SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors living alone can raise their level of life satisfaction and lower stress by adopting a pet, a study showed Tuesday. A research team from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs surveyed 1,308 people over 60 years of age forming single-person households, to learn about their pets, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans consume an excessive amount of sodium, but it does not affect their mortality rate, a study showed Wednesday. A research team from Severance Hospital analyzed 143,050 adult participants in the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study, which showed that they consumed 2,500 milligrams of sodium every day, falling short [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean embassy in Bangkok and the Korean association in Thailand on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangkok Hospital to provide medical services to Koreans in Thailand. Based on the agreement, the hospital will provide medical treatment to Korean residents at a discounted rate, and alert [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean public has gained more awareness about “pet plants” than one year ago. The Rural Development Administration conducted a survey of 874 consumers, 87.9 percent of whom said they knew what a pet plant was, an increase of 5.6 percentage points from the 2021 survey. At 45 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Shift workers suffering from sleep deprivation have a far higher chance of suffering from depression than day workers, a study showed Sunday. A research team from the Korean Public Health Association analyzed the answers of 13,191 workers over 19 years of age who participated in the National Health and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean men have become more obese over the past 13 years due to drinking and lack of exercise, a government report showed Friday. The percentage of males aged 19 and over who have body mass indexes (BMIs) of 25 kilograms per square meter or over reached 44.8 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Depression has spread among men in their 30s and 40s following the pandemic, particularly among those with lower educational attainment, without a spouse and those who smoke, the public health agency said Tuesday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency analyzed the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean medical workers’ occupational radiation exposure is at a safe level, falling far short of upper limits but still higher than exposure in other industrialized countries, data showed Monday. The per-capita occupational radiation exposure of the nation’s 101,964 radiologists, radiology technicians and nurse assistants at 42,527 medical institutions [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A husband or a wife with a healthy cardiovascular index is more likely to have a spouse with a similar healthy index, a study showed Sunday. A research team from Yonsei University College of Medicine analyzed 6,030 middle-aged couples who participated in the 2014 to 2019 National Health and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of pediatrics departments at training hospitals in Seoul are planning to reduce their medical treatment capacity due to a shortage of medical staff, a survey showed Monday. The Korean Pediatric Society conducted two nationwide surveys of 96 pediatrics departments at training hospitals in September and December, 75 [...]