In the medical profession, knowledge is rarely passed on solely through textbooks or lecture halls. A large part of it travels from person to person – through daily work, discussions of complex cases,…
After renovation, the Supportive Care and Nursing Department of Mykolas Marcinkevičius Hospital has reopened – at the same time, up to seventy patients will be able to receive services here. To the public…
A genetically modified pig’s kidney, named Wilma, kept a 66-year-old man with kidney failure alive for a record long time – even nine months. Later, he successfully…
The first cell therapy and personalized medicine center “Bio City III” in the Baltic States has been opened in Vilnius. An investment of 61 million has been made in the 3,500 square meter center….
Recent years’ research shows that warning signs of Parkinson’s disease can be detected almost everywhere. Scientists have already found clues about the disease’s development in human hair, blood…
„The path of oncological diseases is not a sprint, but a marathon. Therefore, the most important thing is to have a shoulder nearby that a person can lean on, and a person who will listen when it becomes difficult“, –…
To attract more missing specialty doctors to Alytus, the Alytus city municipality is strengthening financial incentives for future medical professionals.
A story is spreading on social networks and in publications by alternative medicine proponents, claiming that modern medicine was deliberately restructured by the Rockefeller financial…
In the first half of this year, the country’s healthcare institutions provided 85.1 million euros worth of over-contract services, according to data from the National Health Insurance Fund (VLK).
Most often, a referral for a consultation with a medical specialist paid for by the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund is issued by a family doctor or a specialist doctor. The most important,…