SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of terminally ill patients have opted to forgo medical treatment that can prolong their lives since South Korea legalized the right for people to die with dignity, government data showed on Friday. The law took effect on Feb. 4, months after the National Assembly passed it late last [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of paralyzed patients has increased by more than 25 percent over the past five years, with 1 in 3 in their 70s or older, data showed Wednesday. The data compiled by the National Health Insurance Service showed a total of 75,295 people visited hospitals to be treated [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will work to accommodate an additional 200,000 young students in all-day after-school day care centers this year, President Moon Jae-in promised Wednesday, a move partly aimed at supporting working mothers and tackling the country’s record low birthrate. “Launching an all-day care system is a key policy objective [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors who either have trouble falling asleep for more than thirty minutes or who sleep more than eight hours a day are at greater risk of having their cognitive abilities deteriorate. More specifically, seniors who drift off to sleep after the thirty-minute mark are at 40 percent greater risk [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — While factors like aging, environmental change and elevated levels of fine dust are driving up the risk of contracting illness, the fiscal burden of receiving healthcare is also continuing to rise with new medical technology and equipment being used in medical treatment. This represents a real dilemma for households [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Loneliness is one of the biggest health threats facing South Korea, according to a new survey. The survey conducted by the Korean Clinical Psychology Association (KCP) revealed South Korea’s loneliness scale has reached 78 out of 100, due to growing individualism and division between classes, as well as a long-term [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SJS Hospital said Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a United Arab Emirates (UAE) business group to build a hospital specializing in stem cell research and treatment in the Middle Eastern country. The MOU signed between Song Jun-seop, head of SJS Hospital, and officials of [...]
SUWON, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s most populous province has said it will continue its policy of distributing fine dust masks for free on buses when fine dust levels are high, after the air pollution emergency measure was rated favorably by 8 out of 10 bus riders. For a two-day period starting on [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea transitioning rapidly into an aging society, the desire to maintain good health and seek out customized treatment methods is expected to drive up demand of six different medical technologies. Dental implants, implantable medical devices, robotic surgery machinery, 3D-printed medical devices, medical lasers and electrosurgical units were named [...]
DAEGU, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents of the city of Daegu now have a much healthier lifestyle compared to a decade ago, according to a new survey. The survey conducted by the Daegu Metropolitan Government revealed the smoking rate among adults in the region fell from 25.5 percent to 20.8 percent over the last 10 [...]