SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are increasingly open about seeking therapy at outpatient psychiatry departments, data showed Monday. According to the data compiled by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of individuals seeking hospital treatment for depression reached 910,785 in 2021, marking a 35 percent increase [...]
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced its next-generation Philips Azurion image-guided therapy platform, marking an important step forward in optimizing clinical and operational lab performance and expanding the role of image-guided interventions in the treatment of patients. Intuitive, integrated and efficient, the next-generation [...]
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed, retrospective outcomes study demonstrating that, in the first year of use, high frequency chest wall oscillation therapy (HFCWO) using the Philips InCourage System reduced the rate of chronic respiratory patient hospitalization by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul plans to open the Center for Protection of Rights of Emotional Workers on October 16 near Anguk station to collect complaints and run therapeutic programs for emotional workers. Emotional labor refers to a type of work that involves engaging with customers without revealing one’s feelings. Call center employees, [...]
SYDNEY, Australia, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SpeeDx Pty. Ltd. today announced clinical data contained in a new study published in the June 2018 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases1 [ link] supports the use of Resistance Guided Therapy for more effective treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium infections. Using the SpeeDx ResistancePlus® MG test, the authors recorded [...]
CHALK RIVER, Ontario and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, and TRIUMF, one of the world’s leading particle accelerator centres, jointly announced today that they are partnering to co-host the 11th Targeted-Alpha-Therapy Symposium (TAT11) to be held from April 1 – 5, [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study showed that gardening activities such as transplanting herb plants and making grass dolls can help cancer patients fight depression. Serotonin, also known as the ‘happy hormone’, is released in the brain when patients are involved in horticultural activities. A horticultural therapy program developed by the Rural Development [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – People who have a family member with a history of attempting suicide may be more vulnerable to committing suicide themselves, a study said Wednesday, adding that therapy for suicide prevention should be offered to the entire family. According to the latest study conducted by medical experts at Yonsei University, people [...]
EMERYVILLE, Calif, Mar 31, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT:NBY). The Daily Mirror, a British newspaper, recently reported the tragic story of a father who lost both legs, an arm and half of his face to deadly flesh-eating bacteria. Alex Lewis, 34, went to bed with what he thought was a common [...]