- Disposable e-cigarettes, which are mainly manufactured in China, have hit the market in the millions, if not tens or hundreds of millions. They have been imported into the European Union market, including Poland. These are cigarettes that use the worst, cheapest components, including lithium...
- We are aiming to be able to talk about evidence-based apitherapy. The idea is that apitherapy should be based on specific scientific studies and on relevant standards," says Miroslaw Szczepanski, MD, PhD, from the Medical University of Warsaw, a specialist in laryngology and president of the...
- It happened that patients with severe edema could only be helped by amputating a limb. Oncological rehabilitation changed everything," recalls Prof. Andrzej Kulakowski, doyen of Polish oncology. Over the past four decades, oncology rehabilitation in Poland has undergone a significant...
Law and Justice will submit a motion of no confidence in Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna at the next session of the Sejm. - What is needed is a minister who will have a plan, Law and Justice Chairman Jaroslaw Kaczynski reasoned on Thursday.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk assures that he is the last person who would look into anyone's pocket and will remove from the government anyone who tried to do so. However, the topic of doctors' salaries - and, in fact, the contracts they enter into with hospitals - will not be off the agenda for a...
Every year, November 1 is a public holiday. This year, the All Saints' Day holiday falls on a Friday. And that means primary health care clinics will be closed. Many people travel away from where they live. Where to seek medical help when we get sick or feel worse during the holiday?
The National Cancer Institute in Warsaw recently performed two procedures that should be regarded as pioneering medical achievements. Both took place during the Warsaw Live Endoscopy (WLE) conference, and the work of the surgical teams was followed live by nearly 450 people.
The CSO report "Household health care in 2023 is now available. - preliminary results." What does the latest data say about health status, chronic diseases and use of medical services?
On Monday, November 4, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
Regarding the statements about skyrocketing salaries of medical staff, the Board of the OZZL Residents' Agreement opposes the shifting of responsibility for the inefficiency of the health care system onto medical staff and addresses its position to the Ministry of Health and policy makers.
- We are seeing an increased influx of patients, as those from the Zywiec district are also reaching us. Our ED, Emergency Room and wards are overcrowded. Places are beginning to be in short supply, especially for internal medicine and surgical patients, according to Dr. Klaudiusz Komor, vice-...
From 8 to as many as 15 additional weeks - that's how much parents of children born prematurely or those who require a longer stay in the hospital after birth will be able to get. The decision, made by the government on October 29, 2024, is aimed at supporting parents during difficult times by...
This year's celebration of World Hypophosphatasia Day (October 30) will be marked by the joy of patients and their loved ones in gaining access to the first and only targeted therapy for this ultra-rare genetic disease. - Reimbursement of the treatment opens a gateway to a better life - rejoice...
On October 16-19, 2024, the World Medical Association (WMA) General Assembly in Helsinki marked the eighth revision of the Declaration of Helsinki. The document, created in 1964, remains a key determinant of ethical standards for research involving human subjects, especially in situations where...
The National Board of OZZL is reacting to the statement of Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna, who said on the "You rise and you know" program on TVN24: "from the data I have from the Agency for the Assessment of Medical Technologies and Tarification, it appears that yes, there are some doctors...
Biogen publishes new data on the efficacy and safety of a higher dose of nusinersen.
Such births are rare. On Monday, October 28, at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at USK2 PUM in Szczecin, a delivery of a baby boy, who came into the world in an amniotic sac, was taken by cesarean section.
On October 16, 2024, the first meeting was held between leading representatives of the Polish hematology community, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the Alliance for Innovation (AFI) Foundation, which strengthened the ongoing collaboration on the adaptation of the NCCN...
- I will certainly not back down and this regulation will go into effect. We are used to after the Law and Justice governments, that when there is a bill or regulation, nothing can be changed, because the authority is the smartest. We do consultations for this purpose, so that comments can flow...
The Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw, in a judgment dated October 23, 2024, fully supported the position of the Patient Ombudsman, confirming that laboratory testing of ticks does not comply with the requirements of current medical knowledge and cannot be considered diagnostic in the...
The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council strongly opposes the possibility of conducting medical and medical-dental studies in Poland based on curricula developed outside the European Union.
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