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There are more than 1,200 people in Belgium waiting for a suitable organ donor, despite the increasing number of registered donors.
The number of Belgians who take the heavy painkiller oxycodone has doubled in five years, reports Het Nieuwsblad. The drug is highly addictive and lethal in high doses.
Nearly a quarter of Belgian business leaders are worried about their employees' health complaints due to work-related stress, especially mental complaints such as burnout.
More than 10 times a day, flights through Belgian airports transport a package of radioactive material, including passenger flights, reports Het Laatste Nieuws.
The Belgian Order of Physicians has asked public health minister Maggie De Block to require all patients to choose a regular doctor who maintains a global medical file for th
Worsening housing conditions are associated with health problems across Europe, where one in six Europeans indicate that they live in 'unhealthy' housing, writes La Libre Belgique
Belgians consume an average of 6,000 tons of North Sea shrimp every year. Fishermen pull some 35,000 tons of the shrimp from the sea annually.
The Red Cross today launches a new campaign via social media to help top up the blood bank in Belgium.
About one in 10 Belgians will be diagnosed with diabetes by 2030, according to VUB professor Dimitri Aerden, who predicts a 'tsunami of diabetics' in the coming years.
