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Home-based hospice care is provided to the terminally ill at their homes. This type of care is dedicated to both children and adults suffering from terminal cancer and other incurable diseases. It is also a form of care for the elderly people.

All head injuries – even those which look trivial – can seriously affect the brain. The seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher sustained a severe brain injury after an unfortunate skiing accident.

Butterfly children is the colloquial term used to refer to patients suffering from Epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Their skin is extremely fragile and a touch can result in painful blisters and open wounds. Over 500 people are afflicted by this disease in Poland, mainly children. Their life is marked by constant pain.

Nordic walking, walking, swimming and aqua aerobics, yoga, pilates, body ball, stretching, exercises in childbirth classes, fitness for pregnant women – such exercises are recommended for pregnant women.

Gestational diabetes is a threat to the health or even life of the mother and the child. It occurs in approx. 10% of pregnant women. The percentage, however, is increasing due to the spreading of obesity and delayed motherhood. If early diagnosed and properly treated, the disorder may proceed without any serious consequences.

When we go out and enjoy nature, the threat that some wild-growing plants could pose to us doesn’t cross our minds. And yet coming into contact with some of them might cause burns and hard-to-heal wounds, while others contain deadly poison.

This type of cancer is recorded mostly among males over 45 years of age, and according to data from the National Cancer Registry, is the second-most-frequent type of cancer, just after lung cancer. Prostate cancer, described here, is the second-most-frequent cause of deaths among cancer diseases.

Colorectal cancer (colon and rectum) is the second-most-frequent malignant cancer in Poland - over 14 thousand cases are diagnosed annually. The risk increases with age, the greatest is among people over 65 years of age.

Few studies have been performed on energy drinks so far, but all incline towards the same conclusion: there is really nothing in them besides caffeine. So, is there any reason to drink them?

Difficulties in relationships, a tendency towards special interests, and dislike of change - these are possible symptoms of Asperger syndrome, often defined as more mild form of autism spectrum disorder. Individuals suffering from Asperger syndrome are usually characterised by a high level of intelligence and highly-developed language competences.

Poland has 40 geriatric wards for elderly patients, providing 700 beds, but the scale of needs is much larger. The wards provide specialist treatment which often helps patients who had no luck with other doctors.

A runny nose, coughing, shortness of breath, itch – these are but a few of the unpleasant symptoms experienced by an allergic coming into contact with an allergen. That is why we should do our best to make the sick person’s environment as free of allergens as possible – especially at home.