SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – As Severance Hospital, which has earned worldwide attention recently by treating US Ambassador Mark Lippert, stresses that it is the legitimate successor of Jejungwon, Korea’s first national western-style hospital, Seoul National University Hospital, its main rival, suffers in silence. In a briefing session explaining the physical condition of Ambassador [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Arkay Beverages announces that consumers drink Arkay for the placebo effect. Ever come home from work and plain needed a good stiff drink? It seems a fairly common sentiment, but according to Arkay Beverages, the notion that alcohol can curb stress may be an axiom. Of course, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hallux valgus, a chronic condition often associated with wearing tight footwear such as high heels, has been occurring more frequently in Korean males. According to a report from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) published on March 1, 84.7 percent of individuals diagnosed with Hallux valgus from 2009 to [...]
Seoul, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A smoke-free zone on sidewalks along Gangnam Boulevard has been expanded, said the Seocho-gu office on March 1. The original 943-meter-long smoke-free zone stretched from exit No. 8 of Gangnam Subway Station to exit No. 6 of Sinnonhyeon Station. The district office has designated an additional 555 meters of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Changes in dining culture in Korea focusing on well-being, as well as a prolonged economic recession and increases of single-person households have led to the closure of family restaurants in Korea. For example, Outback Steakhouse, which led the heyday of the family restaurant industry in the early and mid-2000s, [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans spent the most in over 10 years on alcoholic beverages in 2014, mainly on beer and soju, statistics agency said Monday, while demand for cigarettes fell, most likely from the price increase. Data provided by Statistics Korea said local households spent an average of 11,267 won (US$10.16) [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean researchers have isolated a link between stress hormones and infertility in female Drosophila (fruit flies). A research team led by Prof. Kim Young-joon of the Biological Science Department at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) discovered that neuronal mechanisms in female Drosophila melanogaster control sperm retention and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of individuals with subfertility increased 16 percent from 178,000 in 2007 to 208,000 in 2014, despite the Korean government’s continued efforts to expand health care services including subfertility treatments. According to a February 20 report by Park Yoon-Ok, assembly member of the Saenuri Party, the incidence of male subfertility [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A multitude of Korean religious bodies have started various campaigns to spread the culture of organ donation among Koreans. There was a dramatic increase, in 2009, of individuals submitting their wish to donate their organs to Catholic NGO One-Body One-Spirit Movement’s organ donation program, according to One-Body One-Spirit’s report [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A specialist hospital managed by Seoul National University Hospital, one of South Korea’s top medical centers, opened in the United Arab Emirates, South Korea’s health ministry said Wednesday. The opening ceremony of the Sheikh Khalifa Specialist Hospital on Wednesday came eight months after the SNU was selected as the [...]