SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Only a third of South Koreans believe themselves to be healthy, despite the country’s average life expectancy being one of the longest among advanced countries, a report showed Sunday. According to the report released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Health Insurance Service, based on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of elderly people dying lonely deaths is increasing, especially for men, welfare data showed Friday. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which released the data for a parliamentary audit, 3,331 aged people died over the past five years while living alone. The number was 538 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found that the suicide risk for heavy drinkers who also smoke is 256 times higher than for people who don’t drink and smoke. Drinking combined with smoking is like adding fuel to the fire. A research team led by doctoral candidate Jeong Myeong-ji at Yonsei [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Danielle Teale, a leader in the field of dance treatment aimed at better health spoke at the “Dance for Dementia” symposium held at Chungmu Art Center in Seoul yesterday regarding educational dance programs for dementia patients. “The Dance 4 Dementia program has been created for dementia patients so that [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will come up with measures to improve a recently implemented shorter workweek, a presidential official said Tuesday, signaling possible changes to the mandatory reduction in working hours that many say is causing problems for both businesses and workers. The official made the remark after a meeting of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 810 medical disputes involving foreign patients were registered with a local arbitration agency over the last six years, government data showed Monday. According to the data by the Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency and submitted to the National Assembly, 247 cases were registered with [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With the weather cooling down as summer transitions to autumn, the number of Koreans coming down with a cold is on the rise. While some claim that the drop in temperatures creates an environment conducive to the spread of colds, allowing for viruses to multiply, scientists say that cooler [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 9 trillion won (US$7.92 billion) is spent a year to treat diseases caused by health-harming habits, data from the National Health Insurance Service showed Friday. Records provided for parliamentary audit showed the medical cost due to bad habits, such as smoking, drinking and obesity, amounted to 8.9 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has found that South Koreans in their 30s showed the highest levels of happiness. Those in their 20s were also found to be highly happy, but also showed the lowest levels of security due to a high unemployment rate and lack of home ownership. The [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Yuhan-Kimberly Ltd. has decided to allow its employees working at call centers to discontinue services if they are physically or sexually harassed by customers. In addition, a resting lounge will be created to allow call center employees and other emotional laborers use such facilities to deal with the difficulties [...]