SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Fine dust, which is common particularly during Korean winters, is associated with metabolic syndrome like diabetes, research showed Thursday. Researchers from Konkuk University conducted a study of 5,717 male and female adults over 19 years of age to verify the correlation between their level of insulin resistance, which plays [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has shown that the people with diabetes for longer periods of time have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Rhee Sang-youl, a professor at Kyung Hee University Hospital, revealed on Thursday that this fact was confirmed after analyzing the correlation between the duration of diabetes [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new artificial intelligence (AI) solution will soon be made available to help diabetics monitor their food consumption. KT Corp., South Korea’s leading telecommunication firm, concluded a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday with Huray Positive, a digital healthcare service provider, and Wonju Severance Christian Hospital to develop medical data-based [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The risk of developing diabetes more than doubles if muscle mass in the arms and legs decreases in young adults and middle-aged people, according to a local study. A team of researchers at Asan Medical Center in Seoul said Thursday that they tracked about 17,000 adults who underwent medical [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The buzz and popularity of ‘brown sugar bubble tea’ from Taiwan is continuing in South Korea. However, brown sugar drinks are high in calories and sugar, which requires the attention of some consumers, including those with diabetes. Brown sugar drinks are often advertised as having ‘healthy sweetness’ that is natural and unprocessed, but they [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that sitting for long periods of time may increase the chance of a resistance towards insulin, with those sitting 10 hours per day up to 1.6 times more likely than those sitting for less than 5 hours to develop insulin resistance. Once cells begin [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The results of a new study show that cancer patients have a higher chance of contracting diabetes that non-patients. A joint team of researchers from the National Cancer Center and Samsung Medical Center revealed the results of the study today. A total of 500,000 samples were analyzed for the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Obese people are more susceptible to contracting diabetes than those who are not, a survey showed Friday. Obese people have a 156 percent greater chance of contracting diabetes than those who are not obese, according to the survey of 51,405 people carried out by a research team led by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Three in 10 people diagnosed in the early stages of diabetes or high blood pressure develop the diseases within 10 years, a government report showed Tuesday. According to the report by the National Health Insurance Service, 31.3 percent of the people who were diagnosed in the early stages actually [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s sales of sugar by retailers plunged nearly 40 percent in 2016 from three years earlier, data showed Saturday, amid local health authorities’ efforts to promote healthier eating. According to the data compiled by the Food Information Statistics System, the combined amount of sugars sold through retailers came [...]