Content by tag : illness
Water from the river Ourthe may have caused the illnesses of dozens of young campers over the last week in the Belgian Ardennes, reports RTL News.
In the Brussels-Capital Region, 1,500 people, on average, die every year due to the effects of tobacco use, which makes smoking the main cause of death in the capital.
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
More than seven out of 10 self-employed people in Belgium ignore their doctor's advice when they are sick, writes De Morgen.
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.
Since the introduction last year of a new document for doctors to use when writing up sick notes for periods of incapacity for work, the average duration of absence has decreased by n
Brussels mobility minister Pascal Smet is still in the hospital recovering from a very severe case of pneumonia which nearly cost him his life, writes Bruzz.
The number of people diagnosed with burnout has doubled in the past five years in Belgium, according to the national institute for health and disability insurance (Inami).
A minor passed away at the weekend in Belgium's first case of death by euthanasia of an under-18-year-old, writes Het Nieuwsblad.
