Congenital disorders
Article Congenital disorders are conditions or diseases that you are born with. Some are hereditary, others are not.
Read moreArticle Congenital disorders are conditions or diseases that you are born with. Some are hereditary, others are not.
Read moreArticle Every year, around 350 women in Flanders are diagnosed with cervical cancer. About a hundred women die from the disease every year. However, cervical cancer is a slow-growing cancer that is almost completely curable if detected early. Such an investigation is painless and quite simple. So it is in your best interest not to postpone it.
Read moreArticle Colon cancer is a common cancer. About five percent of all Flemish people are confronted with it. In Belgium, about 8,500 people per year are diagnosed with colon cancer, of which about 5,600 in Flanders. About 1,750 people die from it every year in Flanders.
Read moreArticle Antibiotics are medicines that work against infections caused by bacteria. They kill bacteria or inhibit their growth so that the body's own immune system can properly handle the remaining bacteria.
Read moreArticle Everyone has periods when things are more difficult. That's normal, it's part of life. Being bullied at school, unexpectedly losing a loved one, struggling with a chronic illness... It can lead to complaints such as sleeping problems, stress or a lot of worrying. If these complaints persist for a long time and they limit daily functioning (social and professional), there is a psychological disorder. Some common ones are burnout, depression, anxiety disorders and alcohol abuse.
Read moreArticle According to estimates, at least 1 in 4 Belgians suffers from mental problems at some point in their lives. So there is a need for strong mental health care.
Read moreArticle If you suffer from long-term symptoms linked to Covid-19 and those symptoms have no other explanation, you may have long-term Covid, also called long Covid.
Read moreArticle If one cannot get passed feelings of severe sadness after a longer period of time, this is called depression. One in five, both young and old, is confronted with this disease.
Read moreArticle A muscle strain is a muscle injury in which the muscle fibers are stretched. There is no crack.
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