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When something goes wrong in healthcare, it can have a major impact not only on patients and their loved ones, but also on healthcare providers themselves. For years, UZ Leuven has been supporting employees who struggle with feelings of guilt, fear, shame, or doubt about their own expertise after an incident. This approach is now being recognised internationally with a new quality label: UZ Leuven is the first hospital in the world to receive the European RESCUE accreditation.

A Belgian research team has uncovered fundamental differences in the brain’s immune response between inherited and non-inherited forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), despite looking almost identical in the clinic. The findings, published today in Nature Neuroscience, could reshape how patients are stratified for trials and how future therapies are targeted.

Fake ads using the UZ Leuven logo are appearing on social media channels Facebook and Instagram. The hospital distances itself from these messages and is taking the necessary steps to report the account.

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