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There are very few organ donors under the age of 20 in Belgium, and one in three donors is older than 60.
Tuberculosis, an infectious disease once thought to be on the road to eradication, continues to hang on in Belgium and is becoming more resistant to treatment.
The number of babies born by caesarean section in Europe varies greatly from country to country, suggesting that there is no consensus about when a caesarean is appropriate, according to a recent
In 2014 in Belgium there were 25.2 organ donors per 1 million inhabitants, the second best score of the eight countries that are members of Eurotransplant, the international network for organ exch
The amount of money spent on HIV inhibitors and other drugs for managing the disease weigh heavily on patients with HIV in Belgium, report various Belgian media based on research by the University
Last year there were 12,000 Non-Invasive Prenatal Tests (NIPTs) done in Belgium, an expensive blood test carried out in early pregnancy to detect whether the foetus has Down syndrome or other chro
The fertility centre of UZ Brussels hospital is strongly urging women to consider becoming an egg donor.
Experts from the universities of Brussels, Leuven, Ghent and Antwerp have written to the ministers of public health and science and innovation to demand more support for research on chronic fatigu
The gender team at Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent) last year saw 148 new Belgian transgender patients, an all-time record and 30% more than the previous year, reports De Standaard.
