Chemotherapy kills not only cancer cells but also normal cells in the body, exposing you to various health problems. In particular, side effects of chemotherapy such as nausea, loss of appetite, and diarrhea often worsen nutritional status, which determines immunity, making you vulnerable to infecti
During the spring season, many people tend to experience an increase in appetite. However, with advancing age, some individuals may also experience indigestion issues.In particular, if you experience a sudden right abdominal pain accompanied by indigestion and bloating, you may have gallstones, or “
A Korean research team has revealed why female patients suffer from worse stroke outcomes than male patients. Led by Professor Kim Dong-eog, Dr. Chung Jin-yong at the Department of Neurology of Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital and JLK Chief Medical Officer Ryu Wi-sun, the research team analyzed MRI
A National Cancer Center (NCC) research team has found that exposure to e-cigarette advertisements in retail stores, on the internet and social media, can increase e-cigarette use by 1.5 times among young adults worldwide.The team, led by Professor Myung Seung-kwon of the Department of Cancer AI & D
People with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) also had a high risk of depression.A research team at Samsung Medical Center said so after conducting a follow-up monitoring of the AMD patient and control groups for eight-and-a-half years based on health checkup data at the National Health Insuran
After prosecutors charged members of a voice phishing group that made and supplied narcotic drinks to students in southern Seoul with “for-profit underage drug use” that could demand maximum death penalties, pediatricians welcomed it.These members are suspected of tricking 13 minors into taking drug
Four medical institutions in Daegu will be subject to administrative measures related to a female teenager’s death in an ambulance after failing to accept the patient on March 19.The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday it would take administrative steps on four emergency care hospitals amon
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been one of the areas the treatments of which have not drawn much attention. The biggest reason: finding lung cancer patients in the early stage was difficult.According to national cancer statistics, about 45 percent of Korean lung cancer patients are stage 4 p
A study has found that door-to-door treatment services have proved they can reduce medical costs, as older adults benefitting from them less resorted to hospitals and nursing facilities.Yoo Ae-jeong, head of the Integrated Care Center in the Health Insurance Research Institute under the National Hea
The Yonsei University Health System (YUHS) said on Friday it initiated Korea’s first heavy particle therapy for a patient in his 60s suffering from stage 2 prostate cancer. According to the YUHS, the patient was found to have a higher than normal (4 ng/ml or less) level of prostate-specific antigen
Thirteen medical workers' organizations had expected the National Assembly to approve the two bills, one for the Nursing Act and the other for the Medical Personnel License Cancellation Act.However, they appeared miserable and frustrated as they watched the process being handled hurriedly at the Ass
This spring without the mask-wearing mandate in three years, Korea is witnessing a quick increase in the number of respiratory diseases including flu, especially among young children and infants.According to data by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), 13,268 local patients were h
Researchers at Ajou University Hospital have identified a novel approach to combat resistance to sorafenib and lenvatinib, two tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) commonly used to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).The research team, led by Professors Cho Hyo-hung and Eun Jung-woo at the Gastroenter
The National Cancer Center (NCC) of Korea and the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) signed a memorandum of understanding at NCI's headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, on Wednesday (local time) to expand collaboration for cancer research between the two institutions.According to the NCC, this agree
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has announced that the binding between intraflagellar transport 20 (IFT20) and tumor susceptibility gene 101 (TSG101) is a significant factor in the development of immunological synapses.According to the research team, led by Doctor Jeon
Korean researchers have developed artificial intelligence that predicts lung function based on computed tomography (CT) test results with an accurate rate of 90 percent or higher.Two Asan Medical Center (AMC) professors – Lee Se-won of the pulmonary department and Kim Nam-kook of the convergence med
Mogam Institute for Biomedical Research and Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) said they signed a business agreement to develop a knowledge base for rare diseases using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.Through this agreement, the two sides plan to develop a knowledge base that will hel
A doctor from 365mc, Korea's largest obesity clinic, said obesity can negatively affect the patient's anal health."It's easy to assume that the better a person eats, the smoother their bowel movements will be," said Doctor Kwon Min-sung, the director of 365mc Anyang Pyeongchon Hospital. "However, th
Asan Medical Center (AMC), one of the largest tertiary hospitals in Seoul, said it successfully treated two patients from Laos - Ya Xiong, a 37-year-old woman diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and Xaysavat Ve, a 19-year-old woman with congenital heart disease.The hospital stated that Xiong had been exp
Korea poses itself as a medically advanced country, but it is an “underdeveloped country when it comes to pediatric intensive care," a pediatric specialist said.Experts point out that the reality facing Korea’s healthcare industry is disclosed by the mortality rate of patients hospitalized at pediat