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Forty percent more women in Belgium had themselves tested for breast cancer genes in the past year, according to Het Nieuwsblad and De Standaard.
Belgium has approved the use of nalmefene (trade name Selincro), a drug to reduce alcohol dependence, report Le Soir and Sudpresse. Selincro is only available by prescription.
The Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Reuma Onderzoek (FWRO) has found that one out of five Belgians has rheumatic problems and one out of 20 is functionally limited by a serious, chronic disorder.
After a week of increased flu activity, Belgium fulfilled all the necessary criteria and a flu epidemic was officially declared earlier this week by the National Scientific Institute of Public Hea
More than one in 10 pharmaceutical drugs available on the Belgian market lack efficacy or are even dangerous for the patient.
Patients with a rare or very complex cancer should only be treated in hospitals with a special statute, said the Federal Knowledge Centre for Health Care in a report released yesterday.
January reared its cold and rainy head this past Belgian Blue Monday, and with it comes an onslaught of winter illnesses.
The Flemish medical sector is circulating a petition against the plan of federal public health minister Laurette Onkelinx to abolish the limit on the number of new doctors by allowing students to
A proposal to extend the right to euthanasia to minors passed by a vote of 26 to 8 yesterday in the Senate committee on justice and social affairs.
