SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — During the pandemic era, people worldwide have been sleeping slightly longer while the overall quality of sleep has deteriorated, the South Korean tech giant said Tuesday, citing its recent study. Samsung Electronics Co. conducted a survey of Galaxy Watch smartwatch users worldwide from January 2018 to June 2021, which [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Abuse of opioid medications like painkillers, anorectics and anesthetics is spreading among South Korean teens and 20-somethings. Rep. Kang gi-yun of the People Power Party referred to a report from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety showing that there were 61,087 prescriptions for fentanyl patches issued to those [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As pediatrics and gynecology clinics continue to shut down, certain regions are struggling with the lack of pediatricians and gynecologists, government data showed Thursday. Rep. Song Seog-jun of the People Power Party referred to a report from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which showed that 16 regions in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of teenage drug offenders has almost doubled over the past three years, but drug education has been given to less than 4 percent of students during the same period, a lawmaker said Friday. Teenagers accused of using drugs totaled 309 last year, up from 164 in 2019, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of surgical abortions legally carried out over the past five years is estimated to account for a mere one-tenth of all abortions conducted, indicating that a large portion of abortions take place outside of legal boundaries, a lawmaker said Tuesday. Rep. Shin Hyun-young of the Democratic Party [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans have been suffering from mental illnesses following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, primarily office workers, a report said Tuesday. Rep. Choi Hye-young of the Democratic Party referred to a National Health Insurance Service report that more than 4 million people visited hospitals [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a program that can be used for the diagnosis of early Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment by automatically analyzing changes in brain volume. The research team at the Catholic University of Korea’s College of Medicine said Tuesday that it had developed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The obesity rate spiked and depressive symptoms spread in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down outdoor activities, a government report said Tuesday. The research institute under Statistics Korea reported on Tuesday that the obesity rate in 2020 was 38.3 percent, up by 5 percentage points from the previous [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Flavored tobacco products make it easy for people to start smoking, while influencing them to continue smoking, a study showed Tuesday. Kim Hee-jin, a professor at Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health, conducted a survey of 10,030 people from 13 to 39 years of age. Among them, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The primary reason why shift workers tend to suffer more from sleep disorders and depression than non-shift workers is the activation of a specific brain area associated with information processing capability, a study indicated Monday. A joint research team from Seoul National University Hospital and Samsung Medical Center divided [...]