News

3 May 2021
UZ Leuven researchers have shown that a combination therapy of methotrexate and cortisone is the optimal start treatment for patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, regardless of the severity of their prognosis. These are the results from a 5 year trial in various Flemish rheumatology centres.
1 May 2021
A gigantic radiation machine revolving around you while you're all alone in a medical bunker: a treatment in the Leuven proton therapy centre can be pretty frightening for children. To familiarise them a bit with what will happen in the hospital, a Lego building set was devised.
30 April 2021
In April 2020 the children's hospital launched the #kunstuitmijnkamer project (art from my room). More than 100 children took the chance to express their feelings, thoughts and imagination during corona times on a canvas. Their attractive creations are now being exhibited in the hospital and online.
22 April 2021
Children and youngsters with primary immunodeficiency have to learn to deal with their rare disorder from an early age. Which is why the UZ Leuven paediatric immunodeficiency department started the CARE4KIDS project, focussing on psychosocial support and education of young patients and their social surroundings.
25 March 2021
Patients that go to their GP with symptoms of the irritable bowel syndrome can be helped more than adequately with special diet, as shown by an UZ Leuven trial. The results lead to a new recommendation for the follow-up of irritable bowel syndrome via GPs.
4 March 2021
A COVID-19 patient on the intensive care ward with irreparably damaged lungs was given new lungs on 1 Januari 2021 in the UZ Leuven transplant centre. It is the first time in the Benelux that someone on an intensive care COVID-19 ward gets a lung transplant.
1 March 2021
The fight against COVID-19 had an enormous impact on our operation and demanded a real tour de force from our staff. And yet it was not all about corona: 2020 also saw a lot of other realisations. With dedication, knowledge and skill we put our vision of pushing boundaries together more than ever into practice.
1 March 2021
A cold, oxygenated flush of a donor liver on a special perfusion machine prior to liver transplant, results in a lot less biliary tract problems post-transplant. These are the results from a large international trial which UZ Leuven participated in.
26 February 2021
Good hospital hygiene is an essential element of high-quality care. Unfortunately, this is not always an easy thing to achieve for partner hospitals in the South. Thanks to subsidies from the Province of Vlaams-Brabant was able to realise a number of hospital hygiene initiatives in Rwanda.
22 February 2021
In December a three-year pilot project on breast cancer treatment at home or by the GP was finalised. For patients this is a lot more practical, because it involves fewer transfers to the hospital. It also changes how people experience the illness.
19 February 2021
The wide application of the test has meant that only half as many invasive prenatal tests (amniocentesis and CVS tests) were needed and a third less babies with Down syndrome were born. These were the results of a large trial of all genetic centres in Belgium, coordinated by the centre for human genetics at UZ Leuven.
17 February 2021
In Belgium 6 per cent of the population suffers from a rare disase. With the Not a Unicorn campaign, RaDiOrg, the organisation for rare diseases, wants to raise awareness for rare diseases. Professor Hilde Van Esch from the Centre for Human Genetics (CME) explains what working with rare diseases means to her.