SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – No more “I don’t have time” excuses. According to the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, a research team from a Canadian university recently discovered that a single minute of vigorous exercise has almost the equivalent effect when it comes to preventing diabetes and improving cardiopulmonary functions as 46 minutes [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – According to Korea’s Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIFP) Monday, the latter’s BioNano Health Guard Research Center and Genbody have developed a test kit that can determine the presence of the Zika virus in just 20 minutes. The presence [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Hospitals are often a child’s worst nightmare, but some recent developments might make them more inviting places. A total of 14 teams participated in the Seoul City Health Care Make-A-Thon, which took place on May 21 to 22, where 70 contestants from 15-year-old students to doctors and nurses came [...]
DAEJEON, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – You might want to try soju (Korean rice wine) to wash your vegetables next time. A recent experiment unveiled soju’s unexpected ability to wash off germs and bacteria from produce like lettuce. The research was conducted by the Daejeon Institute of Health and Environment, and various produce cleaning products were [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean research team said Friday it has isolated a live Zika virus from a local patient’s semen, showing the possibility of sexual transmission. The 43-year-old man developed such symptoms as fever, chill and eye pain about a week after returning from Brazil in March where he was bitten [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study found that drinking even just a half a glass of milk a day reduces the likelihood of developing colon cancer by half. At the ‘2016 International Milk Symposium’ held in honor of World Milk Day (June 1), Professor Kim Jeong-sun from the Department of Cancer Epidemic Prevention at [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – May 31 was World No Tobacco Day. Korea also celebrated the event’s 29th anniversary with various stop-smoking events across the country. The Ministry of National Defense announced a policy to reduce soldiers’ smoking rate from the current 40 percent to 30 percent by 2020. It is offering leave to [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has discovered good news for women who like chocolate. A research team in Seoul, after weeks of scientific investigation, proved that chocolate is highly effective in improving skin elasticity and preventing wrinkles. Gi Won Yoon, a researcher at Seoul National University’s Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, stated [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A seminar to begin a dialogue on the topic of TV commercials featuring actual victims of smoking, known as a ‘testimonial anti-smoking campaign’, is set to take place before the end of the month. According to an official from the Ministry of Health and Welfare on May 29, [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that children who use smartphones from an early age have a higher chance of developing depression, anxiety and aggression. Researcher Kim Su-jung and professor Jung Ik-joong of Ewha Womans University revealed the findings in a thesis titled, ‘The Effects of Computer and Video Games and [...]