SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 7 out of 10 South Koreans voiced support for a gradual increase in the medical school admission quota rather than a drastic hike, a survey showed Monday. The survey of 1,000 South Koreans aged 18 and older commissioned by the national medical professors’ council showed that 68.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – This year’s summer wave of COVID-19 is estimated to have passed its peak, with the weekly number of the virus’ inpatients dropping 20 percent last week, health authorities said Wednesday. The number of COVID-19 patients at 220 hospitals last week reached 1,164, compared with 1,464 reported a week earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans underwent an average of 7.7 medical radiation examinations per person last year, including X-rays and CT scans, according to a report released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on August 26. This figure represents a 13% increase from the previous year and is approximately seven [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly half of South Korea’s population is experiencing prolonged feelings of embitterment, according to a recent study. The research, conducted by a team led by professor Yoo Myung-soon at Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Health, reveals that 1 in 10 South Koreans is grappling with severe levels of [...]
IKSAN, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Two South Korean university students have clinched the highest honor at the prestigious 2024 Red Dot Design Award for their groundbreaking medical device design. Wonkwang University announced on August 27 that Kim Sang-eun and Ma Seo-young, students from its Interior and Industrial Design Department, were awarded the “Best of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A groundbreaking study has revealed that astrocytes, star-shaped non-neuronal cells in the brain, can potentially restore memory and cognitive abilities in Alzheimer’s patients by removing toxic proteins through a process called autophagy. On August 25, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that a research team led by [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has ruled that a hospital must pay approximately 400 million won in compensation to the family of an American patient who died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism after being discharged following hip fracture surgery. The Seoul Central District Court’s Civil Settlement Division 15 (presided over by [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Eleven mpox cases have been reported so far this year in South Korea, but all detected cases were the less deadly Clade II variant, health authorities said Monday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the latest case was reported this month, adding that health authorities have [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean health care authorities on Sunday discussed ways to minimize possible fallout from a looming strike by a nationwide union of nurses and medical workers this week. On Saturday, members of the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union, which has some 30,000 nurses and medical workers at 61 [...]
JEONJU, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A cosmetic product derived from royal jelly, patented by South Korea’s Rural Development Administration (RDA), has demonstrated remarkable effectiveness in reducing wrinkles, according to skin experiments conducted by the agency. The RDA announced on Wednesday that its royal jelly-infused cosmetic had been registered as a functional anti-wrinkle product with the [...]