SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean children born in 2015 are expected to live more than 10 years shorter than their southern counterparts, an annual U.N. report said Thursday. According to the U.N. Development Programme’s report on the 2016 Human Development Index (HDI), the life expectancy of North Korean babies born in that year is estimated at 70.5 years, 11.6 years less than 82.1 years for South Korean babies. The [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Exposure to air pollution increases risk of aggravating Parkinson’s disease and may cause neurological disease progression, a study showed Friday. According to the study by Kim Ho at Seoul National University, patients with the neurodegenerative disease are more likely to visit emergency rooms during days with high levels of [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Almost half of South Korean men are suffering from hair loss due mainly to stress with some of them willing to give up drinking or sex to get healthy hair, a poll showed Thursday. According to the survey of 801 Korean men ages 25 to 45 taken by Nielsen [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Graphic warning labels printed on tobacco packages will now be seen on packages of cigarettes sold at duty free shops. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) announced Wednesday that cigarette products exported from foreign countries for sale at duty free stores will also be subject to the [...]
JEJU, South Korea, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Jungang Girls’ High School is one of the biggest high schools on the island with 1,400 students in 37 classes. The school has seen its obesity rate rise in recent years, with students spending more and more hours studying with little physical activity, accompanied by an [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean scientists developed a new type of gold nano-sized materials to treat hyperuricemia, the science ministry said Wednesday, opening a new gateway for the treatment of diseases such as gout. Hyperuricemia is a phenomenon marked by an abnormally high level of uric acid in the [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Bloomberg’s latest Healthiest Country Index revealed that Italians, famous for their love of fresh vegetables, seafood and quality olive oil, are the healthiest people in the world. Of the 164 countries in the index from Bloomberg, Italians topped the list with the highest score of 93.11 out of 100. [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Those insured who don’t smoke or have normal blood pressure will now be able to get discounts on their premiums, as part of the government’s effort to encourage more healthy people to get on board. The government is focused on spreading the word about existing policies of private insurance [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “My dad always tells me that my breath smells like poop and it’s driving me mad. I have trouble talking to people up close, face-to-face in school.” “I have terrible breath like I’m belching out a public toilet.” “My girlfriend has awful breath and I don’t want to tell [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The age at which South Korean women start smoking has been moving down as the negative perception of women’s smoking wanes amid tobacco makers’ active marketing targeting them, a report said Tuesday. The report, based on a survey of 35,996 female smokers aged 19 and older, showed they took [...]