More than PLN 1.8 billion will be allocated in 2023 to standardize the employment of psychologists, educators, speech therapists, pedagogical therapists and special educators in mainstream schools, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced during a press conference at the School and...
“This year has started with very good news for us. This is what we have been striving for for many years. The Ministry of Health has lifted restrictions on the duration of biological therapy. Until now, patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease could receive treatment for one or two...
– This year will go down in the history of Polish diabetology as a breakthrough year. Lots of good things happened. We are experiencing a revolution when it comes to the concept of treatment and access to new drugs. From May to September, the Ministry of Health made decisions extending the...
Everyday life with Friedreich's ataxia is a constant struggle against limitations - both physical and mental. Every day brings new challenges and the need to adapt to the body's changing capabilities. However, there is hope - a drug that works, as Joanna Kostrzewska, who struggles with...
-A large proportion of sepsis cases actually start at home. Of course, there are also sepsis in the hospital, while such sepsis in the hospital is much easier to diagnose, which does not mean that hospital sepsis is always diagnosed in time and that we have nothing to do in this area either....
Czy w polskim systemie ochrony zdrowia brakuje pieniędzy, czy raczej pomysłu, jak je mądrze wydawać? – Jedno nie wyklucza drugiego – mówi Jakub Szulc, wiceprezes Narodowego Funduszu Zdrowia. I wskazuje, że choć nakłady na ochronę zdrowia wciąż są niższe niż w innych krajach europejskich, to i tak...
In Poland, too many women are still losing to cancer, even though they could be alive - if only they had been screened earlier. MP Katarzyna Piekarska, chairwoman of the parliamentary team for cancer prevention "Cancer Stop", talks about why prevention must become a daily habit, like brushing teeth.
May 19 marks World Family Physician Day, a holiday established by the World Organization of Family Physicians (WONCA) in 2010.
According to statistics, 80% of sepsis cases are out-of-hospital. Sepsis most often starts at home. Symptoms of sepsis can be confused with really anything. This is what Ewa Pląsek, vice president of the Urszula Jaworska Foundation, says in an interview with us, debunking myths related to sepsis.
Endometrial cancer is such a very loud and vocal cancer, because we get the most patients when it comes to gynecological cancers. However, it has been neglected and unnoticed for years, because there were no solutions for it in the development of medicine," says Anna Kupiecka president of the...
The 9th Patient Empowerment Congress is behind us. Patient Advocate Bartlomiej Chmielowiec talks about how patient priorities have changed, the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence, and the importance of collecting and analyzing data.
O roli edukacji żywieniowej, lekachachi o zdrowiu i tego, jakie błędy żywieniowe popełniają Polacy, a także gdzie można bezpłatnie skorzystać z pomocy dietetyka czy specjalisty do spraw aktywności fizycznej mówi Paula Nagel, dietetyk z Narodowego Centrum Edukacji Żywieniowej, NIZP PZH-PIB.
President Donald Trump's decision to cut drug prices in the United States has caused anxiety in pharmaceutical markets. Stocks of pharmaceutical companies are seeing declines, and experts are wondering whether European countries - including Poland - could be affected by the change. Mateusz...
Polish science has much to boast about. We have excellent inventions and discoveries, but only a handful of them end up in clinics. Why is this happening? Who is to blame? Does the scientific profession in Poland have a future? Prof. Agnieszka Dobrzyn, director of the Marceli Nencki Institute of...
A new preventive program called "My Health - an adult health balance sheet" has just been launched . It replaces the previous "Prevention 40+", but, as Dr. Michal Sutkowski points out, it differs fundamentally from it. It is no longer just about performing tests, but about real care for the...
The Promised Land - biblical for some, Reimontian for others, for family doctors this year it is - Lodz. The Association of the College of Family Physicians in Poland, is once again holding its annual congress for family physicians and primary care physicians. The 23rd Congress of Family Medicine...
Prehabilitation is the process of preparing a patient for treatment. More and more centers in Poland are implementing this model of care, recognizing its positive impact on surgical and oncological treatment outcomes. Dr. Beata Jagielska, director of the National Cancer Institute, talks about the...
We educate, we give talks - face-to-face and via social media, we share knowledge at meetings, joint outings to the outdoors and coffee chats, the members of the STOMAlife Foundation write about themselves. Marzena Kluszczynska tells us about the Foundation's new projects and volunteering.
Dr. Beata Jagielska, director of the National Cancer Institute, talks about the role of diagnostics in oncology treatment.
There is more money in the health care system than ever, yet it is still in short supply. On the one hand, growing needs, on the other, waste and inefficiency. Why are patients increasing, doctors scarce, and money... never enough? We discuss the paradoxes of health care financing and why we need...
Cardiovascular diseases are still the leading cause of death in Poland. They are responsible for nearly 35 percent of deaths, and the total cost of managing CVD is PLN 56 billion, or PLN 1,200 per capita. These are the conclusions of the report "Toward Improving Cardiovascular Health in Poland,"...
What is the average age of family doctors in Poland? Does the senior doctor better understand the needs of senior patients? And how do senior doctors cope in a digital world? We ask Dr. Michal Sutkowski of Lazarski University, president-elect of the College of Family Physicians.
- Electrodeless stimulation, which has similar efficacy to classical stimulation, gives us more protection for the patient. For one thing, we don't have electrodes, meaning we avoid the problems associated with them - damage or venous obstruction issues. On the other hand, the system, which is...
- This will be a year that will fall under the banner of Poland's presidency of the Council of the European Union. Our department will also be focused on these aspects in the first half of the year. We have great potential in new technologies - there are about 90 proceedings underway. We are also...
Prof. Agata Szulc, head of the Psychiatric Clinic of the Faculty of Health Sciences at WUM:You can say that 2024 was a good year overall, if you look at the big picture. Many things that have worked well so far - are developing. We also have some novelties, such as the expansion of reimbursement...
How does Deputy Health Minister Wojciech Konieczny assess the ending year 2024? Which of the ministry's projects were carried out smoothly, and which will await finalization in the following year? We asked him about this during the Public Health Congress.
We asked Mark Tomkow, president of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Council, to summarize the passing year.
- We currently have three fully free vaccinations reimbursed for seniors. These are flu vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination and, of course, COVID-19. One would like to see more free vaccinations on the list, because after the COVID-19 pandemic, we have a surge in this part of the pharmaceutical...
Fake news spreads in the public space just like viruses. What constitutes their strength and what is the power of influence? Dr. Jan Zając, CEO of Sotrender, explains this in an interview with Medexpress.
At the European level, clearly issue an intensified joint effort by organizations such as the European Brain Council, the European Academy of Neurology, the European Psychiatric Association, EFNA, among others, to develop and adopt policy recommendations by the European Parliament and the...
W pierwszym tygodniu grudnia obchodzimy Europejski Tydzień Autyzmu, który ma na celu zwiększanie świadomości na temat spektrum autyzmu i potrzeb osób z tym zaburzeniem. Gościem Iwony Schymalli jest psycholog, rządowy konsultant ds. autyzmu, dr Anna Budzińska z Fundacji Instytut Wspomagania...
The Christmas atmosphere is conducive to committing sins.... The most common one is intemperance in eating and drinking. From its effects we often defend ourselves by securing states of supplements to facilitate digestion. All these preparations have a major challenge. The full stomach, into...
How to develop optimal pathways for patients with cardio-renal-metabolic syndrome (CRM) in the Polish health care system? We discuss this with Dr. Magdalena Wladysiuk, vice president of HTA Consulting and president of CEESTAHC.
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