SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Sleeping less than four hours increases one’s chance of suffering from depression, a local study said Tuesday. Shin Young-chul, head of the Workplace Mental Health Institute at Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center, surveyed 202,629 workers in the 20s to 40s age group who had come into the hospital for a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Drivers on highways start to get drowsy about halfway to their destination but stay on the road a little longer before stopping to rest, a study said Friday. The Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) conducted the study in September and October last year by surveying approximately 800 drivers at four [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A joint study by doctors from the National Cancer Center and Myongji Hospital revealed that longer sleep duration can increase the risks of cognitive decline, resulting in diseases like Alzheimer’s. According to the team, which compared and analyzed ten previous observational epidemiological studies on sleep duration and cognitive functions, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – One of the newest trends for Korean retailers is “sleep consulting” – a concept store, or a service, providing everything one needs to know to improving quality of sleep. The Hyundai Department Store in Mokdong, Seoul, was among the first to introduce such an outlet. Dubbed Beyond Sleep, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans with sleeping disorders has been increasing over the past few years, data showed Tuesday, urging the government to come up with campaigns on the proper use of related treatment drugs. According to the data compiled by Rep. In Jae-keun of the main opposition Minjoo [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration (RDA) revealed Wednesday the results of a study demonstrating that regular consumption of ginseng can help relieve stress. The discovery came to light after an experimental study by a mental health science team from the Kyung Hee University Medical Center, which conducted physical application testing [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Sometimes you just want to zone out and stay thoughtless for a while. But when some 70 people are sitting in one spot, all but spaced-out, there is something else going on. This is what happened Sunday by the Han River in Seoul. As it turned out, they were participants [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Science has finally explained why people overeat when they are sleep deprived. The online Washington Post and Medical Express reported that professor Erin Hanron at the medical college of the University of Chicago figured out that a lack of sleep increases 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG), which is a chemical substance [...]
SEOUL, Feb.19 (Korea Bizwire) – While Korea is known for a sleep-deprived adolescent and adult population, research shows that even Korean infants are not sleeping very well. Professor Ahn Young-min at Eulji Hospital’s Pediatrics Department conducted a joint research project with a team at Philadelphia Children’s Hospital. The researchers compared the sleeping hours of 30,000 [...]
SEOUL, Jan.20 (Korea Bizwire) – The medical site Medical Express has reported that individuals who lack deep sleep have a higher risk of dementia. It has been a known fact in brain science that sleep deficiency is related to human memory. In addition, considering that sleep disorders are common among patients with Alzheimer’s, it is [...]