SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has found fermented foods with lactic acid bacteria such as kimchi can help fight the flu. The joint study conducted by Korea University, the World Institute of Kimchi, and Daesang Corporation revealed that traditional fermented foods with lactobacillus can help control flu viruses, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Individuals with high blood pressure and glaucoma are more likely to have a stroke, a new study has found. Professors Park Ki-ho, Jung Jin-wook, and Lee Won-joon from the department of ophthalmology at Seoul National University have discovered that glaucoma can double the risk of stroke for those suffering [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of engineering students at Seoul National University has developed a trampoline designed to produce compressed air that could help dentists in developing countries power high-speed equipment used for treatment, the university said Tuesday. The team, led by Kim Jae-in, a student in the Mechanical Aviation Engineering Department [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Gastric cancer is among the most common types of cancer in South Korea along with thyroid cancer, a new government report has found. According to data released by the Ministry of Health and National Cancer Center on Thursday, the total number of cancer patients in South Korea stood at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Health authorities have been put on alert after yet another student was diagnosed with tuberculosis in the famous hagwon town Noryangjin. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a student was diagnosed with the disease during a local medical test provided by the organization. The student in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Health authorities said early Tuesday that three of the four newborns who died successively in an intensive care unit last week may have been infected with an antibiotics-resistant virus. The Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDCP) revealed its interim result on the preliminary blood culture tests of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Forensic doctors on Monday conducted autopsies on the bodies of four newborns who successively died at a local university hospital, but failed to find a cause of death after an initial exam. The prematurely born babies were in incubators at the intensive care unit for newborns at Ewha Womans [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Forensic doctors were to conduct an autopsy Monday morning on the bodies of four newborn babies to determine what caused them to die successively in an 81-minute period over the weekend. The prematurely born babies were in incubators at the intensive care unit for newborns at Ewha Womans University [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean men are taking paternity leave nowadays, but their number still pales in comparison to that of women, data showed Friday. The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that the number of male employees getting paternity leave came to 7,616 in 2016, up from 4,872 in 2015, [...]
JEJU, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jeju Island’s provincial government is prolonging the approval process for a Chinese for-profit hospital project after drawing fierce criticism from groups against the privatization of health care. The Jeju government will hold a meeting on Friday to discuss the controversial for-profit Greenland International Hospital project with medical experts and [...]