897 documents
Pneumococcal vaccination for older persons
Every year about 2,600 to 5,600 older persons are hospitalised with pneumococcal pneumonia and about 1,800 with invasive ...
Health risks associated with livestock farms follow-up advice
There has been growing concern for many years about the health risks of living near livestock farms. Studies show that residents ...
Proton therapy in children only hospital-based
From the perspective of quality of care, proton therapy in children should only be performed in a hospital-based setting. The ...
Health benefits through cleaner air
Air pollution strongly contributes to health effects and death. In the Netherlands, exposure to particulate matter alone results ...
1,2-Dibromoethane
The substance 1,2-dibromoethane is carcinogenic. People occupationally exposed by inhalation have an increased risk of cancer. ...
Fitness to drive with cardiovascular disease
Recently, the European regulations regarding fitness to drive criteria were updated for cardiovascular diseases. The adjustments ...
2-(2-Methoxyethoxy)ethanol (DEGME)
The Health Council of the Netherlands reviewed 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethanol (DEGME). DEGME is primarily used as an intermediate or ...
Population Screening Act: research into calcium score and risk of cardiovascular disease
Based on the Population Screening Act (WBO), the research proposal of the Erasmus MC into the association between atherosclerosis ...
Population Screening Act: risk model studied during screening for colorectal cancer
The Committee on Population Screening of the Health Council of the Netherlands advises the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport ...
Health risks of night shift work
In the Netherlands about 1.3 million people sometimes or regularly work at night. Night shift work disrupts the day-night rhythm ...