SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — In a surprising turn of events, the number of influenza cases has rebounded since the end of March this year, despite the usual springtime decrease. Experts suggest that this unexpected increase may be due to the recent opening of schools and the lifting of the indoor mask mandate on [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Less than two out of 10 South Korean elderly people have a hunched back, the standard agency said Sunday, as their physical stature has improved thanks to the improvement in income levels and consistent self-care efforts. The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards conducted a survey of 1,014 senior [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a notable shift in dietary habits, with a significant drop in dining out and a surge in the consumption of dietary supplements and delivery food, according to a report from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) released on Thursday. The report, entitled [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of the medical specialists over 65 years of age are not engaged in medical practice, data showed Sunday. The number of medical doctors over 65 stood at 17,245 as of January, and of the total, 9,273 or 53.8 percent were working at medical institutions, according to data [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The exposure of toddlers to smartphones and digital media undermines their social development, a study showed Thursday. A research team from Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital interviewed parents of 96 toddlers who had received medical treatment for delays in social development and those with 101 toddlers without social [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven in 10 Korean adults have used oriental medical services before, mainly for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, a survey showed Thursday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a survey of 5,055 adults over 19 years of age, and found that 71 percent of the respondents had used [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — In March 2027, a new coronavirus infection is reported in South Korea for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. The world fears the novel coronavirus, named COVID-27 by the World Health Organization, due to a lack of information about the infectious virus. COVID-27 patients show similar [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new smartphone app that can check the change in the amount of urine produced by analyzing the sound of urination. A joint research team from the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and the Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital announced on Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — In 1993, it was discovered that the Soviet (now Russian) Navy had dumped approximately 1,000 tons of radioactive nuclear waste in the East Sea, 190 kilometers southeast of Vladivostok. Although the Soviet Union claimed that the concentration of nuclear waste released was lower than the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The share of South Koreans who know that alcoholic beverages are a cancer-causing substance remains low at about 30 percent, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey of 7,000 Korean men and women between the ages of 20 and 60 across the country conducted by the National Cancer [...]