Starting September 1, 2024, the free HPV vaccination program will be extended to children from age 9 to age 14, the Health Ministry says. - We should include this vaccination as early as possible," Dr. Pawel Grzesiowski, Chief Sanitary Inspector, stressed in an interview with Medexpress.
38 million zlotys of grants for the implementation of nearly 200 projects have been awarded under this year's call for proposals for the Active Plus program, Senior Policy Minister Marzena Okła-Drewnowicz announced. The essence of the program is to support the activities of NGOs working to...
Banning the sale of not only nicotine products, but also nicotine-free products to people under 18 is Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna's idea of solving the problem of "disposables." - We are going to the Sejm with such a bill in September," she announces.
- Surveys show that one in two Poles believe that restricting alcohol sales at gas stations at night is a step in the right direction, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna said at a press conference on Thursday. She also said of plans to restrict the sale of so-called "monkeys."
Mobilne gabinety stomatologiczne nie odpoczywają. Dentobusy, w których stomatolodzy bezpłatnie leczą zęby dzieci i młodzieży do 18. roku życia docierają do w najdalsze zakątki Polski. Świadczenia w nim udzielane są darmowe.
"An orthopedist can admit a given patient 3 times, but he can also admit 15, because we physicians also like money," these words by Deputy Health Minister Jerzy Szafranowicz during a meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee caused a stir at the Supreme Medical Council. President Lukasz...
- Nicotine-free products are dangerous because they lead children into addiction," says Dr. Magdalena Cedzyńska, psychologist and head of the Smoking Help Clinic at the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology - National Research Institute. In the public debate, the greatest emphasis...
- It fills us with great pride that we are on the European podium in the care of patients with spinal muscular atrophy," said Prof. Maria Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska of the Medical University of Gdansk during a panel on rare diseases during Priorities and challenges in Polish and European drug policy...
- From January to the end of May, 890 organs were transplanted in Poland. If this trend is maintained, we should exceed 2,100 transplants in 2024, Deputy Health Minister Marek Kos said at Wednesday's meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee. This would mean a 16 percent year-on-year...
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna awarded 49 scholarships to medical students for significant achievements. Most of them were for academic performance.
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna at a press conference on investment in psychiatry: The mental health crisis affects many of us, increasingly children and adolescents, so investment in mental health care has been a priority for me since the beginning of my tenure.
An interview with Natalia Rospara, president of the LAL-D Patients Association.
Jerzy Szafranowicz is a candidate for the post of deputy health minister after Maciej Miłkowski, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna confirmed at a press conference on Friday. The head of the ministry said she would ask the prime minister to accept the candidacy.
- Those who are best prepared will gain, because it is necessary to prepare properly for the new regulations. Those who oversleep this moment, who will not keep up with the new regulations, will lose," says attorney Dariusz Tarabasz of Czyzewscy Law Firm in an interview with Medexpress,...
The Health Ministry confirms that Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed the resignation submitted by Deputy Health Minister Maciej Miłkowski on Wednesday. His name has already been removed from the list of people who make up the ministry's leadership, published on the website. He resigned as...
- We are still very far from the emergence of technologies such as the automated doctor, and perhaps we don't particularly need it at the moment. Medicine and the life sciences industry as a whole is quite un-digitized. We actually have problems with very mundane things, such as medical records,"...
Science Minister Dariusz Wieczorek met with Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna regarding medical faculties, they have been launched despite the negative opinion of the Polish Accreditation Commission. They will not be allowed to start recruitment.
– Leki ukierunkowane molekularnie znajdują zastosowanie w praktyce klinicznej, nie tylko w leczeniu chorych na zaawansowane raki płuca, przede wszystkim niedrobnokomórkowe, ale i w leczeniu uzupełniającym. Diagnostyka molekularna ma więc ogromne znaczenie – mówi w wywiadzie dla Medexpressu prof....
- Building a doctor-patient relationship is a multi-step process, which includes correct verbal communication. This translates into building trust and meeting therapeutic goals," says Dr. Patrick Poniewierza, MD, professor at Lazarski University and director of medical standards at PZU Health, in...
The National Health Fund has published a map of pharmacies that want to join a pilot program under which pharmacists will provide a service for dispensing emergency contraception. As of Friday, 770 pharmacies had submitted applications.
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