SEOUL, Jan.18 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study indicates that adolescents who are addicted to smartphones have more suicidal thoughts. Research on the relationship between smartphone addiction and depression among adolescents has been conducted in the past, but the new study marks the first time that smartphone addiction has been tied to suicidal thoughts. Professor [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has decided to expand a telemedicine system that is currently being tested. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the government will expand the region, size, and targets when it executes its third telemedicine system test run. Prior to the third test run, the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Jan.13 (Korea Bizwire) – Research suggests that women who give birth to more children age more slowly. According to the English journal Daily Mail, a Canadian research team at Simon Fraser University compared the number of children of 75 natives in Guatemala, with the length of their telomeres. Telomeres are the base sequences of [...]
DAEJEON, Jan.12 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean and American joint research team has developed a nano-capsule that makes diagnosing cancer within 24 hours possible by injecting the substance into the human body. The organic fluorescent dye contained in the capsule glows in different colors in the presence of different types of cancer cells. Professor Song [...]
ASAN, Jan.12 (Korea Bizwire) – New research indicates that even if you have more money, satisfaction with life doesn’t increase. At a time when the economy is slumping, leading to resignations, unemployment, and tight household finances, many people think that money and happiness are not related. A recent report entitled ‘Relationship Between Local Income and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Roughly a third of adult South Koreans were overweight in 2014, with many not even trying to lose weight, government data showed Monday. The 2014 national health data by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) showed 31.5 percent of people over 19 were categorized as being [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus that spread through South Korea last year underwent a mutation that could have affected its ability to infect people and the fatality rate, the government said Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said bodily fluid specimens taken from [...]
SEOUL, Jan5. (Korea Bizwire) – Research indicates that loneliness is as bad for one’s health as a lack of exercise and diabetes. The English journal Daily Mail reported that a research team at the University of North Carolina discovered that relationships with others during adolescent and senior years influence one’s health greatly after studying the [...]
SEOUL, Jan.6 (Korea Bizwire) – Research shows that sugar can accelerate the occurrence and spread of breast cancer, proving that there is a reason to cut back on sugar consumption besides the obvious health and weight implications. NBC News and Medical Express reported that a research team lead by Professor Lorenzo Cohen at the University [...]
SEOUL, Jan.4 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study shows that people who were exposed to secondhand smoke were almost twice as likely to be smokers compared to those were weren’t. Professor Kang Dae-hee and his research team at Seoul National University arrived at the results after studying the smoking patterns of 24,490 adult males between [...]