SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hallux valgus, a chronic condition often associated with wearing tight footwear such as high heels, has been occurring more frequently in Korean males. According to a report from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) published on March 1, 84.7 percent of individuals diagnosed with Hallux valgus from 2009 to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent analysis on social costs caused by diseases, suicide cost approximately 6.48 trillion won (US$5.94 billion) directly and indirectly last year. The Health Insurance Policy Research Institute, which operates under the National Health Insurance Service, released the study, which calculates the direct costs caused by major [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A study said the number of periodontal disease patients has increased by a large margin since dental scaling has been included in items paid by the national health insurance plan. According to the National Health Insurance Service, based on insurance data related to gum inflammation and periodontal disease between [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Obesity was considered a symbol of wealth for most recorded history. Being fat meant you don’t have to engage in manual labor while being given change to gorge on plentiful food. Today, however, the total opposite is true. The poorer you are, the fatter you are likely to be. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Health Insurance Service interpreted big data from 2002 through 2012 in South Korea to analyze the impact of gestational diabetes mellitus on postpartum diabetes. According to the data, the number of women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus was 115,646 in 2012, rapidly up by 5.8-folds [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Health Insurance Service in Korea analyzed 109,028,689 cases of big data on public health information from 2002 to 2013 to find out the proportion of Class I and Class II obesity occurrence in terms of gender and age. Up to now, it is hard to tell how many [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) filed a lawsuit against Korea Tobacco & Ginseng (KT&G), Philip Morris International Korea, and British American Tobacco (BAT), claiming, “The three companies are obliged to recompense our compensatory damages paid over tobacco-related diseases like lung cancer and laryngeal cancer.” The hearing held at the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Gout is well known for causing excruciating pain to its patients even when breeze touches their skin. Especially, the middle-aged and the elderly are prone to this painful experience; the number of its patients is steadily on the rise. According to the latest statistics from the National Health Insurance Service [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — As the temperatures of the surrounding seas of Korean peninsula is going up, the number of patients, mostly holidaymakers to the beaches, suffering from the stings of jellyfish, is rising. According to the National Health Insurance Service, the number of people stung by jellyfish has increased to 1,183 in [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Among elderly people in Korea, lots of them are developing anxiety disorder making their lives harder due to severe uneasiness and fear for the future. Also, seven out of ten aged people are not doing any special leisure activities, a survey said. According to medical statistics from the National Health [...]