SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The obesity rate among South Korea’s primary and secondary school students has been gradually increasing due largely to excessive studying, lack of sleep and physical activity and the consumption of more unhealthy food, government data said Thursday. According to the Education Ministry’s 2017 student health statistics, the portion of [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Though quitting remains the most highly recommended course of action for one’s health, smoking less per day has also been found to be an effective method for substantially lowering the risk of cancer. This conclusion was derived by Dr. Lee Ki-heon’s research team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Glaucoma Society has launched a campaign this week urging people to get regular eye checkups in celebration of World Glaucoma Week 2018. The group dedicated to glaucoma says individuals over 40 years of age or those with chronic disease such as diabetes, high blood pressure, excessive nearsightedness and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of every 6 South Korean adults are suspected to suffer from sleep apnea, a sleep disorder that can cause various diseases, a study showed Monday. The study showed that 15.8 percent of the 2,740 adults surveyed said they experience the disorder, which is characterized by pauses in [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Samsung Bioepis Co. said Friday its biosimilar cancer drug Ontruzant has begun selling in Britain following approval from a European regulator. Global health care company MSD has begun distributing the biosimilar that references Switzerland-based Roche Holding’s Herceptin, also known as Trastuzumab, in the country, Samsung [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A report published by South Korean medical researchers has revealed that a simple test consisting of getting up from a chair and walking for a short distance can be used to assess a person’s risk of dementia. The research team composed of doctors from SNU Hospital and Samsung Medical [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Though it is safe for blood cancer patients to engage in sexual relations even after receiving transplants of hematopoietic stem cells, around half of couples abstain, according to recent research. Medical staff from Samsung Medical Center interviewed 91 couples, each including one individual who had received a stem cell [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has revealed lung cancer survivors face significant hardships due to chronic fatigue. Lung cancer patients face a low quality of life even after being treated successfully, as a result of chronic fatigue that significantly worsens one’s physical and psychological ability, the research team led by professors Yun [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The KCDC has advised travelers headed to Southeast Asia to exercise particular caution so as to avoid contracting typhoid fever and shigellosis. According to the KCDC, from the beginning of January to February 26 there were 68 cases of typhoid fever and 79 reports of shigellosis among South Koreans. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency is launching an inquiry into the mental health of firefighters across the country from today. The inquiry launched by both the NFA and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital will survey up to 46,000 firefighters over the next eight days, asking tough questions about PTSD, depression, sleep [...]