SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Colorectal cancer, long considered a “Western disease,” is surging in South Korea, particularly among people in their 20s and 30s, where cases are growing at an annual rate of about 4 percent. A new study has identified Western-style eating habits as a major driver of the trend. A joint [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to 150,000 Koreans are now suffering from colorectal cancer. A majority of them are seniors, but there has been a significant increase among those in their 20s and 30s. The National Health Insurance Service reported that there were 148,410 people treated for colorectal cancer last year, up by [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Dutch scientists have discovered the reason why red meat increases the possibilities of colorectal cancer. The pigment in the meat should be blamed for colon cancer, they argued. The research team from the University of Utrecht recently announced that it had discovered the mechanism explaining why red meat causes colon cancer. [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The rate of colorectal cancer among Koreans is the highest in the world, especially among men, as 45 out of 10,000 Koreans are diagnosed with the disease, according to a report by Korea University’s Guro Hospital on April 30. The diagnosis rate among Koreans was much higher than the [...]
LOS ANGELES, June 13, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–With June being Men’s Health Month, Health Net, Inc. is working to educate men regarding the importance of being screened for colorectal cancer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that colorectal cancer is the third-most common cancer among men. “According to the CDC, in 2010, more [...]