SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea grapples with an aging population, pharmaceutical companies are increasingly looking at ‘medifood’ as a potential new growth area. Medifood, also known as ‘food for special medical purposes,’ includes beverages and meals specially designed for the elderly or others who require particular nutritional care due to health reasons. On [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of young women in their 20s, without immediate pregnancy plans, are turning to personal YouTube channels for stories about overcoming infertility, including miscarriages, IVF treatments, and egg freezing. This trend indicates a shift in viewership for such content, from married women preparing for pregnancy and childbirth to now [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) in South Korea recently reported a significant rise in the number of individuals seeking treatment for depression, surpassing one million in 2022. Looking back over the past five years, there has been a consistent increase in these numbers. Starting from 753,011 in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has found that users of electronic cigarettes, particularly those using liquid-type e-cigarettes, exhibit weaker intentions to quit smoking compared to traditional cigarette users. The study, conducted by a research team led by Professor Kim Dae-hyun of the Department of Family Medicine at Keimyung University College of Medicine, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) –A recent report indicates that nearly half of South Koreans are not engaging in the amount of physical activity recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), falling significantly below the global average. The Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea has updated the ‘Physical Activity Guidelines for Koreans,’ [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reveal a significant decrease in the daily smoking rates among South Koreans aged 15 and above in the past decade. As of 2021, the daily smoking rate – the percentage of people [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –Over 43,000 individuals visited South Korean emergency rooms in the past year following suicide or self-harm attempts, with nearly half of these cases involving teenagers and young adults in their twenties. The incidence of suicide and self-harm attempts among individuals aged 10 to 29 has surged by 50-70% in recent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) –The education ministry said Wednesday it will make a mental health test available at all elementary, middle and high schools starting in the new semester in March in an effort to detect students at risk early amid worsening problems of teenage suicide and loners. The “mind EASY test” is composed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – For the third consecutive year, thyroid cancer has been ranked as the most frequently diagnosed cancer in South Korea, sparking renewed debate over the issue of overtreatment. The concern arises particularly in light of the fact that the five-year relative survival rate for patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer is reported [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In a comprehensive analysis of South Korea’s cancer trends during the COVID-19 pandemic, new findings reveal a significant increase in cancer diagnoses in 2021. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Cancer Center announced that approximately 278,000 new cancer cases were recorded in 2021, a 10.8% increase from [...]