SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) and Chungnam National University Hospital announced yesterday that they are teaming up to conduct a number of research and development projects, including a 3D printing-based ear reconstruction procedure. The announcement came yesterday after officials from both parties signed a memorandum of understanding [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The average suicide rate among South Koreans is 2.6 times higher than that of the European Union, according to new statistics. According to Eurostat, the EU’s official statistics institute, 58,000 of 4.9 million Europeans who died in 2014 took their own lives, accounting for 1.2 percent of all deaths [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans believe they have a long way to go for the culture of ‘dying well’ to be widely understood and entrenched in society, according to a new medical survey. The survey released yesterday by Seoul National University’s College of Medicine on hospice facilities and palliative care revealed over [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s young women are increasingly becoming either overweight or underweight, while men are gaining in abdominal obesity, a medical report said Monday. The research results showed that among women in their 20s and 30s, prevalence for becoming underweight increased from 8.8 percent in 1998 to 14 percent in [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Researchers at the Rural Development Administration have discovered that acacia honey can inhibit the growth of helicobacter pylori, bacteria associated with a number of disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract, including stomach ulcers, gastritis, and even stomach cancer. Acacia honey, produced from false acacia trees or black locust flowers, [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Growing concerns over harmful fine dust particles in South Korea are seeing more people opt for exercise indoors. According to industry experts, sales of home exercise equipment have been going through the roof since last month, nearly on par with the yearly sales peak that has occurred during the winter [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — New research shows the number of mismatched kidney transplants among married couples is now on the rise after transplants between mismatched donors and recipients were first allowed in 2007 in South Korea. Mismatched kidney transplants accounted for nearly 22 percent of the kidney transplant procedures conducted in 2014, a drastic [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health ministry said Wednesday it will suspend providing benefits for nine variations of two drug types manufactured by the local unit of Novartis after the Swiss pharmaceutical giant was found to have been engaged in illegal kickbacks. For six months starting in August, local customers will have [...]
DAEGU, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of medical tourists from foreign countries are visiting Daegu, surpassing 20,000 for the first time last year. Daegu had nearly 21,000 overseas patients in 2016, up 62.5 percent compared to the year before, making the city the biggest medical tourism destination apart from the Seoul Capital [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – One out of 7 temporary workers have experienced depression, almost twice as high as those holding regular positions, a study showed Tuesday. The prevalence for depression was 13.1 percent among irregular workers, whose job conditions are far less favorable than for permanent workers and have to constantly worry about [...]