- It is worth getting vaccinated. Keep in mind that especially in seniors, immunity is declining. It is similarly weak as in children, who do not yet have a mature immune response. Seniors, on the other hand, unfortunately, already have immune system cells at an advanced age - weaker - and...
It will reduce the time for processing reimbursement applications by a third and be about half a million zlotys cheaper for the responsible entity in the case of cardiovascular drugs with well-established efficacy. The Health Ministry has announced a list of substances covered by such a...
- When someone reaches the appropriate age, for example, our system will automatically issue a referral and generate this information. The patient just needs to go for the vaccination. We started a few years ago with a low response rate. Today, about 50 percent of people from such referrals...
- Signals of financial problems have been reaching us for some time, but the last few weeks show that these are no longer speculations, but real and tangible consequences," says Magdalena Kolodziej, president of the We Patients Foundation, about the difficult financial situation at the NFZ....
"The COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Poland today and we will begin the process of distribution to wholesalers and then vaccination centers," Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna said on TOK FM radio.
A controversial new product has appeared on store shelves, or rather... in store freezers. Alkolods are a new idea of alcohol producers to increase sales, unfortunately to the potential detriment of the youngest. The wPoznaniu.pl portal alerted about their introduction to the market. - I don't...
- Thanks to the fact that it is now possible to perform at least a number of preliminary examinations in the PCP, it is possible to assess the patient's health status and determine whether he necessarily requires specialized care or broader diagnosis, or whether he can be successfully managed by...
- Not only do we have an aging population, but there are more and more people in late old age. This is happening as a result of people from the post-war baby boom entering senior age. This is a challenge for the labor market, but also for the health care system, the pension system. The average...
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded half to David Baker "for computational protein design," and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper "for protein structure prediction." Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have successfully used artificial intelligence to predict the...
- We have 26 million sick leaves in a year, and there are 16 million economically active people in Poland. The average layoff lasts 11 days. This is a huge loss of labor resources. ZUS, as part of its statutory tasks, conducts rehabilitation. We want people to be able to return to the labor...
The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council appeals to the Minister of Health to ensure that in 2024 hospitals are provided with financing for health services provided above the lump sum of the basic hospital health care system (PHC), i.e. life-saving and hospital services resulting from urgent...
- Health education is very important, but we practitioners say it is not enough. Very strong measures are needed. One of the most important topics now is child and adolescent obesity. It would be enough to extract electronic data from a child's health booklet, such as the child's height, weight...
According to data from the National Health Fund for 2023, 1.3 million medical appointments are missed in Poland, and this is only in 40 monitored services. The problem affects 26,000 public facilities and private entities across the country. In response to the challenges this poses, the third...
Flu vaccines are now available, autumn is coming, so it's a good idea to protect yourself against infection," Chief Sanitary Inspector Dr. Pawel Grzesiowski said at a press conference on Tuesday (Oct. 1). - I would like this kind of thinking to function in the minds of Poles.
About 90,000 people die each year in Poland from hypertension. It turns out that at the root of the problem lies primarily non-adherence to therapeutic recommendations. Servier has launched a campaign with an emphasis precisely on adherence. Practical materials are to teach patients how to take...
- For parents, the possibility of vaccinating their children in schools is a great convenience, a convenience. I encourage parents to contact school principals, teachers and the health inspection," said Chief Sanitary Inspector Dr. Pawel Grzesiowski in an interview with Medexpress during the...
- We are discussing how to rebuild the Nysa hospital in another location. This is my dream, because we want to avoid in the future such a situation as we faced during the floods. What is needed is a modern center, for the 21st century," said Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna in the program One on...
"Common goals, common actions. A candidate of dialogue," this was the motto of Prof. Rafal Krenke, MD, who will be Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw for the 2024-2028 term. He received an absolute majority of votes in the first voting period. To date, Prof. Rafal Krenke has served as...
Polish pharmacists are celebrating their holiday today. At the end of 2023, 11.5 thousand pharmacies (public and company pharmacies) and 1.1 thousand pharmacy points were in operation, with 57.8 thousand master pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working there, according to data from the Central...
- Only 6 percent of Polish children in the first years of elementary school are fit. And I'm not talking about physical activity, just the ability to do basic physical exercises. Then these kids don't want to exercise in PE classes. This is a problem that is very difficult to solve, but it's a...
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