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Year 2024

04. 12. 2024 | Whooping cough and atypical pneumonia are breaking records: How do VFN experts fight them and what awaits us at Christmas?
28. 11. 2024 | Cardiac surgeons from VFN are the only ones in the Czech Republic who can remove deposited blood clots from pulmonary arteries
25. 11. 2024 | New data on sexual deviations of Czechs! Experts from VFN open therapy groups for people with problematic sexuality
15. 11. 2024 | Gene therapy can prevent complete vision loss. VFN was the first in the Czech Republic to apply it!
05. 11. 2024 | Reproductive surgery in VFN on the rise. A disease of the female organs is not the end of the chances of getting pregnant!
10. 10. 2024 | VFN: We are trying to do our best to recruit general nurses
10. 10. 2024 | VFN opened a new Clinic of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine in Strahov
09. 10. 2024 | A new device for examining the brain will help doctors with further research into neurodegenerative diseases
20. 09. 2024 | Too many women die of uterine cancer in the Czech Republic. VFN gynecologists warn, don't neglect prevention!
04. 09. 2024 | The newly modernized sleep laboratory at VFN focuses on sleep disorders of patients with rare neuromuscular diseases
30. 08. 2024 | The center for rare Fabry disease at VFN is the only one in the Czech Republic
11. 07. 2024 | The VFN Center for Sleep and Wakefulness Disorders has undergone building modifications
08. 07. 2024 | At Apollinaris, they give the green light to natural births. A new part of the birthing center is the birthing couch
25. 06. 2024 | Syphilis and gonorrhea on the rise: the number of people infected with venereal diseases in the Czech Republic is increasing
11. 06. 2024 | VFN's unique research finds out how to minimize risks in pregnancy and prevent premature birth
07. 05. 2024 | Biopsy without surgery! The whole world is learning a new method of diagnosing ovarian cancer from VFN
26. 04. 2024 | Cardiac surgeons at VFN performed the 500th operation on a patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
17. 04. 2024 | Reconstruction for 100 million started the next step in the care of critically ill and obese patients at VFN
04. 04. 2024 | Severe cases of drug poisoning and new drugs fill the children's clinic at VFN
28. 03. 2024 | For the first time in the Czech Republic: Doctors have found another way to turn off severe upper limb tremors in the brain
26. 03. 2024 | The number of children and adolescents with psychological problems continues to increase, VFN expands care
21. 02. 2024 | Hundreds of women suffer unnecessarily from pelvic pain, VFN experts can help them

The year 2023

19. 12. 2023 | We can get more accurate and faster information about tumors
14. 12. 2023 | Mental disorders in premature babies are on the rise
06. 12. 2023 | Urologists from the VFN, among other essential services, restore sexual life to adolescent men
06. 12. 2023 | The new robotic center of the Urology Clinic of the 1st Faculty of Medicine of the UK and VFN meets the most modern operative trends
21. 11. 2023 | Neurological diseases are on the rise
08. 11. 2023 | VFN doctors do not give up their efforts to save the patient even in the event of a 60-minute cardiac arrest
05. 10. 2023 | VFN invests 140 million in expanding child psychiatric care
20. 09. 2023 | Steps to winning the fight against cervical cancer
13. 09. 2023 | New method helps save extremely premature babies
07. 09. 2023 | The Czech Republic is home to the largest number of dependent children and adolescents in Europe. Online courses for pediatricians can help
07. 09. 2023 | Addictology at VFN celebrates 75 years of fighting addictions
16. 06. 2023 | Every third person in the Czech Republic gets cancer. Treatment is a race against time
16. 06. 2023 | Confirmed. People do not know what preventive examinations they are entitled to
16. 05. 2023 | Neurologists at VFN: We live in an era of sleep crisis
09. 05. 2023 | Ovarian cancer stops being scary: You can start treatment within two days at the VFN Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic and the 1st LK of the UK
05. 04. 2023 | VFN doctors: Walking 6,000 steps a day is an unattainable goal for many people
28. 03. 2023 | New birthing center at GPK VFN U Apolinář
07. 03. 2023 | Complex treatment of obese patients in VFN
15. 02. 2023 | A preventive campaign is starting at VFN Prague
01. 02. 2023 | Still unexplained sudden deaths of mothers. At VFN, they will find out the possible cause in time and help!
24. 01. 2023 | Fifteen injured under the rubble of the collapsed building. VFN Praha practiced mass treatment of patients and tested the trauma plan
05. 01. 2023 | Thirty years ago, VFN doctors implanted the first artificial urethral sphincter. It can solve male incontinence

Year 2022

06. 12. 2022 | The first food project for patients with swallowing disorders in the Czech Republic started at the Prague General University Hospital
24. 10. 2022 | She waited ten years for new lungs. Doctors from VFN eventually cured the woman in a few hours
19. 10. 2022 | Transgender people: Prisoners in their own bodies
03. 10. 2022 | VFN doctors advise: Genetic testing can save your life! Get inspired by Angelina Jolie's story
14. 06. 2022 | VFN surgeons are preparing for war attacks
13. 06. 2022 | More competencies for midwives from VFN
01. 06. 2022 | We know the key to prolonging a healthy life
26. 05. 2022 | Protect your skin in summer!
11. 05. 2022 | Electroshocks help with severe depression
27. 04. 2022 | VFN will open a general practitioner's office for Ukrainians
20. 04. 2022 | As many as 40 percent of Czechs suffer from allergies! They may also be affected by being overweight
26. 01. 2022 | More than two thousand patients with severe covid-19 have already undergone intensive care at the General Hospital
19. 01. 2022 | New screening reveals spinal muscle atrophy after birth. In the Czech Republic, it is offered only by the General Hospital

Year 2021

02. 11. 2021 | 2000. hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in VFN
21. 10. 2021 | 50 years ago, the treatment of addicted women was started in Prague
20. 09. 2021 | The "U Apolináře" maternity hospital received a statue of the architect of the building, Josef Hlávka
20. 09. 2021 | The building of the maternity hospital "U Apolináře" will undergo a general reconstruction worth billions
01. 07. 2021 | Hope for patients with heart valve insufficiency
22. 06. 2021 | Revolutionary change of diet in hospitals
17. 06. 2021 | Impacts of a pandemic on mental health
08. 06. 2021 | VFN internists warn: The Covid-19 pandemic worsened the health of the Czechs by up to 30%!
21. 05. 2021 | VFN reports critical blood deficiency
10. 05. 2021 | The Year of the Pandemic: Have We Prevented the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer in Women?
06. 05. 2021 | 400th operation of chronic pulmonary hypertension in VFN
08. 04. 2021 | The VFN ECMO team has already connected 500 patients to the extracorporeal circulation
30. 03. 2021 | The unique method will help patients addicted to dialysis or pacemakers
10. 03. 2021 | The effects of smoking kill 18,000 people a year
09. 03. 2021 | Every tenth person in the Czech Republic lives with kidney disease
03. 02. 2021 | VFN surgeons have had one hundred blood transplants
18. 02. 2021 | Without a unique artificial lung, the transplant would not survive
25. 01. 2021 | Almost 300,000 people in the Czech Republic suffer from heart failure
19. 01. 2021 | The first clinic of palliative medicine in the Czech Republic opened in the General Hospital and the First Medical Faculty of Charles University

Year 2020

15. 12. 2020 | At Christmas, step in the right direction. Without a glass in his hand
10. 12. 2020 | How to handle Christmas without gaining weight? Only with daily movement!
12. 11. 2020 | Engage in prestigious research and discover your ancient genetic origins
26. 10. 2020 | Cardiac surgeons from VFN 50 years after the first bypass operation in the Czech Republic operate on the heart without extracorporeal circulation
14. 10. 2020 | As many as 70,000 Czechs have no idea that they have hepatitis C
08. 10. 2020 | The new X-ray workplace in the General Hospital will enable faster examination of patients
16. 09. 2020 | The General University Hospital in Prague is awaiting modernization for eight billion
04. 09. 2020 | 75 years of top patient care and scientific achievements in the field of endocrinology and metabolism
03. 09. 2020 | An XXL center for extremely obese patients will be established in the General Hospital
25. 08. 2020 | Doctors can predict premature birth
04. 08. 2020 | Warning signs of sick kidneys? Shortness of breath, swelling and high blood pressure
29. 07. 2020 | The patient with a unique artificial lung experienced a transplant after a record 143 days
10. 07. 2020 | Hope for Czech athletes. The first sports cardiology centers were established in the Czech Republic
23. 06. 2020 | The ingestion of disinfectants competes with common poisonings this year
12. 06. 2020 | Every blood donor saves someone's life. Don't hesitate and come help!
02. 06. 2020 | VFN will work with young architects. They can be an inspiration for the creation of a new pavilion
26. 05. 2020 | VFN offers a unique Cannulation Center
21. 05. 2020 | The U Apolináře maternity hospital is awaiting modernization for two billion
14. 05. 2020 | Do not delay examinations and check-ups with a doctor, doctors from the General Hospital appeal
29. 04. 2020 | Even the terminally ill need a plan of adequate treatment and confidence in the doctor
28. 04. 2020 | Quarantine protected many allergy sufferers from the unpleasant start of spring
27. 04. 2020 | Favipiravir has arrived at the VFN. The hospital will redistribute it to patients with moderate coronavirus infection
08. 04. 2020 | Do not solve Easter in quarantine with a glass
25. 03. 2020 | Remdesivir, an experimental drug, arrived at VFN
19. 03. 2020 | Dozens of medics apply to the VFN for help. Almost eighty of them have already strengthened intensive care staff and internally
19. 03. 2020 | Don't be afraid to donate blood! It has a limited storage period and hospitals need it
06. 03. 2020 | The Czech Republic commemorated the Day of Rare Diseases. In Europe, 30 million people suffer from them
14. 02. 2020 | For the first time in the Czech Republic, VFN doctors connected the patient to an artificial lung
30. 01. 2020 | Suchej February will test for alcohol addiction for the eighth time. The average Czech drinks over 14 liters of pure alcohol a year
22. 01. 2020 | The VFN website is responsive to the needs of the disabled
20. 01. 2020 | New public service: VFN offers free drug counseling
14. 01. 2020 | A new type of glycemic sensor will change the lives of many diabetics

Rok 2019

Year 2018

20. 12. 2018 | Give blood
03. 12. 2018 | New bronchoscopic instrument in VFN
28. 11. 2018 | Starts a unique project: Story Hospital
21. 11. 2018 | VFN rescues children of all ages thanks to the device for extracorporeal oxygenation
13. 11. 2018 | Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate
12. 11. 2018 | The World Diabetes Day speaks with clear numbers
31. 10. 2018 | European and American Studies: Lung cancer screening works, saving lives
29. 10. 2018 | VFN has a new center of ultrasound diagnostics in oncogynecology
19. 09. 2018 | Hl. The City of Prague donated a subsidy for equipment for the transport of critically ill patients
13. 06. 2018 | The Ophthalmology Clinic of the General Teaching Hospital and the First Faculty of Medicine celebrates 200 years since its foundation
04. 06. 2018 | The ITC receives 200 mercury inquiries each year
23. 04. 2018 | Three years of tomotherapy means more than a thousand treated patients
18. 04. 2018 | Start fighting atherosclerosis at an early age, preferably by moving and eating well
09. 04. 2018 | Discovery of Czech and British Scientists - Treatment of Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy of the Cornea
28. 03. 2018 | Barriers Account - a public collection for a device that can temporarily replace the heart and lungs
27. 03. 2018 | Extracorporeal oxygenation helps save life
06. 03. 2018 | The chances for premature babies are still higher, even for those who don't even pay a pound

Year 2017

29. 11. 2017 | Masturbation is not a taboo, but Czech men do not solve the health benefits
07. 11. 2017 | The fight against diabetes can be started at any time, for example in the Diabetes Week
03. 11. 2017 | European Subsidy - Center of highly specialized intensive care in perinatology
01. 11. 2017 | Was the end of unnecessary prostate biopsies?
27. 10. 2017 | Less Czechs will hear lung cancer diagnosis next year than this year
13. 10. 2017 | VFN Simulation Center Project
10. 10. 2017 | Caesarean section on request, or failure of antenatal preparation
04. 10. 2017 | European Subsidy - Center of highly specialized health care in oncogynecology
21. 09. 2017 | Are you at risk of heart failure? Check your health at Heart Day VFN in Prague
20. 09. 2017 | The City of Prague has donated top devices to the Clinic of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
30. 08. 2017 | A study by a Czech professor on polycystic kidney treatment has taken a prestigious professional magazine
04. 07. 2017 | Metabolic syndrome kills quietly and painlessly
17. 05. 2017 | XXIV. Prague surgical days will bring hot topics
24. 04. 2017 | The European Congress will deliver fundamental research results in the fight against atherosclerosis
06. 04. 2017 | 300th operation for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in cardiocenter VFN
20. 03. 2017 | The combined tablet will make life easier for the elderly after a heart attack
08. 03. 2017 | World Kidney Day Twelfth - Examine your kidney function
13. 02. 2017 | The VFN will measure blood and drugs more accurately with a new analytical instrument
27. 01. 2017 | The VFN opens a newly reconstructed cardiac catheter laboratory
26. 01. 2017 | The Occupational Medicine Clinic celebrates 70 years