JEONGSEON, South Korea, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Kangwon Land’s Mind Fulfillment Center (KLACC: KangwonLand Attentive Mind Care Center) has become the first operator in South Korea’s gambling industry to publish research on the effectiveness of its gambling addiction treatment program in a peer-reviewed academic journal. According to Kangwon Land, findings from its intensive meditation [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — In Mongolia, where liver cancer rates are the highest in the world, a 15-year partnership with a South Korean hospital has enabled 300 patients to receive life-saving liver transplants without leaving their country. Asan Medical Center in Seoul announced on March 13 that its program to establish living-donor liver transplantation [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have discovered that a common native plant shows promising results in suppressing norovirus, offering potential hope for preventing the widespread winter illness. The National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) announced on March 12 that extracts from Duchesnea chrysantha, a wild strawberry species native to Korea, demonstrated significant [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are undergoing cancer screenings, with government-recommended participation rates reaching 70.2% last year, marking a 3.8 percentage-point increase from 2024, according to a new report by the National Cancer Center. The study, which surveyed 4,500 individuals without a prior cancer diagnosis, examined participation rates [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A novel treatment using high-voltage electrical pulses to destroy cancer cells has shown promising results for patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer, according to research from Severance Hospital in Seoul. The study, led by Kim Man-deuk and Kwon Joon-ho from the hospital’s radiology department, demonstrated improved survival rates using an advanced [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Individuals with Type 1 diabetes face nearly twice the risk of suicide compared to the general population and 1.8 times higher risk than cancer patients, according to a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine. The research, conducted by Kim Jae-hyeon, Kim Gyu-ri, and Kim Seohyun from Samsung Seoul [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A heated debate has erupted over South Korean discount retailer Daiso’s sale of low-cost health supplements, as pharmacists oppose the move while consumer groups argue it infringes on consumer rights. The Korea Consumer Organizations Council issued a statement on March 7 condemning the pharmacist associations’ objections, stating, “Health supplements are [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent research suggests that overweight children and adolescents with severe food addiction symptoms struggle more with emotional regulation and behavior control. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced on March 4 that a research team led by Park Kyung-hee from Hallym University’s Department of Family Medicine recently published these [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Users of the AI-driven mobile blood sugar management solution PASTA have adopted dietary habits that prioritize fiber over protein and carbohydrates, along with regular post-meal walking, to help regulate blood sugar levels and lose weight. These efforts have collectively resulted in a blood sugar reduction equivalent to 5.46 million sugar [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — While depression is widely recognized as a leading risk factor for suicide, new research suggests that individuals with personality disorders face an even greater likelihood of taking their own lives. A study led by Professor Jeon Hong-jin from the Department of Psychiatry at Samsung Medical Center found that people diagnosed [...]