Today's special editor of Medexpress is Joanna Baczul of the Polish Cystic Fibrosis Society.
Lupus erythematosus affects about 250,000 people in Europe. Mostly women suffer from it. In a special edition of Medexpress hosted by Violetta Zajk, president of the 3mmy się Razem Association, we host Dr. Katarzyna Romanowska-Próchnicka from the National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and...
What is the diagnosis of an autoimmune disease such as lupus in Poland and abroad? Using her experience as an example, Klaudia Kępa, in an interview with Medexpress special editor Violetta Zajk, talks about the differences in the patient path in Poland and the Netherlands.
Today's special editor in Medexpress in Patient Week is Violetta Zajk, president of the 3 Let's Stay Together Association. In the editorial board, we discuss, among other things, the needs of rheumatology patients, challenges in the area of diagnosis and early implementation of innovative...
Patient Week in Medexpress is underway. Today's special editor is Marek Lichota, president of the Appetite for Life Association. In an editorial meeting, we discuss the most important needs of IBD patients.
- In recent years, a number of new molecules have been introduced in hematooncology, which has greatly increased the possibilities for modern treatment of many blood cancers. In some areas, however, we are still waiting for urgent medical needs and access to new therapies to be met. We are...
We begin another day of patient week. Live at 9:00 a.m. editorial board with Anna Kupiecka, welcome!
One of the patient's rights concerns respect for intimacy and dignity. It is essentially the right to respect the word "no." We talk about whether we know how to say and hear it, what intimacy is in interpersonal communication and how procedures can enhance the sense of safety in the doctor's...
In an interview with Tatiana Makarevich, refugee health project coordinator of the WHO Country Office in Poland, Urszula Jaworska, special publisher of Medexpress, addresses the topic of health security and whether tuberculosis is a real threat to us today.
In Patient Week, Urszula Jaworska speaks with Anna Koziel - Senior Health Specialist in the Global Health, Nutrition and Population Practice at the World Bank.
We begin the preceding VII Patient Empowerment Congress - Patient Empowerment Week in Medexpress, i.e. meetings with leaders of patient organizations who take on the role of special editors of the service. In this morning's editorial board, we host Urszula Jaworska, president of the Urszula...
According to the Social Insurance Institution, 5.1 million medical certificates of temporary inability to work were registered in the first two months of 2023. What was the most common cause of sickness absences?
Clear paths in the system, the ability to find care in reference centers throughout Poland, and to remain active and functional for as long as possible, wishes patients with Parkinson's disease to Prof. Jaroslaw Slawek, head of the Neurological and Stroke Unit, St. Adalbert Hospital in Gdansk.
The Law on Clinical Trials of Medicinal Products for Human Use has been signed by the President and published in the Official Gazette.
Prof. Jan Styczynski, national consultant in pediatric oncology and hematology:Patients with neurofibromatosis require systematic care.Pediatric oncology and hematology are mainly rare diseases.Each patient may be the one, special one, and we want to provide them with treatment to the highest...
While the very name "rare diseases" may suggest that they are unique health problems and affecting only a small fraction of the population, statistics leave no illusions - despite their being titled "rare" - the total number of sufferers is huge. Rare diseases affect millions, and by the fact...
A trace amount of protein in the urine of a pregnant woman is acceptable. This phenomenon can affect about 70% of women and is most often due to physiological changes occurring in the body. However, exceeding the norm of protein in the urine indicates an infection and requires further diagnosis....
More than 60,000 phone calls and chat contacts were received last year by operators of the Children's Helpline 800 12 12 12, reports Children's Ombudsman Nicholas Pawlak. It's bad that so many children need help, but it's good that they are seeking it, the ombudsman estimates.
Primary bone tumors account for about 6-7% of the incidence among young cancer patients, and their cure rate is estimated at about 65-75%[1]. Whether or not a child recovers, and how comfortable his or her life will be during and after treatment, depends largely on the stage at which the disease...
"Yes! We can fight tuberculosis," is the slogan for World Tuberculosis Day, which falls on March 24. The most important action in the fight against tuberculosis is rapid detection and effective treatment of the disease, recalls Professor Maria Korzeniewska-Koseła of the Department of Epidemiology...
"The possibilities of lowering the age criterion for free medicines are under consideration at the Ministry of Health, are at the stage of financial analysis and thus the timing of their possible introduction is unknown," writes Deputy Health Minister Maciej Miłkowski in response to MP Monika...
- We all see the need for pharmacists and other health professions to be actively involved in the system, in order to relieve the burden on doctors and serve the patient's welfare. The main subject to whom we should devote our time should be the patient, not as someone to whom we only need to...
The Act on quality in health care and patient safety does not implement the intentions to improve the quality in health care, nor does it meet the expectations of patients as to the creation of an effective system of compensation for medical damages or the expectations of the medical community...
– For 30 years we have been fighting for patients who have oxygen concentrators to be reimbursed for electricity costs. So far, there is no such thing - said prof. dr hab. n. med. Paweł Śliwiński, head of the 2nd Department of Lung Diseases at the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases in...
The Coalition for a Premature Child Foundation has prepared a guide to help in communication between parents of premature babies and medical staff. The parents of premature babies themselves spoke about the need to create such a guide. The communication guide is intended to build better...
A new center, the Center of Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents, is being built at the "Monument - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka" Institute. The center is to be commissioned at the turn of 2023 and 2024.
Combo tests, i.e. three in one, have become benefits guaranteed in Primary Health Care. This means that they can be financed by the National Health Fund and patients will be able to perform the test free of charge at their family doctor. Filip Nowak, president of the National Health Fund, signed...
Every fourth Polish teenager reaches for e-cigarettes, alerts the Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, there are more studies showing the negative health effects of smoking them. What's more, the risk of addiction is estimated to be higher than in the case of traditional cigarettes.
The success of root canal treatment depends not only on the condition of the tooth and properly performed treatment, but also on the general condition of our body. stom. bow. stom. Bartłomiej Karaś, endodontist, member of e.g. Research Department of the Polish Society of Endodontics. Research on...
In January 2023, the Heart Rhythm Section of the Polish Society of Cardiology inaugurated the "Heart Arrhythmia Awareness Month". The awareness campaign on prevention, diagnosis and therapy of arrhythmia is addressed to the general public and cardiological patients. Cardiologists and...
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