SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of young women in their 20s, without immediate pregnancy plans, are turning to personal YouTube channels for stories about overcoming infertility, including miscarriages, IVF treatments, and egg freezing. This trend indicates a shift in viewership for such content, from married women preparing for pregnancy and childbirth to now [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant proportion of women with pregnancy plans are struggling to conceive due to miscarriages and being overweight, a study showed Tuesday. A research team from Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital analyzed 2,274 women between the ages of 20 and 45 who participated in the pregnancy preparation program hosted [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent statistics have shown that those in the higher income classes have advantages in terms of overcoming infertility and realizing childbirth than those in lower income classes. A research team from the Ajou University Hospital analyzed 10,108 infertile women aged between 20 and 39 registered in the National Health [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent data shows that roughly 50 percent of infertile couples and pregnant women before and after delivery turned out to have a higher risk of suffering from depression. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, among 3,835 individuals who underwent consultations at depression counseling centers operating under the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — One quarter of South Korean couples dealing with infertility have family conflicts, according to a recent study. According to an in-depth interview conducted by the CHA Bundang Women’s Medical Center last year on 100 patients who visited the hospital, 25 percent experienced family conflicts. Next on the list was [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will pay up to 1.1 million won (US$947) a time for infertility treatment starting this year, considering the economic burden of the couple. The project is part of an initiative to provide support for treatment costs for the part of the medical insurance and non-wage medical expenses [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Practitioners of western and oriental medicine are currently engaged in a heated debate over the treatment of infertility with oriental medicine. Those in the medical community are at odds over a recent research paper released by Kim Dong-il, a professor of oriental medicine at Dongguk University, at a forum [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 76,000 South Koreans have received infertility treatments since Seoul began providing state health insurance coverage for the procedures in late 2017, a report said Thursday. The report from the Ministry of Health and Welfare to Rep. Nam In-soon of the ruling Democratic Party showed 76,055 people were treated [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of endometriosis patients rose sharply in recent years due to late marriage and childbirths, stress and irregular lifestyles, with most of those affected in their 30s and 40s, data showed Tuesday. The number of those who were diagnosed as endometriosis patients by CHA Gangnam Medical Center in [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A joint study by researchers from Seoul Nation University’s Institute of Health & Environment and the Department of Preventive Medicine revealed that men exposed to a higher level of noise pollution at night are more vulnerable to infertility. Noise pollution, or unwanted sound that exceeds a certain level, can [...]