SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) —Samsung Electronics announced on Tuesday its commitment to further enrich the health management capabilities of its Galaxy Watch series, pinpointing sleep functionality as a key cornerstone of its future strategy in the health sector. During a media briefing held at the company’s headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, Samsung unveiled its strategic [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s first brainwave-based in-vehicle healthcare technology, developed by Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s leading auto parts maker, will be utilized for psychological consultations with children. The company on Wednesday announced the delivery of its brainwave-based driver monitoring system, M.Brain, to six childcare organizations nationwide. The design and comfort [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) —Nurses are protesting against President Yoon Seok-yeol’s veto of a controversial bill that would define the roles and responsibilities of nurses, expressing concerns about potential disruptions to the public healthcare system. On Wednesday, the Korean Nurses Association (KNA) announced their intention to engage in a so-called “work-to-rule” campaign. They plan [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of the Joint Action to Stop Japan’s Radioactive Contaminated Water Dumping at Sea convened a press conference on Wednesday at Gwanghwamun Square in Jongno-gu, Seoul, passionately advocating for an immediate cessation of Japan’s hazardous practice of releasing radioactive contaminated water into the sea. This urgent call to action [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a survey published on Sunday in the Health and Welfare Forum by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), five out of every 100 young adults in South Korea are virtually “isolated” from society, with no meaningful interaction with others. The study defined “isolation” as [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District office on Sunday announced the appointment of 39 global healthcare coordinators to offer translation services to foreign visitors seeking medical treatment in South Korea. The program, which began in 2011, aims to assist foreign patients visiting clinics in Gangnam District by providing dedicated medical translation services. [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The prevalence of obesity among South Korean teenagers has doubled over a period of 15 years, with related socio-economic inequality deepening. A research team led by Kim Hyun-chang, a professor at Yonsei University College of Medicine, analyzed big data on 818,210 middle and high school students who participated in [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that suicide-related counseling provided by youth counseling centers in South Korea has increased by 77 percent over the past five years. This increase comes amid a spate of teen suicides in Gangnam, Seoul. Last year alone, the number of suicide counseling sessions increased by [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Teenagers who watch cooking or eating shows online are more likely to have an unhealthy diet than those who do not, a survey showed Sunday. A survey conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency covered 60,000 middle and high school students from 800 schools nationwide. It found [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) —The health impacts of cell phone use remain an ongoing debate, particularly concerning whether cell phones emit electromagnetic waves and their potential link to brain disease, which has been under discussion since the late 2000s. In 2011, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization [...]