Pfizer Korea said Thursday that its nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) Celebrex (ingredient name: Celecoxib) would be eligible for insurance benefits to all adults with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis from Friday.Celebrex has been shown to selectively inhibit COX-2 enzymes while suppressing the COX-1 enzyme, which acts as a gastrointestinal protective a
Takeda Pharmaceuticals Korea announced Tuesday that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has agreed to extend the marketing authorization of Adcetris (ingredient: Brentuximab vedotin).Adcetris is an antibody-drug conjugate used to treat adult patients with CD30-positive cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL).The extension from the EMA pane
As more than 230,000 citizens signed an online petition to repeal the antiabortion law, Cheong Wa Dae said it would conduct a fact-finding survey about induced abortion next year, triggering even louder outcries for legal revision. Regarding the online petition “to abolish the criminal status of abortion and allow the use of abortion pills,” the Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology대한산부인
A study has found that radiofrequency ablation, which removes benign “nodules” from the thyroid gland using high frequency instead of surgery, is effective for patients with malignant recurrent thyroid cancer. Professor Baek Jung-hwan백정한 of Asan Medical Center서울아산병원 Department of Radiology treated 61 patients with recurrent thyroid cancer with high risk for surgery or difficulty operating with
With the Hallyu wave and a dictatorship ruled by a lunatic on its doorstep, a spotlight has been given to South Korea over the past several years. The government has used this advantage to robustly promote the nation’s language, its customs and etiquette, and of course, its food.If one scrolls through Google after typing “Korean cuisine,” dozens of articles and blogs will pop up. And in every
Kyung Hee University Medical Center (KHMC) said Monday that it would host the 3rd Humanitas International Cancer Symposium at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul from Dec. 8-9.Under the theme of the “New Paradigm of Rectal Cancer Treatment,” the symposium is organized in collaboration with the Royal Marsden Hospital in the U.K., the Korean Surgical Research Foundation한국외과연구재단, and th
A Seoul National University Hospital research team has developed a method to minimize the damage to the calf nerve through the cadaveric study of “sural nerve splitting in reverse sural artery perforator flap.”The study, led by Professors Jang Hak장학 and Kim Byung-joon김병준, was selected as the cover for the November’s issue of the Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the hospital
The Times Higher Education (THE) has published a ranking of the top 500 universities for clinical, pre-clinical and health studies in more than 50 countries worldwide, with Seoul National University ranking 54th and Sungkyunkwan University ranking 57th.Established in 1971, THE became known for publishing the annual Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, which first appeared in No
A study conducted by the Seoul National University has confirmed that GV1001 has been shown to protect the heart muscles from reperfusion injury after ischemia, GemVax & KAEL said Wednesday.A research team, led by Professor Im Chung of the department of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, has investigated the comparison between GV1001-induced hemorrhage, apoptosis, and inflammatory cytokine l
The Kyung Hee Medical Center research team has developed a "guideline for supporting Korean disaster mental health," based on the experiences of disaster sites and the world's major papers published over the last 15 years.The guideline is expected to help alleviate the psychological impact of disaster-affected people in the event of damage, for example, like the one caused by the earthquake th
Professor Park Min-hyun of the Catholic University of Korea Saint Paul’s Hospital has become the first Korean to receive the International Scholar Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the hospital said Wednesday.The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is a non-profit professional association in the United States dedicated to facilitating p
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has approved Juluca, a two-drug HIV treatment regimen designed to reduce the number of drugs - and therefore side effects - that people living with HIV need to take to suppress the virus.Juluca is a fixed-dose tablet containing two previously approved drugs (dolutegravir and rilpivirine) to treat adults with HIV-1 infections whose virus i
Most high school students would plead their parents for a laptop or a designer handbag for their high school graduation gifts. But in Korea, high school seniors are pestering their parents to pay for plastic surgery as a college entrance present before the test is even over.As the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) season rolls in, cosmetic surgery clinics/hospitals are busily preparing fo
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will cooperate with the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam Tuesday to establish Vietnam-Korea Institute of Science and Technology in Hanoi.At the inaugural briefing Tuesday, more than 200 officials from both countries attended, including Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Vu Duc Dam
GemVax & KAEL said a research article that confirms the potential of GV1001 as a therapy to treat RCC (Renal Cell Carcinoma) was published in the online edition of international journal “Urology” last Wednesday.A research team led by Professor Lee Ji-youl이지열 of the Department of Urology at the Catholic University, investigated the effects of GV1001 on cell viability and apoptosis in RCC cells
A research team at the Severance Hospital has confirmed that chemical 4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde (4-HBA) extracted from Tian Ma, a Chinese herb scattered all over Korea, has the effect of promoting wound healing, the hospital said Monday.The human skin is the primary line of defense that forms a barrier against disease-causing substances that penetrate from the outside. In particular, the skin barr
The Prostate Cancer Patient Association said Monday it has published a white paper on the need to improve the perception of prostate cancer in Korea titled, "A United Voice for Change," and called for a social discussion of male health.About 13,300 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in Korea, and 15 percent of them are known to die. Especially in the Asia-Pacific region, includin
With a magnitude 5.4 quake hitting Pohang in North Gyeongsang Province Wednesday, experts call for paying special attention to the complications of patients with chronic illnesses other than fractures and trauma.The Seoul National University Hospital’s public health medical service team said Friday that it had investigated cases and studies in Japan and the United States’ healthcare after the
A team led by Professors Ko Kyung-seok, Hong Joon-pyo, and Choi Jung-woo of Asan Medical Center has published a book on the field of facial cosmetic surgery and reconstruction, the hospital said Friday.Titled “New Neligan’s Plastic surgery textbook,” the book is the fourth edition that follows up the third version written in 2012, which recorded the most massive amount of views that received t
Researchers at the Catholic University Seoul St. Mary's Hospital서울성모병원 have developed a new test to diagnose thyroid cancer by using photoacoustic images, the hospital said Friday.Photoacoustic imaging is a technology that uses a photoacoustic material, which generates heat when it receives light, as a contrast agent to capture biomedical tissue as a medical image without side effects. It then