SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are developing high blood pressure, with healthcare professionals saying that there is an urgent need to control the risk of obesity and stress. A research team from Chung-Ang University Hospital analyzed the data from Health Insurance Review & [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With children spending longer hours confined at home following the coronavirus outbreak, experts are warning of heightened concern for high blood pressure caused by obesity. A research team from Woorisoa Children’s Hospital conducted a health survey of 1,548 elementary school students (813 first-graders and 735 fourth-graders). They found that [...]
DAEJEON, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine said Wednesday that it can detect high blood pressure patients simply by the color and shape of an individual’s face in a photo. On the basis of about 1,000 photos of high blood pressure patients and normal persons, the research team quantitatively extracted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Lower income raises the mortality rate among patients with high blood pressure (HBP), a recent study has revealed. Researchers at Yonsei University College of Medicine monitored the mortality rate among 1.65 million patients between the ages of 30 and 80 diagnosed with HBP between 2004 and 2007 over the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced on Wednesday that there have been 270,000 medical insurance subscriptions over the past 10 months for a new insurance policy that was launched last year. The insurance policy, which was released in April of last year, is a product with a lowered threshold [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s drug safety watchdog said Monday that it has banned Daebong LS Co., a local maker of valsartan, from selling and making the active ingredient meant to treat high blood pressure over a cancer-causing substance in the drug. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has also prohibited [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Individuals with high blood pressure and glaucoma are more likely to have a stroke, a new study has found. Professors Park Ki-ho, Jung Jin-wook, and Lee Won-joon from the department of ophthalmology at Seoul National University have discovered that glaucoma can double the risk of stroke for those suffering [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans with high blood pressure topped the 7.5 million mark last year, data showed Tuesday, According to the data by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, a total of 7.52 million people either visited hospitals for hypertension or received medical aid for the condition [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has revealed that smoking is the cause of almost half of the strokes suffered by individuals under the age of 45. Professor Bae Hee-jun’s team at the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital reported that they came up with these results after investigating 5,107 patients that were [...]