Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum

Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else!

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Author	Comment
Varsovian Mar 5, 08 - 10:38 AM	Cancer - vast majority of Polish women refuse smear tests 8% of Polish women accept invitations to have cervical smear tests. No, it's not pleasant, but neither is cancer.
Another Ania Mar 5th, 2008 - 11:10 AM	Re: Cancer - vast majority of Polish women refuse smear tests I don't think anyone wants to have smear tests. I wonder what the uptake of the new HPV vaccination will be for teenage girls.
Varsovian Mar 5th, 2008 - 12:33 PM	Re: Cancer - vast majority of Polish women refuse smear tests Women tend not to act on heart attacks either! HPV vaccinations should be on an opt-out basis only.
Varsovian Mar 5th, 2008 - 12:39 PM	Re: Cancer - vast majority of Polish women refuse smear tests ... and as for HPV, there's also been an increase in the US in throat cancer caused by it.
Another Ania Mar 5th, 2008 - 5:08 PM	Re: Cancer - vast majority of Polish women refuse smear tests "Women tend not to act on heart attacks either!" I think you're wrong there varsovian. It's men who tend to not go to the doctor until it's too late. - Well known fact. "HPV vaccinations should be on an opt-out basis only." Agreed. Why are they not vaccinating men too? Seeing as they pass it on.
Varsovian Mar 6th, 2008 - 11:01 AM	Re: Cancer - vast majority of Polish women refuse smear tests I'm right about the female heart attack comment - men suffer more heart attacks but their survival rate is better because they complain at lower heart pain levels and get treatment.
Another Ania Mar 6th, 2008 - 2:56 PM	Re: Cancer - vast majority of Polish women refuse smear tests Varsovian I think that's more to do with the fact that women go to the doctor more for aches and pains and get dismissed as being hypochondriacs with indigestion or just told they are depressed and sent home again. Men get taken more seriously when they do turn up at docs because they are more likely to ignore symptoms.

	Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else! Links: Polish Language and Translation Forum; Factbook Poland; Photographs of Poland; Polish Translation; A Town in Poland; Map; Apply for the Poland and Polish Forum Password
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