SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Women in charge of both work and child-rearing are struggling with consistent breastfeeding. A joint research team from Chung-Ang University Hospital and Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong conducted a survey of 175 female employees at a local medical institution who had given birth to a child in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next January, the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) will offer larger childbirth subsidies that are provided as credit/debit card vouchers. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the NHIS announced Thursday that relevant legislation will come into effect on January 1, 2022. According to the new legislation, a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mothers are engaging less in breastfeeding in public locations due to a decreasing number of newborn babies and increasing use of infant formula, experts say. Statistics Korea reported that the number of newborn babies plunged from 438,400 in 2015 to 272,400 last year. The rate of breastfeeding [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Moms in their 20s are becoming a rare sight as South Korean women are typically giving birth to children at an older age. Statistics Korea reported that mothers in their 20s gave birth to 60,200 infants last year, accounting for 22.1 percent of the 272,400 babies born. Among them, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of tragic incidents caused by postpartum depression, a type of depression that many mothers experience after having a baby, is increasing in South Korea. There have been a growing number of cases in which mothers experiencing postpartum depression fail to receive appropriate treatment and eventually harm their [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry said that a monitoring committee composed of mothers of service members going through mandatory military service visited the Marine Corps’ 1st Division located in the southeastern coastal city of Pohang on Wednesday to monitor the food and clothes provided to the soldiers. The monitoring committee, operating [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on traditional newborn care practices as postnatal care centers have banned entry of all family members. Previously, mothers staying at these centers were able to be accompanied by their husband or one of their family members. Now, however, family members are [...]
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced an addition to its remote patient monitoring suite supporting at-risk populations during the COVID-19 emergency. The new wireless Avalon CL Fetal and Maternal Pod and Patch aim to reduce unnecessary physical interactions between clinicians and patients, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of older mothers is on the rise due to delayed marriage. The importance of various tests for healthy births is growing. Tests for pre-birth deformities are available from the 10th week of pregnancy. They are tests that identify chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus accompanied by disorders or [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A railroad worker who was cleaning a train car after all the passengers had disembarked was horrified after opening the lid of a toilet. A baby, whose umbilical cord remained attached, was left curled up inside the toilet. A 119 rescue team rushed to the scene, but the newborn [...]