Children experience extreme stress when separated from their parents, neglected, or abused during childhood.These stressful events can significantly alter the brain's neural circuitry and functions in adulthood, leading to mental illnesses like schizophrenia and depression. However, there has been l
Philips Korea said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with medical artificial intelligence company, Aitrics, to build a smart critical care management solution using AI. The two companies plan to build a Korean smart critical care solution based on their technologies and actively
"What the hell are we supposed to do?"Many in the medical community said so after the government decided to stop reimbursing Covid-19 treatments and sharply reduce the number of people who can be tested with reimbursement from August.The critics said the government would end up abandoning Covid-19 p
Seventeen university hospitals have been disciplined by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) for leaking patient information to pharmaceutical companies.The commission said Thursday that it has advised 17 university hospitals that violated personal information protection laws to imp
More than half of acne patients are adults in their 20s and 30s. As the number of acne patients continues to increase, medical expenses for acne patients also exceeded 10 billion won ($7.83 million) last year.On Thursday, the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) released the analysis results of
Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital said on Wednesday that it will develop a returnable research satellite to culture cancer cells in space and observe the response of cancer drugs to reveal new mechanisms of action in cell interactions with drugs.The satellite development research was
Fungal infections are lesions caused by fungi in the blood or tissues. They are especially fatal to patients with hematologic diseases and cancers and are immunocompromised by intense chemotherapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The mortality rate of invasive fungal infections is about 5
Essential medical care is in an aging crisis in Korea, a country already notorious for its ultra-low birth rates.The aging of specialists in four essential medical departments -- surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics -- has accelerated in the past decade, accordi
The leader of the Korean pediatricians’ group said the group would sue a mother who sent her 9-year-old child to a pediatric clinic alone for child abuse and neglect.Lim Hyun-taek, president of the Korean Pediatric Association (KPA), said on his Facebook page that the KPA would file criminal charges
A court has awarded a gynecologist about 1.25 billion won ($976,860) in compensation for delayed treatment that left a newborn with cerebral palsy.However, the medical community expressed concern that the ruling would speed up the collapse of the baby delivery infrastructure.On May 4, the Pyeongtaek
Korea's 117 children's hospitals were cited as the only solution to stemming the "ER pilgrimage," which occurs when patients can't find an emergency room. Eight out of 10 children's hospitals also expressed willingness to treat pediatric emergency patients.At a news conference Monday, the Korean Chi
The first three-dimensional (3D) genome map of Korean colon cancer patients has been released.The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Monday that a research team led by Professor Jung In-kyung of the Department of Biological Sciences has presented the first 3D genome map
There is a growing public interest in the use of generative AI ChatGPT in medicine.Still, the medical community remains cautious, with experts pointing out that applying it to medical education is premature, and its clinical applications must also be limited.At a symposium titled “The Future of Heal
Polycythemia vera (PV) is a rare blood cancer that causes an overproduction of red blood cells due to bone marrow malfunction. Gene mutations, including JAK2 mutations, cause excessive production of red blood cells, leading to death from cardiac complications, such as thrombosis and embolism. About
Liver cancer patients with rare metastases who received aggressive local treatment, like radiotherapy and radiofrequency ablation, showed significantly improved survival, a study showed.A research team led by Professor Lim Chae-hong of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Korea University Ansan M
In partnership with Korea’s telco giant KT, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH), has harnessed advanced information and communication technology to construct an exceptional smart hospital based on a 5G-specialized network.While the hospital has a long-term plan to transform itself int
The quality of pediatric emergency medical care has declined due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as shown by the young patients’ extended stays at emergency rooms and their increased transfers to other ERs, a study showed.Dr. Sung Ho-kyung, a specialist in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Big
Myongji Hospital said that Professor Lee Min-kyung of the Department of Endocrinology was recently awarded the Young Excellent Award at the 55th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Atherosclerosis Society, held from July 8-9.Professor Lee received the award after presenting her study, titled “Cum
A panel of experts in pathology emphasized the need to improve institutional support to address reimbursement issues, data storage, and sharing of pathological-related data in hospitals so that digital pathology can be widely implemented.The Korean Society of Pathology (KSP) and the Korea Medical De
Korean researchers have discovered a specific protein that promotes lupus and nephritis, opening the possibility of developing a treatment.Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) announced Tuesday that its research team, led by Professor Kwon Hyug-moo of the Department of Biologic