The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert regarding cases of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and lymphomas in the scar tissue around breast implants. The FDA is asking people with breast implants to report any worrying symptoms to their doctors.
- Drug review is one of the most difficult elements of pharmaceutical care - said Ewa Krajewska, Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector during the Healthcare Forum as part of the Economic Forum in Karpacz. If the pilot program, which is ongoing in 75 Polish pharmacies, is positively assessed, the service...
American doctors are sounding the alarm - more and more children are swallowing small lithium (button) batteries. What is the threat of this?
The number of cataract surgeries performed after the coronavirus pandemic was announced has dropped by a third, according to data from the National Health Fund. Although the epidemic situation has improved significantly since 2020, ophthalmologists note that patients still do not report to the...
From the point of view of the Commissioner for Human Rights, the issue of the age restriction in access to gene therapy is not over, said Stanisław Trociuk, deputy Ombudsman, during the Tuesday meeting in the Sejm, devoted to the problem of access to reimbursed gene therapy in the treatment of SMA.
On September 1, 2022, a new unified program for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) will enter into force. This program includes three treatment options: the previously used drug Spinraza and the newly introduced drugs: Zolgensma (gene therapy) and Evrysdi (oral therapy). Since April...
Although they are pregnant and weight gain is normal, they use fasting and restrictive diets that can harm them and their offspring. Research conducted by scientists and students of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice say straightforwardly - 68.8% of women who are expecting a child or...
Can the hospital impose on patients an obligation to deposit valuables, including cash, in a hospital deposit? Does he have the right to limit their access to these items during hospitalization?
A dozen or so Pomeranian bathing areas have already been closed due to the bloom of cyanobacteria, which, as the doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Alliance emphasize, may be hazardous to health. - Do not risk entering the water that is contaminated, meeting with "uninvited guests" often ends...
Hardly anyone is aware of the great consequences of untreated teeth. We usually equate this fact with pain, bad breath and an unsightly smile. Unfortunately, this discomfort can turn into something much worse. Untreated dentition leads to very serious diseases, and in extreme cases even to a...
Poland has received permission from the European Commission (EC) to launch a cross-border e-prescription exchange service with other member states. This new functionality will enable foreign patients to fulfill e-prescriptions in a Polish pharmacy, and Polish patients abroad, informs the Ministry...
The draft ordinance of the Minister of Health amending the ordinance on infectious diseases causing obligatory hospitalization was submitted for consultation.
The second "Rally for Health" could not miss the DKMS foundation, whose mission is to fight blood cancer.
The weather in Poland does not spoil us. Heat waves, where temperatures exceed 35-37 degrees, alternate with days of 20-23 degrees. And such changes often happen hour by hour. The weather swing weakens the body's immunity. If we add to this the incompetent use of air conditioning in hot weather -...
Iwona Schymalla's guest is Andrzej Kruk from In Vivo Doctrina.
We talk with Krzysztof Łanda, founder of the Watch Health Care Foundation, about access to modern methods of treating female cancers and multiple myeloma.
Interview with prof. Jakub Żołnierek from the National Institute of Oncology.
An order of the Minister of Health on the appointment of the Team for the analysis of the health situation of the population of the Republic of Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic and its health consequences was published:
From July 1, 2022, GPs who help patients register in the "Prevention 40 Plus" program and undergo tests, can count on financial bonuses. What? The National Health Fund informs that it is currently refining the details. Patients who will be tested - will take part in the prize draw.
During the conference "Patientocentrism - in the past and today", organized on Tuesday by the MY Patients Foundation, celebrating its 10th anniversary of work, the problem of the availability of the system and health services for patients was strongly voiced. Without availability, experts...
The draft of the ordinance of the Minister of Health on the pilot program of therapeutic interactions aimed at people with experience of trauma and their families was submitted for consultation.
Family medicine specialists encourage you to use IKP, because there are many benefits - you can get an e-prescription by SMS or e-mail, receive an e-referral without leaving your home or check the coronavirus test results. Unfortunately, the first authorization to the system for the elderly is...
The guest of Medexpress is Malina Wieczorek, president of the SM - Walcz for yourself Foundation.
The World Health Organization does not believe that the monkey pox epidemic - outside of Africa - requires mass vaccination, as measures such as hygiene and safe sexual behavior will help control its spread.
The draft ordinance of the Minister of Health amending the ordinance on the organizational standard of perinatal care was submitted for consultation.
Medexpress guests are: dr hab. Dominik Olejniczak of the Medical University of Warsaw, coordinator of the PACJENCI.PRO project and Anna Skoczylas-Ligocka, representative of the patient organization involved in the creation of the PACJENCI.PRO project, project coordinator at the Polish Society for...
Today, Medexpress is taken over by dr hab. n. med. Dominik Olejniczak, project coordinator PACJENCI.PRO. We start at 9:00 am!
The guest of Medexpress is Larysa Wołoszyna, president of the Cystic Fibrosis Association, which tells how chronically ill people cope with the ongoing Ukraine.
In the Patient Week series, we talk about cystic fibrosis. We get to know the disease from the perspective of the closest caregiver. The guest of Medexpress is Sylwia Kulawik, mother of six-year-old Nina - a ward of the Polish Society for Fighting Cystic Fibrosis.
© 2023 Medexpress. All Rights Reserved
