SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 76,000 South Koreans have received infertility treatments since Seoul began providing state health insurance coverage for the procedures in late 2017, a report said Thursday. The report from the Ministry of Health and Welfare to Rep. Nam In-soon of the ruling Democratic Party showed 76,055 people were treated [...]
GUNSAN, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An eagle that was intoxicated with pesticides has safely returned to the wild after receiving treatment. According to the Chonbuk Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center, an eagle was found outside Singichon Village in the city of Gunsan, North Jeolla Province last month. At the time, the eagle could not [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that an increasing number of South Koreans over the age of 40 are receiving orthodontics treatment. The Korean Association of Orthodontists (KAO) conducted a study based on data from university hospitals and general hospitals in five major cities in South Korea — Seoul, Busan, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Danielle Teale, a leader in the field of dance treatment aimed at better health spoke at the “Dance for Dementia” symposium held at Chungmu Art Center in Seoul yesterday regarding educational dance programs for dementia patients. “The Dance 4 Dementia program has been created for dementia patients so that [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 9 trillion won (US$7.92 billion) is spent a year to treat diseases caused by health-harming habits, data from the National Health Insurance Service showed Friday. Records provided for parliamentary audit showed the medical cost due to bad habits, such as smoking, drinking and obesity, amounted to 8.9 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — There are currently no vaccines or set treatments for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), industry officials said Monday, as the country confirmed over the weekend its first case in some three years. Pharmaceutical officials said that local drugmakers, such as Ilyang Pharmaceutical Co. and Gene One Life Science [...]
POHANG, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of sightings of endangered otters, which have been designated by the government as a natural monument, was reported in the city of Pohang in North Gyeongsang Province. According to the city government of Pohang yesterday, an individual came across a dehydrated baby otter around three to four [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Incheon Wildlife Rescue Center has been instrumental in helping to safeguard wild animals in the area. The Incheon Health Environment Research Institute, which operates the center, said that over a period of approximately five months since the center first opened its doors to the public in March, 138 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – With the intense summer heat continuing to take a toll, sales of hair and hair-loss products have multiplied fivefold with the onset of not only the heat but also high UV rays. The e-commerce website Auction said today that hair-related products including scalp massagers and hair loss treatments grew 498 percent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – It turns out that love might be able to cure those who were filling their empty ‘void’ with food. The ‘love hormone’ oxytocin has showed possible effectiveness in curing patients with bulimia, according to current research conducted by a Korean and English joint research team. Oxytocin is a hormone [...]