SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of diabetic patients in South Korea has surpassed 2.5 million, prompting the local diabetes therapeutic market to heat up, the authorities said Friday. According to the National Health Insurance Corp., the number of South Koreans who received medical treatment for diabetes jumped to 2.52 million last year, [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The government decided on Tuesday to mandate tobacco companies to place graphic images showing the harmful effects of smoking on the upper part of a cigarette packet starting from December. A revised enforcement ordinance, which requires the pictorial warnings to occupy more than 30 percent of the front and [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Annual exports from South Korea’s healthcare businesses surpassed 10 trillion won for the first time last year, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Sunday. Overseas shipment of Korean medicines, medical equipment and cosmetics products totaled $8.83 billion, or 10.2 trillion won, in 2015, up 21 percent from the [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Lead contamination is currently a concerning environmental issue across the globe. Earlier this month, Korea also discovered lead contamination in urethane track pads installed at elementary, middle, and high schools across Incheon, resulting in spreading uneasiness among students and parents. Lead, among other heavy metals, is better known for [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – No more “I don’t have time” excuses. According to the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, a research team from a Canadian university recently discovered that a single minute of vigorous exercise has almost the equivalent effect when it comes to preventing diabetes and improving cardiopulmonary functions as 46 minutes [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of South Korea’s senior Army officers are either obese or overweight, many of them gaining weight with age and because of their career-related lifestyle, a study showed Monday. Based on body mass index (BMI), 34.9 percent were found to be obese while 25.9 percent were assessed [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The levels of fine dust, ultrafine dust, and Chinese ‘yellow dust’ in the Korean atmosphere have increased in recent years, posing a threat to public health. The inhalation of fine dust particles can cause bronchial problems even for healthy individuals, and can be especially harmful to patients already suffering [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of mild cigarettes that contain lower levels of tar and nicotine are increasing each year. According to KT&G (the Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation), sales of low-tar cigarettes – containing under 1mg of tar and 0.1mg of nicotine – accounted for almost 50 percent of total cigarette sales [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – KAIST (the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is measuring its students’ biosignals in an effort to prevent suicide. According to the university’s KI Health Science Research Institute, wearable devices that can measure biosignals were distributed to 350 students, starting in April. The institute is operating a pilot project that [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwre) – Years of exposure to humidifier sterilizers increased the risk for severe lung damage in users by 116 times more than in those not exposed to the chemicals, a state health agency said Sunday. In August 2011, when the government acknowledged a connection between lung problems and the chemicals used [...]