SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court said Friday that doctors of traditional Korean medicine, also known as Oriental medicine doctors, cannot be punished for using brain wave sensors, a modern medical device, to diagnose Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. The top court’s ruling came after a Korean medicine doctor was slapped with a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of children and adolescents seeking medical attention for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in South Korea has surged over a four-year period, data showed Monday. A total of 81,512 individuals aged 6 to 18 received treatment for ADHD in 2022, a significant increase of 82.2 percent compared [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have developed a “sleep pattern” that allows shift workers to stay awake at their preferred time. A joint research team from Samsung Medical Center, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Institute of Basic Science (IBS) said Monday it has created a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The leading cause of dementia among South Koreans is insufficient physical activity, a study showed Sunday. Researchers from the Samsung Medical Center analyzed data from the National Health Insurance Service and monitored a total of 794,448 individuals without any history of dementia as of 2006. Throughout the observation period [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has confirmed a highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) virus in cat food used at a Seoul animal shelter that earlier reported flu cases among cats, the agriculture ministry said Friday. Earlier this week, the H5 AI strain was found in two kinds of cat food — Balanced [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has successfully identified the cause of childhood stress-induced mental disorders, as well as potential treatment methods that were previously unknown. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) research team focused on astrocytes, responsible for immune function in the brain, which excessively eliminate [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of heatstroke patients in South Korea has surged in the past two days, following a heat wave that hit the country after the end of the rainy season. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Saturday, 46 people were diagnosed with heatstroke across [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — There has been an increasing number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in South Korea due to same-sex contact in the last few years, data showed Wednesday. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, there were 19,001 cases of HIV infection between 1985 and 2022, excluding foreigners. [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A person who takes a longer time to fall asleep has a twofold higher likelihood of dying compared to someone with quicker sleep onset, a study showed Tuesday. A research team from Korea University’s College of Medicine conducted a prospective cohort study on 3,757 individuals aged between 40 and [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Digital therapeutics (DTx), used to treat insomnia and depression through smartphone applications, may soon be covered by health insurance. According to industry sources, the enactment bill for DTx health insurance guidelines recently passed the sub-committee of the health insurance policy deliberation committee under the Ministry of Health and Welfare. [...]