzepicy. W wyniku chorób związanych z zakrzepami i zatorami umiera co czwarta osoba na świecie. O zakrzepicy mówimy coraz więcej, ale wciąż za mało. Tymczasem profilaktyka ma w przypadku tego schorzenia ogromne znaczenie. Dostępne są...
Patients can now benefit from the Comprehensive Care for Patients with Early Arthritis (COWZS) pilot program. On Tuesday (17.10.), Health Minister Katherine Sójka signed a regulation on the pilot.
- We need to build public awareness of rare diseases. We want the platform to be created by experts who deal with rare diseases in cooperation with NGOs," said Health Minister Katarzyna Sójka during a meeting with the Rare Diseases Council. The information platform, which is one of the goals of...
Polish citizens can fill cross-border e-prescriptions in seven European countries, reports the e-Health Center. Citizens of these countries can also fulfill their cross-border e-prescriptions in Poland.
Interview with Prof. Zbigniew Krasinski, head of the Department of Vascular Surgery, Angiology and Phlebology at UMP, president of the Polish Phlebology Society.
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