SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Green Cross, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, seems to surpass industry’s expectations in the global pharmaceutical market. The Seoul-based pharmaceutical company accelerates export of its not only medicines including vaccines and plasma-derivatives but also pharmaceutical plants to other countries. The volume of medicine exports accounted for 151.7 billion won, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a report on public health published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Korea, men in their 30s are most prone to be obese while women in their 60s are most likely to have obesity problems. Even though 47.1 percent of South Korean men are obese, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Dementia, a damaging disease that devastates not only patients but also their families, is rapidly growing in Korean society as a statistics shows that the number of dementia patients has doubled in fewer than five years. According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), the number of the [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — It is reported that one in five South Koreans can’t go to hospital. While the number of those who are not able to go to hospital is continuously decreasing, the number of people who can’t go to clinic due to lack of money is rising. According to a report [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – An executive at a construction company in his mid-50s has been unable to have dinner with his family for days. Last night he had dinner at the company cafeteria as he had to work until late, followed by a corporate party tonight. He thinks it would be hard to [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Jung Jin-su who won a gold medal in team fencing at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon called banana a secret to his feat, stating that he could gain his stamina by taking in bananas instead of a meal during his training. Athletes who need a high level of [...]
![[Infographic] Is it forgetfulness or dementia?](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dementia-thumbnail.jpg "[Infographic] Is it forgetfulness or dementia?")
SEOUL, Sep.26 (Korea Bizwire) – Regardless of age, many people experience occasional episodes of forgetfulness. They fear that an increasing number of such lapses isa sure sign of dementia. However, there are important differences between forgetfulness and dementia. Here are some examples to distinguish between them. In addition, here is also information on foods that prevent dementia. [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – “Is it a bag of chips, or a bag of filler gas with some snack inside?” Undoubtedly, there are many people who cannot help but laugh right after they open a bag of potato chips, realizing that there is a bag full of air, not a bag full of [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital announced on September 24 that the hospital signed an agreement with VPS Healthcare Group in the United Arab Emirates on September 22 to establish an Abu Dhabi medical checkup center. The agreement is the first case for a private medical clinic to enter the UAE medical market [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are likely to drink more coffee than any other food. As the consumption of coffee has increased, calorie intake from coffee has quadrupled for ten years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Korea surveying 3,805 adults over the age of 19 announced that Korean people drank [...]