Three Korean medical schools have been ranked among the top 100 medical schools in the world. Yonsei University was the highest-ranked among Korean medical schools.This is part of the result of the “World University Rankings 2024” in the clinical and health category, released by Times Higher Educati
Researchers at the Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine have unveiled groundbreaking findings from their work using saponin-based nanoparticles, marking the first successful attempt to employ them in stem cell therapy for more efficient drug delivery and bone regeneration.The team, led b
Kakao Brain, a subsidiary of Korea's internet giant Kakao, and Ajou University Medical Center (AJMC) said they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop and enhance a mega-scale AI-based medical imaging diagnostic solution.Through this partnership, both organizations will focus on b
Myongji Hospital announced that it was honored with the "Gold Award" in recognition of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts in dementia care at the International Hospital Federation (IHF) Awards 2023, which took place last Thursday in Lisbon, Portugal.Myongji Hospital's project for deme
Korea is a superaged society with patients waiting for doctors at every home. Warnings against the fastest-aging country worldwide are not enough. It's time for someone to go out into the field. Likewise, there are growing calls for enhancing home healthcare capacity.In response to these concerns, t
Korean medical researchers are attracting attention by capturing microscopic brain tissue changes in pre-schizophrenia and early schizophrenia patients through texture analysis.Medical experts expected it to open up the possibility of early diagnosis of schizophrenia through fine changes in brain ti
A promising new treatment for Riehl's melanosis, an intractable, acquired pigmentary disorder, has just become available.Riehl's melanosis is an acquired dermal pigmented skin disorder characterized by grayish-brown pigment deposits on the face and neck, primarily in dark-skinned middle-aged women.
Yonsei Cancer Hospital has surpassed 500 robotic breast surgeries.Professors Park Hyung-seok, Kim Ji-ye, and Ahn Ji-hyun of the Breast Surgery Team at Yonsei Cancer Hospital said Friday that they had performed the 500th robotic breast surgery recently.It was the world's largest number of robotic bre
A joint study by Gangnam Severance Hospital and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) has discovered vital clues to enhance the precision of initial diagnosis for early-onset Alzheimer's.Typically, Alzheimer's disease (AD) symptoms appear in people over 65. However, an estimated 10 perce
Yonsei University, renowned as one of Korea's most prestigious institutions, appointed Yoon Dong-sup as the 20th President on Thursday. Yoon, currently serving as the President and CEO of Yonsei University Health System (YUHS) and Vice President for Health Sciences, marks the fifth president elected
Growth hormone biopharmaceuticals, originally prescribed to patients with growth hormone deficiency, such as Turner syndrome, are being prescribed recklessly under the guise of “height growth injections,” a lawmaker pointed out on Wednesday.However, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said t
A controversy has arisen in the Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) research area over suspected collusion with private businesses.Some researchers have not presented the research results funded by private companies for over a year but have yet to encounter any problems. In some cases, the res
The first-line treatment strategy for metastatic bladder cancer, where chemotherapy has been the standard of care for the past 30 years, has recently shown signs of rapid reorienting toward immunotherapies and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).In particular, the leading anti-PD-1 immunotherapies Keytr
Cryoballoon (CB) catheter ablation is a treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of arrhythmia. It has been reported to have a short procedure time and low complication rate, and its effectiveness and safety have been confirmed in several global clinical studies.Clinical studies
Consuming alcohol can increase the risk of severe visual impairment or blindness by up to 2.5 times in patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG), a Korean study showed. The joint research team, led by Professor Kim Young-kook at the Department of Ophthalmology of Seoul National University Hospital, an
Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common and aggressive lymphoma subtype. For the past two decades, the standard for the first-line treatment of DLBCL has been the combination therapy known as "R-CHOP" (rituximab plus cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin/vincristine/prednisone).Recently, how
MADRID -- By Kim Chan-hyuk Korea Biomedical Review correspondent -- MSD's anti-PD-1 immuno-oncology drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has solidified its position as a first-line treatment with new long-term follow-up results in patients with HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer/gastroesophageal junctio
Thanks to advances in treatment, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer is now 93.8 percent. The development of treatment techniques in each field, such as surgery, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and radiation therapy, has reduced the side effects of treatment.However, patients cannot be comp
The mandatory installation of CCTVs in operating rooms has been implemented, but experts point out that they might become “useless.”During the National Assembly’s audit of the Ministry of Health and Welfare on Thursday, Rep. Cho Myung-hee of the People Power Party pointed out that CCTVs in operating
Korea's alarming stomach cancer rates have long been a concern. In 2019, this disease accounted for 11.6 percent of all cancer cases, with 29,493 new diagnoses.A recent study shed light on the key risk factors associated with stomach cancer, highlighting physical inactivity as the most prevalent amo