What are cardiomyopathies? It is a group of disorders which lead to heart muscle impairments. They have multiple causes and are often genetically determined. As emphasized by experts from the 1st Department and Clinic of Cardiology of WUM Medical University of Warsaw, hosts of the International Congress of Cardiomyopathies, these are still not receiving enough attention. This is a mistake, considering that cardiomyopathies are being diagnosed in more and more patients, while giving the right care to patients tends to be a very demanding task.

This exceptional group included Prof. Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk, Head of the Chair and Department of Neurology, Justyna Mieszalska, CEO of the Medical Center, and Magdalena Skarżyńska, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care. Woman in the Health Market 2024 awards were given to them for their work and activities that contribute to the development of medicine and health care in Poland.

This is a prestigious plebiscite of "Puls Medycyny", covering one hundred of the most influential people in Polish medicine and one hundred in the Polish health care system. Yesterday we learned the results of the 2023 edition.

The leading topic of this year’s edition was mental health. During the two-day symposium 22 experts discussed the most important issues related to the protection and strengthening of mental health, as well as the use of artificial intelligence in this area. The event was organized by the Public Health Department of the Medical University of Warsaw and the Students’ Public Health Studies Club operating within the organization.

The Medical Research Agency has finalized a competition for the implementation of epidemiological research on multi-morbidity. Two projects of the Medical University of Warsaw are among the 10 ones that have qualified for co-financing. One concerns the significance of allergic inflammatory processes on the occurrence of multi-morbidities, the other – multi-morbidities among premature newborns.

Despite the term, these diseases are not that rare. They affect approximately 2.5 million people in Poland and approximately 350 million in the world. Specialists say that no less than one in four patients, and perhaps as many as 40% of patients, suffer from a rare disease. Doctors, patients and their organizations and families talked about them during a conference organized by the Center of Excellence for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases of the Medical University of Warsaw in cooperation with the “We Have Hit the Wall” Foundation. The Deputy Minister of Health, prof. Urszula Demkow, accepted invitation to the event from the Rector, prof. Zbigniew Gaciong.

New life was given to two girls and a boy. Two of them have already been discharged home. The third child developed complications, which he fortunately coped with and will probably leave the hospital soon.

On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, Rector Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong hosted Grażyna Czetwertyńska, PhD, Prof. UW - President of Kosciuszko Foundation Poland and Mr. Marek Skulimowski - President of The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc. in New York.

The Medical Research Agency has published a ranking list after taking into account the appeals procedure, including the results of the second round of the Head-to-Head Research Competition for non-commercial clinical trials or research experiments. Twenty-two projects were recommended for funding, including three following the appeals procedure.

The signed agreement will support the joint participation of MUW and GUT scientists in international projects and foster the acquisition of funds for research, development and implementation work. The universities also want to cooperate, among other things, in the area of developing modern technologies to support the progress of medicine. The document was signed on February 20 by Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong, Rector of MUW, and Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, Rector of Gdansk University of Technology (GUT).