SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cabinet is to renew a ban on TV advertisements for high calorie, low nutrient foods from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily, in an effort to tackle child obesity. The ban, which also prohibits mid-program ads of such foods during children’s TV programs at other times, was first [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Going on a diet has once again been named the most popular New Year’s resolution among South Koreans, according to a new big data study. Artificial intelligence-based big data analysis firm Daumsoft released a list of popular New Year’s resolutions on Monday, which showed that for 2018, South Koreans were [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of a biotech venture firm has emerged as the fourth-richest man in stock holdings in South Korea, industry data showed Sunday, amid a bio venture boom in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy. The value of stocks held by Seo Jung-jin, chairman of biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc., rose to 5.39 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the worst air quality among a group of 35 mostly rich nations, data showed Sunday, posing a health threat to people in one of the world’s most densely populated countries. In South Korea, PM2.5 levels are 27.9 micrograms per cubic meter, the highest level in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Babies living closer to roads are at a higher risk of having bronchiolitis, a study showed Friday, indicating a correlation between traffic-related air pollution and infantile bronchiolitis and childhood asthma. Bronchiolitis in infants mostly affects those younger than 2 months old. Signs of severe bronchiolitis include retractions and can [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found drinking one cup of coffee or green tea every day can help eliminate free radicals from the system. According to the study conducted by the Daejeon Metropolitan City Institute of Health & Environment, coffee and tea typically sold at cafes contain antioxidants such as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people attending a stop smoking program at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Seoul rose this year from 2017 amid rising cigarette prices and the expansion of nonsmoking zones, a hospital official said Wednesday. As many as 26 people have applied for the stop smoking camp run by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Low-income women and high-income men in South Korea are more likely to be obese, a report showed Tuesday, showing the correlation between body size and income level. The report was released by a team of researchers of the Seoul National University based on 39.09 million people who received medical [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean health authorities have set out plans for a bird flu emergency response system that will include an antigen bank and emergency vaccine supplies. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced the plans on Thursday, after a safety investigation task force launched by the Animal and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean medical research team’s treatment of patients diagnosed with ROS1 gene rearrangement non-small lung cancer with the drug Ceritinib has led to a change in globally accepted treatment methods. From June 2013 through February 2016, Yonsei Cancer Center researchers conducted drug therapies on 404 stage 4 lung [...]