Poliklinika národní

Are you not sure if you have been vaccinated against measles or are afraid it has been so long that your immunity might not be sufficient? You can have a simple antibody test done. “We offer the possibility to test every Monday,” says MUDr. Martin Jan Stránský M.D, FACP, Director of the Polyclinic at Národní […]

Ticks and mosquitoes, are among the most common carriers of diseases. The number of people affected by the diseases transmitted by insects in the Czech Republic is increasing every year, due to climate change. Some of the infections, including viral tick-borne meningoencephalitis, Lyme borreliosis, ehrlichiosis or babesiosis, are carried by every fourth tick. You can […]

With the warm weather, there are various new methods and preparations for weight loss. But which ones really work? “There’s no guarantee” says the leading Czech obesitologist MUDr. Taťána Staňková from the Center for Metabolism and Nutrition Disorders at the Polyclinic at Národní in Prague. “If you need to lose two or three pounds for […]

Children who spend at least seven hours a day on smart device screens are changing their brain structure. What is more, modern technologies are gradually depriving us of natural evolutionary capabilities. Our ability to express, reason and problem solve diminishes. Open full article

A sick doctor or nurse poses the same, and perhaps even greater, threat to serious health problems for patients. Open full article (Czech)