Medical residents’ applications for essential care departments, including pediatrics, continued to remain low in the second-half year, triggering calls for the government’s active support to the “unpopular but vital” sector.According to Rep. Lee Jong-seong of the ruling People Power Party, only four
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that allowed an Oriental medicine practitioner to use electroencephalography (EEG), a modern medical device. The ruling is expected to cause an intense backlash from Western medical practitioners.On Friday, the Supreme Court Division 1 confirm
The Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (KAAP), in collaboration with the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions (ISSBA), will host the International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA) at Songdo Convention Center in Incheon from Aug. 23 to 25.ICBA, which holds its ei
An emergency physician who went on trial for failing to diagnose an aortic dissection when he was a medical resident has also been sentenced to jail at the appeals court.Emergency physicians warned that the court ruling was "senseless" and could lead to the collapse of emergency medicine.On Thursday
A group of researchers is in the spotlight for finding a clue to solve hormone resistance, a problem in an aggressive type of recurrent and metastatic breast cancer.They used genomic analysis to identify characteristics of patients who develop resistance to palbociclib, a targeted antitumor drug use
What exacerbates the chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain of rheumatic diseases is old age for men and depression for women, a study showed.Ajou University Hospital said Wednesday that Professor Kim Hyun-ah of its Rheumatology Department and Professor Kim Hee-jun of the George Washington Universit
Bundang CHA Hospital and Rutgers University researchers have developed three-dimensional hybrid protein nanoscaffolds, which deliver anti-inflammatory drugs to people with degenerative discs.Chronic low back pain caused by degenerative disc disease has a very complex etiology and requires a multidis
A group of scientists from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have announced the creation of innovative smart clothing capable of transforming mechanical energy from friction or glucose found in sweat, which is produced during human activity, into usable electrical energy.With the
An imaging procedure for breast cancer patients developed by medical professionals at Asan Medical Center (AMC) has been listed as a world standard test.It has become possible to diagnose female hormone receptors in breast cancer patients with difficulty in obtaining a biopsy with only a 15-minute i
A study conducted by researchers at Yonsei University College of Medicine has revealed that cancer survivors who smoke face a heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease.Smoking is recognized as a significant factor in the onset of cardiovascular diseases, including conditions like myocardi
A court has ruled that a university hospital facing a 200 million won ($151,200) lawsuit for paraplegia due to medical mistakes is not liable for indemnity.The Seoul Central District Court recently dismissed a claim for damages filed against a university for paraplegia due to the negligence of medic
A team of researchers at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has found that a closed intensive care unit (ICU) design with trained specialists in the ICU can reduce the mortality rate of critically ill patients by an average of 22 percent. A dedicated specialist system is designed so
Numerous individuals experience nighttime awakenings for the purpose of urination, a phenomenon commonly referred to as nocturia. Nocturia can vary from a couple of interruptions per night to five or even more. Beyond interrupting sleep, nocturia can potentially give rise to health issues such as fa
More than one million Koreans are living with cancers as survival rates have improved thanks to the development of early detection, surgical treatment, and a variety of effective cancer therapies.While the cancer treatment has improved, a St. Mary's Seoul Hospital team, led by Professors Jung Mi-hya
An advanced practice nurse, who performed a periosteal puncture to collect bone marrow under the guidance and supervision of a physician at Asan Medical Center (AMC), has been convicted of conducting an unlicensed medical act by a local court.The decision overturned a lower court ruling that had fou
A researcher at Ajou University Hospital has identified that patients with alopecia areata, also known as circular hair loss, have worse symptoms if the patient is aged 15 or younger or the bold spot covers more than half of the scalp.Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder in which cytotoxic T-ce
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (WM) is a very rare blood cancer. The disease’s name is from Swedish physician Jan Waldenstrom, who first reported three cases of WM in 1944 and characterized the disease by an overproduction of the immunoglobulin IgM (Immunoglobulin M), a large or macro immunoglobulin.
A research team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has discovered that exercise therapy using digital devices increases antiviral antibody production after influenza vaccination.Digital therapy uses software medical devices to prevent and manage diseases and medical disorders and
With studies indicating that the consumption of red meat, such as pork and beef, elevates the likelihood of developing colon, breast, and other cancers, certain individuals diagnosed with cancer believe it's necessary to discontinue their intake of red meat—and indeed, they do. However, the efficacy
The Catholic University of Korea Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital said it successfully performed the first robotic kidney transplantation from a brain-dead donor for the first time in Korea.In July, the renal pancreas transplantation team at the Stephen Cardinal Kim Institute of Eunpyeong St. Mary's Ho