Interview with Zbigniew Pawlowski, president of the Association of Families of Patients with Amyloidosis.
- You have turned the parliamentary freezer into a smiling freezer. Apparently, you don't have any projects tucked away in your drawers, and that's exactly what you're doing. For the men ruling this country, there is never a good time for women," MP Anna Maria Zhukowska of the Left Club said to...
A conversation with Prof. Maciej Krzakowski, national consultant in clinical oncology.
Up to 9 million people in Poland may be affected by obesity, the Supreme Audit Office estimates. Between 2020 and 2022, almost 800,000 patients were treated in POZ and AOS for this reason in our country, who received a total of 2.2 million services. In three years, the number of patients...
An interview with Dorota Korycinska, CEO of the National Federation of Oncology.
The Health Ministry is working to implement a directive that will ban the use of characterizing flavors in novel heated products. It is also preparing a ban on the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes.
"The effectiveness of long-term antibiotic therapy has not been confirmed (...), and may lead to significant side effects and result in antibiotic resistance selection in the entire Polish population. The medical literature precisely describes cases of complications after long-term antibiotic...
Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy rozpoczął przyjmowanie zgłoszeń do VII edycji konkursu Animus Fortis 2023. Nagroda przyznawana jest za akcje ratownicze, dokonania oraz osiągnięcia, które miały miejsce w roku 2023. Zgłoszenia można nadsyłać do 26 marca 2024 r.
An interview with Anna Kupiecka, president of the OnkoCafe Foundation.
- I have put on the table my working proposal that all drafts on the permissibility of abortion be read at the next session of the Sejm, and that a further decision be made on their work," said Sejm Speaker Szymon Holownia at a press conference on Tuesday. - The abortion debate is a highly...
When is a patient entitled to free sanitary transport? What is long-distance transport in POZ and does the emergency medical team provide sanitary transport services? Answers to these questions can be found in the Patient Navigator provided by the Patient Ombudsman.
The Alivia Oncofoundation has issued an appeal to Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna to declassify the report on the work of the Steering Committee for monitoring the pilot program of cancer network care (KSO).
Although we most often talk about depression as a stand-alone disease entity, it is worth being aware that it can occur in the course of bipolar disorder. This raises challenges of diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, not all options in pharmacotherapy are available to pediatric patients in...
February 23 is the International Day Against Depression. According to the World Health Organization, depression is the fourth most serious disease in the world and one of the leading causes of suicide. In Poland, 2 percent of children aged 6-12 and as many as 20 percent in the adolescent group...
- We don't know yet whether there will be changes to the abortion law. We have three bills in the Sejm, including, among others, the one from the Civic Coalition, which liberalizes the anti-abortion law, and we will debate it," said Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna in an interview with TVP Info....
– Całe lata upływały ostatnio na lekceważeniu praw kobiet i ich problemów. Nie chcemy, żeby pierwsze miesiące naszych rządów upłynęły również w takim nastroju. Pewne sprawy są trudne, ale powinno się je rozstrzygać na początku kadencji – powiedział w wywiadzie dla Polskiego Radia 24 wiceminister...
Nawigator Pacjenta to rozwiązanie, które ma ułatwić pacjentom zrozumienie funkcjonowania systemu opieki zdrowotnej oraz jego praw. Narzędzie zostało uruchomione przez Rzecznika Praw Pacjenta, Bartłomieja Chmielowca.
Recipients of social services need more services in the community, but they value 24-hour facilities and do not want to cut back. Institutions have the potential to expand services in the community, but they face enormous organizational challenges and are afraid of change. Local governments...
Molecular diagnostics in oncology is too little. There is little investment in it, as it is only 0.5 percent of oncology spending. Few patients use it - only a dozen percent of patients, while in some cancers it should be standard. These were the conclusions of the Roundtable for Molecular...
Interview with Krystyna Wechmann, president of the Polish Coalition of Oncology Patients.
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