More than 175 million zlotys - this is the amount that ended the day of the 32nd Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. What the final sum will be, we'll find out in a few weeks, and there's really no need to divagate whether a record will be broken. Because, after all, that's not...
Pursuant to the Law of July 28, 2023, amending the Law - Family and Guardianship Code and some other laws, new obligations have been imposed on health care providers if a potential patient may be a person under the age of 18.
The Medical Research Agency will survive, but it will have to change - this is the conclusion after Tuesday's meeting of the Health Committee (meeting adjourned, will continue next week). How deep the changes will be and - above all - whether they will go in the right direction, time will tell.
The turn of the year prompts summaries and reflections on what has passed and what is coming. Pointing out the most significant event in the field of pharmaceutical law that took place in 2023 is not difficult: over the past few months, no other law has been as much talked about in the...
The Parliamentary Health Committee this week will face its first (of a long list) "investigative" topic, taking the Medical Research Agency under the magnifying glass. An agency against which, already at the stage of legislative work in 2019, the then opposition had numerous objections, and...
Looking at the work schedule of the Health Committee - there will be no boredom. Several meetings are scheduled for January alone, the topics of which will heat up public opinion. No topic works on the imagination like the way public funds are spent. Optimally - by political opponents. So, first...
The 55-year-old pop legend first officially shared her diagnosis in December 2022, having already canceled several dates from her scheduled January and April 2023 "Courage World Tour." The cancellation of the long-awaited tour was prompted by the singer's health problems, which caused much...
Those who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to do so, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna assured on Friday, announcing the ordering of the next tranche of doses of the preparation adapted to the new variants of SARS-CoV-2. On the same day, the Ministry of Health announced the...
On the night of December 5-6, when good children are asleep, Santa Claus puts their long-awaited gifts in their shoes, socks - or just lays them by the bedside, depending on the region of Poland and the size of the packages. But it's not just children who will be waiting for a surprise on Santa...
Given that the legislative process for a major amendment to the Law on Reimbursement of Medicines, Foodstuffs for Special Dietary Purposes and Medical Devices took a long time (it took more than 2 years from the publication of the first draft to the enactment of the law), the entry of DNUR into...
On December 6, booster vaccinations against COVID-19 will start in Poland, which is good news. It would be, if it weren't for all the others regarding these vaccinations, which are coming in parallel and effectively dampen optimism.
6,7 proc. PKB – tyle, łącznie, Polska wydawała na zdrowie w 2022 roku. Średnia dla krajów OECD, jak wynika z najnowszego raportu „Health at a Glance” to 9,2 proc. W latach 2020-2021 wydatki związane z ochroną zdrowia w krajach wysokorozwiniętych eksplodowały, w 2022 roku wystąpił natomiast...
The diagnosis of asthma is based on the finding of typical symptoms, namely: shortness of breath, coughing, tightness in the chest, wheezing, among others.Symptoms occur in pairs and are paroxysmal and variable in nature.They occur after: exertion, change in weather, contact with an irritant,...
There is a coalition agreement, solemnly signed by the leaders of the groupings that make up the democratic opposition - as early as Monday the vote in the Sejm is expected to confirm that it is a parliamentary majority. However, there was a stumbling block in the final straight: the Together...
In today's increasingly dynamic medical environment, in times of medical shortages, doctors' time is a very valuable resource. Fighting bureaucracy, particularly related to the drug reimbursement process, consumes much of that time. Time that should be devoted to... patients.
Potential benefits and risksPotential benefits of the keto diet include:a) Improving weight control:One of the main arguments in favor of the ketogenic diet is its potential to improve weight control. This aspect of the diet seems crucial for most people who struggle with obesity. By drastically...
During a demonstration in support of the Palestinian cause, a citizen of the Kingdom of Norway carried a poster targeting the State of Israel. As luck would have it, this Citizen of the Kingdom of Norway is in Poland as a student at the Warsaw Medical University (as are many of her compatriots)....
Hypothyroidism in Hashimoto's diseaseHypothyroidism is one of the most common hormonal problems in the world, and Hashimoto's disease is one of its main causes. Modern medicine offers us various treatments for hypothyroidism, including pharmacotherapy - thyroid hormones and also dietary changes....
The term was publicized by Prof. Timothy Garton Ash an observer of public life in Poland, a historian.
Kto pokieruje Ministerstwem Zdrowia w najbliższych latach? Czy zwycięstwo Koalicji Obywatelskiej oznacza powrót Bartosza Arłukowicza? A może lider ludowców widzi siebie na fotelu ministra zdrowia i wicepremiera. Dwa razy – nie. Łatwiej jest w tej chwili powiedzieć, kto – raczej na pewno – nie...
This is a particularly interesting question in the context of the approaching date of the parliamentary elections, in which no political party is declaring to overhaul the health care system by reducing the number of hospital beds.
Smoking is one of the biggest health problems in the world. This addiction not only threatens smokers, but also those in their company, as well as ...future generations. I wrote this article with the thought and hope that it should go to all smokers trying to have offspring. If you know such,...
Jeżeli coś źle funkcjonuje w ochronie zdrowia to nie można kłamać.
I put forward the thesis that vaccination of children and adolescents is an opportunity for health stability and demographic reconstruction in young, future families in Poland.
This Gram negative aerobic bacillus reproduces in water, favored by calcium and magnesium deposits and the presence of other accompanying microorganisms. At a temperature of about 40 degrees it feels like a fish in water.
At the time of the Warsaw Uprising, hematology had not yet been fully recognized as a separate medical specialty, but it was already in the minds of the people who developed it and whose talents I later rubbed should be remembered, since they are no longer alive.
On Friday, July 28, 2023. The Parliament will recognize the Quality Law, or to be more precise, it will recognize the Senate's veto, and then we will get an answer to this nagging question.
Thyroid nodules are a very common thyroid pathology, with an estimated risk of occurrence in the general population of so roughly 5% to 10%, with a much higher incidence in women, increasing in frequency with age, and in areas of greater iodine deficiency. Thanks to advances in technology and the...
I have no family references to what happened 80 years ago in Ukraine. My Parents spent the war in captivity in Germany, my closest relatives in Siberia and then in the Anders Army. But a book recently fell into my hands, "Notes from Volhynia," by Prof. Henryk Kirschner, MD, professor emeritus of...
The phenomenon of protein glycation has been known to us for more than 110 years. Already at the beginning of the 20th century, as in 1912, Louis Camille Maillard was the first researcher to describe the reaction of spontaneous bonding between amino acids and simple sugars and referred to it as...
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