“Since there are treatments for SMA, we know we can stop this progressive disease. Her image changes. It becomes a chronic disease, not a fatal one. We are proud of it. We hope for further successes and further therapies - said Dorota Raczek, president of the SMA Foundation, in an interview with...
- The minimum plan is to stop the progression of the disease. This was achieved in all patients. Almost 90 percent of improvement was achieved, which in the progressive disease of the nervous system is completely unattainable without treatment - said in an interview with Medexpress Prof....
- We can say that not only have the natural course of SMA, which is a progressive disease untreated, been reversed. So the stabilization of the patient's condition would be a huge success. We can see, however, that the condition of our patients is improving - said Prof. Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk,...
Since November, night and holiday health care has been operating at the Hospital in Legionowo. Launching such services is a great help, also for residents of northern districts of Warsaw.
In the IKP app you can find tips on how to provide first aid in the event of a stroke, the Ministry of Health informed on the occasion of the World Cerebral Stroke Day, recalling that in such cases, time is the most important thing.
Patients in more than half of Polish hospitals do not have access to Wi-Fi, according to a study conducted by Biostat at the request of Fortinet. In just one fifth of hospitals, Internet access is provided everywhere. More than half of the branches that do not provide Internet access do not plan...
- There was no cure for triple-negative breast cancer for a long time and as soon as it appeared, we waited for it to be reimbursed quickly. In October we were informed that the therapy would be available in Poland - said Krystyna Wechmann, president of the Polish Coalition of Cancer Patients and...
- Patients will have better treatment and medical care comfort, as well as the awareness that an expert who treats a woman will be able to help her so that she recovers. This is a milestone in European standards, said MP Barbara Dziuk in an interview with Medexpress, commenting on the changes in...
The World Health Organization has launched a global study of the life experiences of people diagnosed with cancer. The results are expected to be used to create better and more effective support mechanisms. The survey is part of a wider campaign that includes the organization of national...
- Decisive measures are needed to limit children's access to the so-called "Energy engineers" - the spokesman for children's rights, Mikołaj Pawlak, is alerting in his speech to the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski. Drinks with the addition of taurine and caffeine have a very negative effect...
Poles went to pharmacies to buy preparations containing potassium iodide. This is a reaction to the preventive actions of the government related to the distribution of iodine-containing preparations. However, endocrinologists urge not to take such drugs on your own. Importantly, drugs in doses...
- The National Oncology Network offers a chance to place Poland in the same rank in terms of oncological care as the rest of Europe. It should not be introduced chaotically, but gradually and based on the reported data - said prof. Adam Maciejczyk, chairman of the National Council for Oncology,...
The World Health Organization data shows that more than 10 percent. people around the world struggle with mental health problems. People suffering from depression constitute the largest group. Patients struggle, inter alia, with difficulties in functioning in society. In extreme cases, this...
Prostate biopsy, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging can be performed on an outpatient basis under intravenous anesthesia. The Ministry of Health wants such changes. Until now, this form of anesthesia could only be used during hospitalization.
- Each infection is a deterioration of the child's general health, and this can affect the overall prognosis - said Maria Miszczak-Knecht, MD, a national consultant in the field of pediatric cardiology, at the Coalition for Premature Infant Foundation's conference on protecting children against...
Over PLN 3.1 billion will go to 14 hospitals treating children. Thanks to the money allocated to investments, the comfort of care for young patients is to be increased. The first competition under the Medical Fund has been adjudicated.
Women develop heart disease on average 10 years later than men. Until the onset of menopause, they are protected by hormones - estrogens. Then, it is heart and vascular disease - heart attack and stroke - that are the most common causes of death in women. This is the case not only in Poland, but...
The conditions of hospitalization of patients of the district hospital in Starachowice (Świętokrzyskie) will improve. The clinic has started the renovation of the General Surgical Department.
- We want to provide patients suffering from multiple sclerosis the necessary knowledge and facilitate their meetings with other patients - says Monika Łada, president of the SclerosisRozsiane Foundation.Info, in an interview with Medexpress, and announces conferences for patients. There are also...
"There was and there is neither my consent nor the consent of the government to keep any pregnancy registry," Health Minister Adam Niedzielski wrote on Twitter. It is a reaction to the information appearing in the media regarding the extension of the scope of information reported in the...
- Men have a problem with talking about their health - said Deputy Minister of Health Piotr Bromber during the First Men's Health Congress. The event was an opportunity to talk about health prophylaxis, civilization diseases or issues related to the male psyche, sexuality and the problem of...
The research shows that every third man and every tenth woman in Poland die of heart disease before the age of 64. The main reason for this is an unhealthy lifestyle, mainly smoking, lack of exercise, overweight, obesity, stress and poor diet.
From October, expenditure on neonatology and the valuation of highly specialized services will increase, the Ministry of Health announced on Twitter. The head of the ministry asked the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariffication to urgently retarify all pediatrics.
Pills containing potassium iodide have been handed over to poviat headquarters of the State Fire Service throughout the country, the Ministry of the Interior and Administration informed. It is related to the media information concerning the fighting in the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant area.
New functionality in the IKP application. From today, you can carry out first aid activities with the help of the telephone. It will also be easier to find the nearest AED defibrillator - informs the Ministry of Health.
Wards from the Solec Hospital have already been transferred to the Southern Hospital. A long-term care unit for seniors is to be established in the hospital building at Solec Street in Powiśle. Now there is a clinic and an emergency room.
- We are introducing a reform of the spa treatment - said Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski during a press conference in Ciechocinek. The choice of the sanatorium and the date of treatment is to be made by the patient.
Children whose fathers were passive smokers in childhood are more likely to develop asthma, according to a long-term study conducted by scientists at the University of Melbourne. The risk is even greater in children who are active smokers.
Half of avoidable care errors are related to drug misuse, warns the World Health Organization. A quarter of these events are serious or even life-threatening.
Can adult patients with SMA count on continued treatment? Are all their needs taken into account by the Polish health care system? What needs to change?
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