The modern man lives under pressures perhaps unknown to any previous generation. In a world demanding productivity, competition and perfection - his health, both hormonal and reproductive, is sometimes neglected. Unfortunately, it is today that we are seeing a dramatic decline in male fertility...
The Sejm passed a vote of confidence in Donald Tusk's government. It was supported by 243 deputies, 210 were against, and no one abstained. Seven Law and Justice (PiS) deputies, including President Jaroslaw Kaczynski, did not take part in the vote. Health care topics were not central in the...
In the latest episode of the podcast "It's Rare to Talk About It," we host Anna and Paul Kamionek, parents of five-year-old Ernest, who has phenylketonuria. Our guests talk frankly about the first days after the diagnosis, the challenges of daily life with the disease, and how they fashioned a...
At the General Assembly of the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU), held in Dublin on June 11, the organization's members elected a new president and vice-president for 2026. Dr. n. pharma will take over as PGEU president. Nicholas Konstanty, current vice president of the Supreme...
Children's Rights Ombudswoman Monika Horna-Cieślak has asked hospitals to come up with rules on visiting and providing extra nursing care for hospitalized children by their parents or guardians. She has sent letters to 489 facilities in the country on this issue.
More than 186 billion zlotys will flow into the National Health Service next year from health premiums, the three-year revenue forecast of the National Health Service predicts. However, it is unclear what amount the payer will ultimately have at its disposal, as the document does not specify the...
The Health Ministry plans to extend the pilot of central electronic registration for outpatient specialty care and selected health programs. The draft amendment to the regulation envisages extending the program until the end of 2025, as well as changes in reporting and billing rules. The ministry...
If one were to compare transplants to physics, two-organ transplants would certainly be quantum mechanics. Why? They require a great deal of knowledge, experience, skill and imagination from the specialists performing them. Simultaneous transplants of more than one organ are performed only in the...
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna awarded scholarships to 48 medical students for outstanding achievements in the 2024/2025 academic year. The graduation gala took place on June 7 at the Health Ministry building in Warsaw.
- This is a huge success of the Polish government, which under our presidency led to a compromise among member states on the biggest reform of EU pharmaceutical law in 20 years. We supported these measures in the European forum, because they were aimed at shortening the monopoly of medicines and...
President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and the arts. Thirty-two nominations were given to health-related individuals.
The Health Minister has announced a great success for the Polish Presidency of the EU Council. Member states have adopted a compromise on the so-called pharmaceutical package. The reform means improved access to both innovative and generic drugs.
The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council, in an official position paper, has appealed to the Minister of Health to change the regulations on the legal protection of doctors. The Medical Council demands that every doctor - regardless of where he or she is employed and the source of funding for...
Every case of alopecia requires diagnosis by a dermatologist, because it is a medical symptom of more than 500 different diseases and always has a cause, often systemic: genetic, hormonal, inflammatory, cancerous, drug-induced or other.
On Monday, June 9, the next meeting of the AOTMiT Transparency Council.
Another ruthless attack on a doctor in Poland - this time the aggressor's victim was a psychiatrist from Koszalin, who was attacked by a man who claimed to have been her patient in the past. The man threatened the doctor with death. The woman was taken to the hospital with facial injuries and...
Five days after the submission of bills for July, the National Health Service will transfer funds to hospitals, taking into account July's increases, Deputy Chairman of the National Health Service Marek Augustyn announced at the Sejm.
Long-term illness, disability and inflation are the biggest concerns of young Poles. They rarely think about future retirement, according to a survey conducted by ZUS among 18-25 year olds. Their knowledge of the social security system is incomplete, and they mainly look for sources of...
The All-Poland Doctors' Trade Union expresses concern over the protracted work on hospital reform. This is the third time the bill has been blocked at a meeting of the Council of Ministers. The doctors demand a transparent legislative process, real dialogue and remind of their own still...
Ombudsman Marcin Wiącek has approached the Health Minister with a proposal for changes to the regulations on granting licenses to practice the professions of doctor, dentist, nurse and midwife. He believes that the current regulations may violate constitutional freedoms and do not take into...
The Polish Diabetes Association and the Forum of Diabetes Experts are speaking out on the use of funds from the sugar levy in 2024. Although this is the first time the National Health Fund has published a detailed breakdown of expenditures, as the patient community emphasizes, there is still no...
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