Intensity of menopausal symptoms and quality of life in climacteric women.

Menopause is a difficult period in a woman's life, associated not only with the end of menstruation, but also with symptoms such as hot flashes, sweating, dizziness, and palpitations which occur due to fluctuations in the hormones oestrogen and progesterone. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of women (aged 48-55 years) in the physical, mental and social spheres, to determine the intensity of menopause symptoms and to ascertain whether the above indicators are influenced by sociodemographic factors. The study was conducted by diagnostic survey using two tools - the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire for the measurement of the quality of life and the Kupperman index, which measures the severity of menopause symptoms.

Prevalence of in ticks removed from skin of people and circumstances of being bitten - research from the area of Poland, 2012-2014.

Introduction: During feeding, the tick sucks blood from the host along with the pathogens that are in the blood, simultaneously exchanging its own pathogens with the host. Humans can also be a host. It is important to understand the most typical circumstances in which people might become infected with.

The effect of pre-emptive analgesia on the level of postoperative pain in women undergoing surgery for breast neoplasm.

Aim Of The Study: Dynamic development of research on pain has resulted in the formulation of the concept of pre-emptive analgesia, which involves administration of analgesics before the first pain-producing stimulus appears. It is meant to prevent increased sensitivity to pain in the postoperative period. The aim of this study was to assess the possibilities of modifying the intensity of postoperative pain evaluated with the visual analogue scale (VAS) in patients after surgical treatment for breast neoplasm offered by pre-emptive analgesia.

Retrospective study of injury rates among children and adults in the Lublin Region of Poland.

Introduction And Objective: In Poland and worldwide, injury rates, as well as accident rates among children and adolescents still remain a social, health and economic problem, despite an attempt to inhibit the growing tendency of this phenomenon.

Objective: An attempt to evaluate current trends in injury rates among children and adolescents based on the example of two provinces in the Lublin Region of Poland during the period 2006-2010.

Materials And Method: The retrospective study was conducted by the method of examination of documents, using the technique of content analysis.

An analysis of malignant tumour incidence in the male population of Poland in the period 2006-2010.

In the period 2006-2010, the National Cancer Registry indicated a gradual increase in the incidence of malignant tumours among men, from 64,092 thousand in 2006 to 70,024 thousand in 2010. In the reference period, the number of deaths due to malignant tumours among men oscillated around 52 thousand. The aim of this study was to analyse the incidence of malignant tumours in the male population of Poland in the period 2006-2010.

The state of nutrition and the self-assessment of symptoms of depression in the group of seniors living in the countryside of Lublin province - preliminary report.

Introduction: The incidence of malnutrition increases together with the number of chronic diseases and medications taken daily. There are also other factors causing changes in the nutrition of the elderly, raising the risk of undernourishment. Such factors include difficulties with daily shopping, meal preparation and other everyday activities, hindering access to food with proper quantitative and qualitative properties.

Causes of late diagnosis of the reproductive organs' cancer in the opinion of suffering women from urban and rural areas of Lublin as an indicator of the condition of the early cancer detection system: a preliminary report.

Introduction: Tumours as well as the cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of deaths in Poland. This article contains excerpts from research on complex causes of late diagnosis of cancer among the region's residents.

Aim Of The Study: One of the specific aims of the research undertaken was to learn about subjective assessment of women suffering from cancer taking into account its late diagnosis.

Self-examination of breasts as an element of breast cancer prophylaxis.

Increased mortality, morbidity and incidence of neoplastic diseases, malignancy especially, has been observed in Poland for over 20 years. Death rate has increased from 19.34% to 22.

Health education and teleinformatics.

In the course of the last years, the development of teleinformatics caused that the Internet services have become more and more popular. The Internet means reaching new possibilities, which are provided by fast, easy and two-direction access to the required information. These features make the Internet one of the most important tools applied in health education increasing the knowledge, skill and motivation of an individual for health self-care.

The tasks of a community nurse in the process of an early detection of type 2 diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes affects 3,000 individuals annually, whereas type 2 diabetes attacks about 60,000 people, which qualifies the illness to be the number 9 "killer" among Polish citizens. World health organisation prognoses that in the years of 2000-2025 the number of type 2 diabetes patients is going to double. This prognosis gives rise to a conclusion that diabetes prevention is becoming one of the priority tasks of all medical professionals and requires the necessity of changing and elaborating of effective, interdisciplinary prevention programs.