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Panic Disorder Patients on the Rise in South Korea

SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of patients diagnose with panic disorder is steadily increasing in South Korea, government data showed Saturday, with experts citing growing social and psychological stress as possible causes. The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said that a total of 127,053 people received hospital treatment for panic disorder in 2016, up from 98,000 in 2014 and 83,000 in 2012. Doctors define panic disorder as an anxiety disorder with recurrent, unexpected [...]

Who Can Afford Gilead’s US$1,000 Pill Daily?

SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – As Sovaldi, a new drug for the hepatitis C virus developed by US-based biotechnology company Gilead, has been approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea, speculation is mounting over how much it will cost in Korea. The drug is currently being sold for US$1,000 a pill [...]

Diagnosis Controversy Means Fewer Thyroidectomies

SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The most common form of cancer in Korea is thyroid cancer, not lung or stomach, increasing 15 fold in just 20 years. Up until last year, most patients received treatment to surgically removing tumors together with their thyroid glands, in a process known as a thyroidectomy. However, the number of [...]

No. of Dementia Patients Doubles in 5 Years

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Dementia, a damaging disease that devastates not only patients but also their families, is rapidly growing in Korean society as a statistics shows that the number of dementia patients has doubled in fewer than five years. According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), the number of the [...]