SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Disputes are arising between the medical industry and the pharmaceutical industry over the right to produce abortion pills as the government plans to allow medical abortion. The Ministry of Health and Welfare added a provision to allow medical abortion on top of the currently allowed surgical abortion. This will [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A rapid coronavirus testing method developed by South Korea’s military has been adopted by an international airport in Paraguay, the military medical command said Wednesday. Earlier this year, a research institute under the Armed Forces Medical Command developed the rapid molecular diagnosis method and transferred the technology to local [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The new coronavirus pandemic has had a negative impact on children’s nutritional intake and other aspects of welfare, a survey by a nongovernmental group showed Tuesday. A survey by Seoul-based charity group Good Neighbors, conducted in June on 6,750 children from age 4-18 and their parents, showed that the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Monday its researchers have found how the novel coronavirus destroys lung cells by developing a “mini-lung” using stem cell technology. The university said its team at the Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, and other researchers from the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The government said Friday it will continue its state-led free flu vaccination program despite mounting concerns from deaths following administration of vaccines, stating that it hasn’t identified a causal link between the deaths and the flu shots. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced that it has so [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent statistics have revealed that despite having a far lower obesity rate than men, South Korean women account for an absolute majority in the use of drug-type anorexic agents. According to the data that Rep. Nam In-soon of the ruling Democratic Party received from the Ministry of Food and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of South Korea’s public health body said Wednesday there was no direct link between flu shots and recent reported deaths and the government will go ahead with the nationwide flu vaccine program. Jeong Eun-kyeong, head of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), told a media [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are experiencing more anxiety with no end to the coronavirus pandemic in sight. The Korean Society of Traumatic Stress Studies conducted a survey of 2,063 adults, who reported an average score of 1.77 points last month in terms of how worried and afraid they were because of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that prescribing excessive amounts of antibiotics to toddlers can cause not only resistant bacteria, but also child obesity. A research team from Seoul National University Hospital conducted a study of 31,733 toddlers who received periodic health checks between 2008 and 2012 to arrive at [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on, more people are choosing to stay indoors. Among them, members of the younger generation are increasingly preferring to order food, while the older generation prefers to cook themselves, a recent study showed. The Korea Health Promotion Institution conducted a survey of [...]