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Donations to UZ Leuven: all options listed

6 July 2023

All information about donations have been listed on the brand new website uzleuven.be/steun. Find out how you can support UZ Leuven and through which channels you can make a donation.

A step closer to an AI-assistant that can detect glaucoma

4 July 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help ophthalmologists recognise glaucoma, the main cause of blindness. Belgian researchers have developed a new AI model and trained it with eye images of patients at UZ Leuven. The algorithm was able to detect glaucoma in 13 external datasets.

Orientation and follow-up programme home care (OOTT)

3 July 2023

OOTT stands for Oriëntatie en OpvolgingsTraject Thuiszorg (orientation and follow-up programme) for vulnerable elderly people. This customised support ensure that you can continue to live at home under the best conditions for as long as possible.

Protecting transplant patients against COVID-19 requires customised approach

22 June 2023

Leuven doctors investigated in 1,878 transplant patients to what extent they were protected against COVID-19 after repeated vaccination. The study confirms the safety of vaccines, but found striking differences in antibody production and protection against severe COVID-19-infection.

Leuven to host the World Transplant Games in 2027

14 June 2023

The city of Leuven, UZ Leuven, Transplantoux – with the support of IM Associates -, KU Leuven and the Leuven Convention Bureau joined forces to bring the World Transplant Games to Leuven in in 2027.

Genetic test to determine after-treatment ovarian cancer

12 June 2023

Leuven researchers have developed a genetic test that determines which patients will benefit from an after-treatment with PARP inhibitors.

Chemotherapy or antibiotics treatment soon also possible at home

7 June 2023

Minister for (public) health Frank Vandenbroucke and INAMI have recently announced the legal and financial framework for home oncology and antibiotics therapy hospitalisation. The final legal text has not yet been made public, but it is positive news that the step towards the legal framework has now been taken.

Irradiation on the heart for life-threatening arrhythmias is Belgian first

26 May 2023

UZ Leuven is the first to radiate a patient's heart to help prevent life-threatening arrhythmias.

Hypertension, an underrated and under-treated problem

15 May 2023

17 May is World Hypertension Day, a day to raise awareness for (too) high blood pressure. And that is necessary, because an estimated 10 million of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases are partly caused by hypertension.

Women with breast cancer can interrupt their hormone treatment to get pregnant

4 May 2023

Good news for breast cancer patients that want to have children: young women with breast cancer can safely interrupt their hormone treatment to get pregnant. They do not have a greater chance of recurrence of the cancer in the short term.

UZ Leuven expands its reference centre andrology

3 May 2023

This year the Leuven training centre for andrology meets the requirements of the three yearly audit by the European Academy of Andrology once again. As such, the centre maintains its position as one of some 25 European centre of excellence for andrology.

Rare inflammatory disease explained

27 April 2023

Genetic and immunological research in a patient with an unknown inflammatory disease in adulthood has given a unique insight in the origin of this type of disorders. The findings were the start of a successful initiation of targeted therapy in the patient.