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Dental implants is a solution more and more often chosen by patients who suffer from teeth loss. It is still an expensive solution, but it serves for long years, often to the end of your days, and implants look and function like natural teeth.

The first symptom is just coughing. For many years the disease develops secretly, only to lead to respiratory handicap. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a risk mainly for smokers. In Poland, it affects 2 million people, the majority of whom are not even aware of the impending danger.

The ban on smoking tobacco products in public has been effective in Poland for over three years now. One of the reasons behind it was to protect non-smokers from second-hand smoke.

A minimally invasive procedure involving an aortic valve transplant conducted in Katowice-Ochojec has saved a 36-year-old woman’s life. Such cardiological interventions are more and more often replacing open-heart surgery.

Patients who suspect that in their case the treatment was incorrect have several legal possibilities to seek their rights. They may go to the civil or criminal court or lodge a file with the Regional Commission for the Evaluation of Medical Events.

Vegetables and fruit are a treasury of nutrients. In eating them, we provide much more vitamins, mineral components and fibre than by taking vitamin supplements, which often are absorbed poorly.

The principal objective of posture improvement classes is to correct the child’s faulty posture. However, the success can only be achieved when the child also does specialised exercises on a regular basis at home.

The issue of sexually transmitted diseases is most frequently brought up in the context of HIV. However, the diseases known for centuries such as syphilis and gonorrhoea, which are now disregarded, can also prove dangerous.

Patients tend to associate needles with pain, blood sample collection and medical examinations, whereas for nurses needles stand for the risk of injury, often with grave consequences. Each year medical workers in Europe experience more than a million needlestick injuries.

Breast self-examination should be an essential element of breast cancer prevention among adult women. When done regularly, it can help detect a cancerous lump or other alarming symptoms at an early stage.

Gastroscopy is an examination of the upper part of the digestive tract. It is performed by using a flexible fibre-optic instrument that is passed through the mouth and allows the doctor to see the organs examined on a screen. The examination may be conducted in the case of chronic abdominal pain, repetitive heartburns or gastrointestinal bleeding.

The elements necessary to start hippotherapy include a properly trained horse, a qualified therapist and a medical referral. Equine-assisted treatment proves effective for children with neurological disorders and adults suffering from multiple sclerosis.