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3D Imaging Technologies Realize Customized Dental Implant

3D Imaging Technologies Realize Customized Dental Implant

SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Dental implants became simple and accurate thanks to customized implant system grafting state-of-the-art IT to dental clinics. The customized dental implant system enables optimized implant procedures for various people with different oral structures by scanning them and making their 3D images in the computer. Dentists, as they practice operating virtually [...]

Breakthrough Discovery in Tackling Elusive Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease

Breakthrough Discovery in Tackling Elusive Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease

SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s medical research team has shed light on the elusive cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Led by Pae Jae-sung, a professor from the medical school and Jin Hee-gyung, a professor from the school of veterinary science in Kyungpook National University, the research team discovered an enzyme called ‘ASM (Acid [...]

Smartphone App “Who’s There?” Helps to Protect from Delivery-guised Villains

Smartphone App “Who’s There?” Helps to Protect from Delivery-guised Villains

  SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A smartphone application “Who’s There?,” developed and launched by a start-up venture “Star Sun Moon” is gaining popularity among single-woman households as it proves to be highly effective in preventing crimes involving delivery-posed criminals. “Who’s There?” is an application to help women, elderly and children who are left alone [...]

Sex Offenders in Your Neighborhood Now to Be Surveilled with a Smartphone

Sex Offenders in Your Neighborhood Now to Be Surveilled with a Smartphone

SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced that it has launched a “Sex Criminal Alert” application and is now available for download. The “Sex Criminal Alert” is an application which provides information on sex offenders residing nearby of the user and other useful information on prevention of sex violence [...]

Unhappy Korean Elderly: Most Seniors Worry about Their Future

Unhappy Korean Elderly: Most Seniors Worry about Their Future

SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Among elderly people in Korea, lots of them are developing anxiety disorder making their lives harder due to severe uneasiness and fear for the future. Also, seven out of ten aged people are not doing any special leisure activities, a survey said. According to medical statistics from the National Health [...]

Mate Tea Imports Rise 18 Times for 5 Years…on the Back of Diet Vogue

Mate Tea Imports Rise 18 Times for 5 Years…on the Back of Diet Vogue

SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The imports of mate tea (pronounced as “mah-tay”) have grown 18 times for the past five years. It contrasts well with the importation of green tea and black tea growing only 3.4 times during the same period. The caffeine-rich tea from South America is popular in Korea principally because of [...]