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Thyroid Cancer Treatment Drops After Over-Diagnosis Criticism

SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Koreans treated for thyroid cancer soared in the 2000s, increasing by an annual average rate of 23.7 percent from 1999 to 2011. In 2011, 44,234 patients underwent thyroid cancer surgery, that is about 81 people in every 100,000 – a rate that is more than ten [...]

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 [...]