After undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation, many cancer patients adhere strictly to their doctors' advice to abstain from alcohol. However, once their treatment concludes, some may question whether it's acceptable to resume drinking. Is this truly advisable?"In the past, there existed the
Following his public speech on Monday, President Yoon Suk Yeol has proposed a direct dialogue with striking interns and residents. However, trainee doctors remain skeptical, worrying that the meeting would be a place of persuasion and appeasement instead of dialogue.A presidential spokesperson said
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) said it has embarked on a mentorship to reform Colombia’s healthcare system comprehensively and strengthen its role as a future medical cooperation partner.The announcement follows the hospital staff recently visiting Colombia after the Colombia’s M
There's a myth that coffee should not be drunk because it can dehydrate your body and increase your risk of constipation. Is this true, however? The answer is no."People, who don't know much, think that if you are constipated for a long time, you might get colon cancer," said Professor Cha Jae-myung
For people suffering from pollen-sensitive allergic rhinitis, springtime often proves to be a particularly challenging period, marked by incessant runny noses and bouts of sneezing. The problem is the persistence of these symptoms, which can last for weeks or even months. In such cases, nasal irriga
Senior doctors, who complained of "burnout" and vowed to work only 52 hours a week to prevent patient safety incidents due to striking junior doctors, have not been able to reduce their workload in reality.That’s because when they reduce their treatment by curtailing working hours, the hospital's “i
A clue has been found to predict the onset of neurodegenerative diseases that have been a challenge in treating REM sleep behavior disorder.Korean researchers have developed a machine learning model to predict dementia and Parkinson's disease using the “brain waves” of REM sleep behavior disorder pa
Influenza is an acute respiratory illness caused by a virus that can lead to complications in the respiratory system, including pneumonia, and major organ systems, including neurological complications, and in severe cases, death. It causes increased morbidity and mortality, especially in high-risk g
On Monday, President Yoon Suk Yeol came forward to explain his plan to increase the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 and persuade resigned trainee doctors to return to teaching hospitals.In conclusion, however, medical sources said Yoon’s 50-minute speech hardened the junior doctors’ determi
JW Pharmaceutical said Monday that interim results from a long-term study of Hemlibra (emicizumab) in children with severe non-antibody hemophilia A confirmed that the drug improved joint health in patients.Hemlibra is a breakthrough medicine that mimics factor 8, a blood clotting factor deficient i
A 33-month-old girl, rescued from an irrigation ditch while her parents were working on a farm in Boeun, North Chungcheong Province, died after a tertiary hospital refused to receive her, local media reports said. Nonetheless, an emergency medicine specialist noted that a tertiary hospital transfer
Trainee pediatricians who have left hospitals have come forward to demand a fundamental package to resuscitate essential medicine. They say they could not help but quit to block the government's wrong policies.Interns and residents who walked off their jobs at pediatrics departments at 18 major hosp
Korean researchers identified the mechanism of brain tumor recurrence through cancer protein genome analysis "for the first time in the world," a local cancer hospital said. The National Cancer Center (NCC) said Wednesday that Dr. Park Jong-bae, head of the Cancer Proteomics Division, and Dr. Kim Ky
As life expectancy increases, dental implants' "long-term stability" is becoming increasingly important. That’s because as people age, the number of missing teeth increases, and as life expectancy also increases, people must be able to use implants for longer periods.Straumann Korea, the Korean offs
Myongji Hospital and Rokit Healthcare, a company specializing in organ regeneration, have agreed to join forces to research and develop diabetic foot treatment technology using 3D bioprinting.Myongji Hospital President Kim Jin-goo and Rokit Healthcare Chairman and CEO You Seok-hwan signed the agreem
If a liver cancer patient has undergone third-line therapy following immunotherapies Tecentriq (atezolizumab) and Avastin (bevacizumab), but the liver cancer has progressed, leading to lung metastasis, what is the subsequent treatment plan?What is the rate of patients who do not respond to this thir
As the resignations of interns and residents enter a second month, various healthcare workers, including nurses, are reeling from the growing workload.Especially worrying is not only physician assistant (PA) nurses but also general-duty nurses are being forced to do doctors' work, resulting in a dan
Backing away from its hardline stance, the Korean government has expressed its willingness to become more flexible in imposing punitive measures against resigned interns and residents and talk with them.Still, the conciliatory moves seem to have fallen short of changing the minds of trainee doctors,
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a rare and incurable disease that affects women of childbearing age between 20 and 40, is characterized by invading the central nervous system, such as the brain and spinal cord, and damaging the nerves, resulting in various symptoms and worsening with repeated relapses.MS c
Senior doctors who both practice medicine and teach medical school students are resigning across the country.As of Monday morning, 433 professors at three hospitals affiliated with the University of Ulsan College of Medicine—Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University Hospital, and GangNeung Asan Hospital