In the wake of the Itaewon crush tragedy on Oct. 29, many counseling support groups have emerged to help those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.One of the very first groups to offer free counseling services in response to the Itaewon disaster was Adaptable Human Solution
Professor Kim Han-seok, director of the Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, has been selected as the next chairman of the Federation of the Asian and Oceanian Physiological Societies (FAOPS).It is the first time a Korean has taken up FAOPS chairmanship.FAPOS was established in 1978 to pro
Genome Insight CEO Ju Young-seok received the Human Genome Organization’s (HUGO) Chen Award of Excellence.HUGO awards the Chen Award of Excellence annually to two young scientists who have extraordinary work or suggested a new treatment in human genomics.Ju, a professor at the Korea Advanced Institu
Korea seems to be getting out of the long, dark tunnel of Covid-19, but experts point out that the nation should make preemptive preparations for any unexpected situations to minimize damages and overcome them swiftly.Lee Jae-gap, a professor of infectious disease at Hallym University Gangnam Sacred
Professor Paul Farmer of Harvard Medical School, often called the “Schweizer of the 21st century,” has passed away. It was at the “field” that needed his helping hand. Partners in Health (PIH), the global public health organization that Dr. Farmer helped found, announced Monday that he died in an “a
Korea's daily Covid-19 tally hit the record high of 3,292 on Thursday, rising above 3,000 for two consecutive days for the first time since the nation confirmed its first case on Jan. 20 last year.The country’s cumulative caseload has climbed to 406,065, according to the Korea Disease Control and Pr
The government said Tuesday that they would provide vaccination certificates for Koreans who have received the Covid-19 vaccine abroad and enter the nation without a quarantine waiver."Korean nationals who have received vaccination overseas and enter Korea without a quarantine waiver can also prove
Covid-19 patients felt the need for home treatment more than the general public, and nearly half of the patients thought they did not receive good treatment, a survey found.The National Medical Center conducted a public perception survey to establish a response strategy to the prolonged Covid-19 pan
Pro-choice groups and health experts have expressed split opinions on whether to conduct a bridging trial of Mifegymiso (ingredient: mifepristone/misoprostol), an abortion drug that will arrive in Korea soon.A bridging trial aims to obtain clinical data for Koreans when it is difficult to apply fore
Migrants showed a high suicide rate in Korea, already notorious for having the highest suicide rate among OECD members.WeFriends, also known as the Migrant Health Association in Korea, surveyed 102 Nepali, Chinese, and Burmese migrant workers at high suicide risk to learn their mental health status
As criminals use more sophisticated tools, scientific investigation is increasingly becoming important. As a result, the number of autopsies, which can provide conclusive evidence in criminal investigation, is rising, too.The National Forensic Service (NFS) takes more than 9,000 requests for autopsi
Not all migrant workers in Korea are getting access to healthcare services in the Covid-19 pandemic situation, a study showed.They earned Covid-19 related information quite easily, but only 48.1 percent of them subscribed to the national health insurance.JW Lee Center for Global Medicine at Seoul Na
Let us assume that a person next to you coughed without a mask.If it had been two years ago, you would have thought it was a trivial matter. You could have felt sorry for the person, assuming the person might have caught a cold.However, the past two years with the Covid-19 pandemic have completely c
Dr. Roh Man-kyun, a chemical engineer who once worked at NASA, has a wife as famous as him -- Yang Seung-hee, a gayageum (Korean zither with 12 strings) player and a human cultural asset.Yang had a health problem once. She felt headache and difficulty in breathing when she sat down for hours to play
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the imprisoned de facto leader of Samsung Group who underwent surgery for appendicitis, reportedly had to remove part of his large intestine due to necrosis.According to medical and business communities, Lee was transferred from the detention center to
As the technology to analyze biomaterials develops, blood diagnosis quickly expands its presence in the cancer diagnostic market.Traditional diagnostic firms developed various technologies for diagnosing diseases using various body fluids, such as urine and sweat. In recent years, however, many comp
Medical school students in Korea attend classes every early morning. For them, there isn’t any gap between classes that other college-goers usually enjoy. Under the pressure of taking exams weekly or every other week, med students go straight to the library after tight classes. Only a few days after
A liver cancer patient has demanded the government allows reimbursement for using Tecentriq (ingredient: atezolizumab) on Cheong Wa Dae’s petition website.Tecentriq is the only immunotherapy that proved survival benefits compared to sorafenib, the first-line standard of care for advanced hepatocellu
More than six out of 10 Korean people said they supported the government’s plan to increase the number of physicians, a survey showed.The Seoul National University Hospital’s Institute of Public Health and Medical Care released the survey results on Korean people, which aimed to understand their use
The Covid-19 outbreak took a heavy toll on Korean correctional facilities, mostly overcrowded with poor healthcare services.A Tuesday report of nine new cases at the Seoul Nambu Correctional Facility added worries that it could be another version of the recent massive cluster infection at the Seoul
