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...
– The incidence of influenza has increased slightly and is now 113 people per 100,000. residents. The good news is that the incidence among the youngest has decreased - said Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska during a press briefing after the meeting of the crisis staff. Triple tests for...
Cancer is invariably a growing health problem of Polish society, according to the latest study by the Central Statistical Office. Gastrointestinal and reproductive system cancers are the most commonly diagnosed.
As many as 90 topics of planned inspections were included in the work plan of the Supreme Audit Office for 2023. The Chamber plans to undertake a lot of activities in the area of health care. Including leaning on oncological treatment, obesity and securing the state with blood.
JULY The Cardiac Surgery Clinic of the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw has obtained the consent of the Ministry of Health to perform heart and lung transplantation operations. Not only separate heart and lung transplants are planned, but also multi-organ...
“Poland is not at risk of a shortage of medicines during the flu season,” the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski assured on Twitter, responding to signals about difficulties with buying one of the antiviral drugs. The former Minister of Health, Bartosz Arłukowicz, commented on the case and...
“We should start discussing sick leave immediately. About the fact that some patients reporting to a doctor today for sick leave during an ongoing infection could use it without the need for a visit or teleconsultation - said Dr. Łukasz Jankowski, president of the Supreme Medical Council, in an...
In 2023, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy will allocate three million zlotys to support people with mental disorders and their families. Minister Marlena Maląg signed the program "From dependence to independence".
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