SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Market research firm Macromill Embrain surveyed 700 adults in their age between 20 and 49 living in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province on buying habits about Hovenia dulcis extract beverages. Of the respondents, 66.9 percent have bought the beverage to relieve their hangovers. When there were no drinks made from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of patients with disc herniation rose to 2.71 million last year. In particular, high usage of smartphones and tablets causes a surge of cervical herniated disc patients. The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service announced on October 12 that 2.71 million patients suffered from slipped discs in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Health Insurance Service interpreted big data from 2002 through 2012 in South Korea to analyze the impact of gestational diabetes mellitus on postpartum diabetes. According to the data, the number of women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus was 115,646 in 2012, rapidly up by 5.8-folds [...]
![[Infographic] As spontaneous abortion is increasing, more moms grieve](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Miscarriage-thumbnail.jpg "[Infographic] As spontaneous abortion is increasing, more moms grieve")
SEOUL, Oct.10 (Korea Bizwire) – Miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the 20th week. It is a serious matter not only for the woman but also for her partner and their families. As a growing number of women get pregnant late in life, the rate of miscarriage is also increasing. Therefore, it is important [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A city-wide campaign to make Seoul citizens keep healthy weight has paid off with an increasing number of Seoulites successfully shedding their pounds, helped by the motivational weight loss initiative. The Seoul Metropolitan city government, which launched the weight loss campaign “Healthy Weight 3.3.3. Project 2014″ early July this year, announced 12,314 citizens [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As the permissible level for parabens on toothpastes for children has turned out to be much higher than that for other products including wet tissues for oral cleaning, many people are showing increasing concerns about any harmful effect from it and asking to lower the level. According to a report released by Kim Yong-ik, a [...]
![[Infographic] How to Prevent No.1 Cause of Death: Heart Disease](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Heart-disease-thumbnail-2.jpg "[Infographic] How to Prevent No.1 Cause of Death: Heart Disease")
SEOUL, Oct.6 (Korea Bizwire) – September 29 is the World Heart Day. The Korean Society of Cardiology lets you know ten ways to lower your heart disease risk in celebration of the day. Keeping your heart healthy, whatever your age, is the most important thing you can do to help prevent and manage heart disease, since the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will actively nurture four major high-tech industry areas combining bio and information technologies such as mobile cardiopulmonary diagnostic devices, smart wheelchair, diagnostic and preventive technologies for Internet and game addiction, and bio implants. Lee Jin-kyu, an official with the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning in charge of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A study suggested the biggest threat to Koreans’ health is laziness and insufficient or too much sleep rather than excessive drinking and smoking or lack of exercise, as generally assumed. Park So-hyun, research staff with the Graduate School of Public Heath, Seoul National University, said this in her paper “Analysis [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The wet wipe market in Korea has grown to 270 billion won (US$254 million), but controversies whether wet tissues are safe for human health are still raging on. Recently a news report caused stir among consumers as it exposed most wet wipe products sold in Korea contain “cetrimonium bromide,” an antiseptic [...]