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The results of a retrospective study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology show that the patients with critical limb ischemia who took statins had a significantly lower incidence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and amputations. The register of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) from 2006 to 2012 was analized […]

Scientists from the Edinburgh University announced that they had found the mechanism that allows breast cancer to spread to the lungs, wrote The Guardian. The team of scientists found that blocking it in mice with the disease reduced the number of secondary tumors in the lungs. The researchers hope that their achievement would lead to […]

The party Patriotic Front (PF) would propose a change in the Hospitals Act with which to establish a Register of Medical Errors. This was announced by MP Dr. Sultanka Petrova. Building the system had been discussed for years, leading specialists and the Doctors’ Union had kept demanding that from time to time, but it hadn’t […]

The Supervisory Board of the National Health Insurance Fund is expecting from the BMA proposals for solving the problem of clinical pathways overspending. This became clear from the words of the member of the Supervisory Board Dr. Evgeni Tasovski. “We look at where the pain is, and this is the spot that is to be […]

Many people called their personal doctors to enroll for a checkup after the Health Minister Dr. Petar Moskov said that if routine preventive checkups were skipped, there should be a higher health insurance, announced the GPs. Even now there is a fine of BGN 50 for skipping the annual checkup provided for in the Health […]