SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have discovered that taurine may be effective in treating Alzheimer’s disease, according to a December 14 announcement. Taurine, an amino acid which occurs naturally in squid and octopus, is commonly available as a dietary supplement that supports neurological development and [...]
“Anyone drinking ten cups of green tea every day for a long time can delay onset of cancer for up to seven years. For men who drank ten cups of tea (120 ml per cup) for ten years, an average of 7.3 years of cancer occurrence was delayed. For women, the same effect was observed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning will push for healthcare R&D projects that are directly related to citizens’ health and welfare. On December 9, the ministry announced that it has selected five healthcare service projects including mobile health scenario and platform development and biomarker-based diagnostic devices. Its budget set [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As accidents caused by mentally ill soldiers increase in the military barracks, the Korean defense ministry plans to lower the military exemption standards for psychiatric patents to six months of treatment from the current standard of more than one year. On December 7, the Ministry of National Defense of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Dongwha Pharmaceutical, one of the largest drug companies in Korea, was indicted for paying rebates by the billions of won to doctors in exchange for agreeing to give prescriptions with its own drugs. This is the biggest illegal rebate incident since December 2008 when a law making it illegal to pay [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — In the application for specialist doctors, the number of applicants for internal medicine doctor positions has fallen short of the assigned number for the first time in history. According to data released by the Korean Hospital Association on December 6 on the 2015 specialty doctor recruitment status, the total [...]
SEOUL, Nov.27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on November 26 that it has set the price for a pilot program for telemedicine services within the range between 9,900 and 38,000 won per patient. The healthcare service providers that will be subject to the new pricing are those participating in the pilot program [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – When a North American visiting South Korea has a headache, he or she will probably pay more than in the United States to buy Advil, as drugs manufactured by multinational pharmaceutical companies are typically sold at higher prices in South Korea than in other countries. When the Consumers Union [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Just as Chinese investors have increasingly invested in the Korean healthcare market, Korean companies are preparing to aggressively enter the Chinese medical market. The All H&B, the Korean organizer of a medical complex to be built in China, announced on November 18 that it signed an agreement with the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A study said the number of periodontal disease patients has increased by a large margin since dental scaling has been included in items paid by the national health insurance plan. According to the National Health Insurance Service, based on insurance data related to gum inflammation and periodontal disease between [...]