SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that the severity of cancer at the time of initial diagnosis differs by the patient’s income. All.Can Korea, a civic group devoted to tackling inefficient environments for treating cancer, conducted a survey of 495 cancer patients, 38.1 percent of whom had their first tumor discovered [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has found that plants can impact each other through smell without entering into physical contact. A team from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said Thursday it had found that a plant whose roots were modified through the application of beneficial bacteria [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — People always hesitate with the question of whether to tell their families and loved ones about their medical results, especially if it has to do with cancer, Parkinson’s disease, or Alzheimer’s disease. The results of a recent survey showed that a majority of people, including doctors, want to tell [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Beverages made with brown sugar and Korean sugar candy, or dalgona, were found to have excessive levels of sweet substances, a local government survey showed Wednesday, raising health concerns over such drinks popular among the young generation here. According to the study on 40 local brown sugar and 35 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has secured early access of COVID-19 vaccines developed by four pharmaceutical companies and from a global vaccine project for 44 million people, the health ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it has preordered 64 million doses of vaccines by four drugmakers — AstraZeneca [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed new technology that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to anticipate the effects of chemotherapy for breast cancer patients. The Korea Institute of Radiological Medical Sciences announced recently that an AI deep learning mechanism can be used to anticipate the effects of chemotherapy for breast cancer [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of plastic surgery patients is increasing in South Korea as the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled them to stay longer and ‘recover’ at home. The demand for plastic surgery is increasing since more people are attempting to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, when plastic [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced Thursday that new guidelines on treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients have been published. The guide includes eight recommendations for the healthcare workers, caretakers, and other related personnel. On the patient’s right to health, the guide proclaims that all patients have [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of coronavirus test kits amounted to US$2.3 billion in the first 11 months of the year due to soaring demand amid the deepening pandemic, data showed Friday. Exports of test kits hit a record high of $546 million in November, up from $412 million the previous [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has signed a deal with British-Swedish bio giant AstraZeneca Plc. to purchase the company’s COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Thursday. Seoul, however, didn’t disclose the details of the contract, including financial terms and the amount of vaccines to be bought. “(South Korea) recently signed a vaccine supply [...]