More than half of the survivors of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in 2015 suffered from a mental health problem even one year after recovering from the infectious disease, local researchers said in a study.The findings indicate that healthcare professionals should carefully monitor the mental health of Covid-19 patients as well, they noted.National Medical Center Professor Lee So-hee
The new coronavirus pandemic hit medical institutions in general and plastic surgery clinics in particular, a survey showed.The Korean Aesthetic Surgery & Laser Society (KASLS) recently held a news conference to announce the results of its survey on how Covid-19 affected the business of plastic surgeons. The online poll asked 593 members of KASLS from April 7 to April 20.The survey sho
The Korean Medical Association said it would request 27 countries to allow the holders of Korean medical license to practice medicine.The KMA said it would send a letter of request, signed by KMA President Choi Dae-zip, to members of the World Medical Association (WMA), a confederation of medical associations worldwide.“Korea is well known for suppressing the Covid-19 pandemic well. The su
An infectious disease expert warned that it would be too early to conclude that Korea’s response to the new coronavirus was successful.Professor Lee Jong-koo of Seoul National University College of Medicine expressed his opinions at an online forum on Korea’s response to Covid-19 and challenges, on Wednesday.“It is too early to call Korea’s disease control and prevention a success. Thi
The prolonged outbreak of the new coronavirus has caused behavioral changes in primary clinicians’ patient care and personal lifestyles.A doctor who runs an internal medicine clinic in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, said he always makes sure visiting patients wear a mask. If a patient visits without a mask, his clinic provides a dental mask. If a patient with a fever comes to the clinic, the doctor sees
The government said it would push for a nationwide introduction of telemedicine amid the new coronavirus pandemic, but the medical community vehemently opposed the plan. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on Thursday it has designated additional businesses in the regulation-free zone for digital healthcare in Gangwon Province and the regulation-free zone for self-driving cars in Sejong.
Metastatic brain tumor and primary lung cancer were found to have gotten different genetic characteristics in the course of genetic mutation, researchers said.By making the most of these characteristics, medical professionals will be able to upgrade the effect of targeted therapies, they added The joint research team of Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) and Massachusetts General Ho
Suffering from rare patient visits amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, small hospitals are increasingly turning to unpaid leave for physicians and nurses to reduce costs.However, such stopgap measures will not keep the hospitals from going bankrupt if the pandemic drags on for a long time, observers said.A director of a provincial children’s hospital recently gave unpaid leave to
A group of physicians has presented a new therapy for resistant hypertension, which internal medicine had felt limitations in treating.The researchers said in a recent report that they developed a novel renal denervation system through laparoscopic surgery to lower the blood pressure. The three experts, who formed a multidisciplinary research team with Osong Medical Innovation Foundation,
The Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) said its infection control efforts have completely prevented the spread of the new coronavirus.The successful infection control came after an employee at the SNUBH’s Pain Clinic for outpatient service tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. The hospital immediately quarantined the employee at the state-designated treatment room, shut down,
The outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Korea began after a Chinese woman from Wuhan, China, who entered the country on Jan. 20, was confirmed with the infection. The epidemic is going on for more than a month. More than 40 patients were completely cured and discharged. Still, the nation faced a new phase of the outbreak as the Shincheonji Church in Daegu, where the 31st confirmed patien
Helping hands for the medical community in battling the fast-spreading new coronavirus (COVID-19) came from all corners of society in Korea. K-pop stars are no exceptions. The Korean Medical Association said Thursday that IU has donated 3,000 pieces of medical protective clothing, worth 100 million won ($82,185). “I heard that there was a shortage of protective clothing for healthcare work
The government and the medical community squabbled whether to minimize protective clothing of doctors for quicker testing of the new coronavirus amid the surge of suspected patients. After receiving a letter from local governments recommending to wear a doctor’s gown rather than Level-D protective clothing, physicians strongly protested the idea, saying it would compromise their safety.The
As Daegu is experiencing a severe shortage of doctors amid the spike of new coronavirus patients, physicians in other regions are rushing to the southeastern city to help fight the spread of the deadly virus. Especially after more than 120 young public health doctors were sent to hospitals and isolation examination rooms to contain the outbreak in Daegu, the nation’s fourth-largest city and ho
The outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Korea began after a Chinese woman from Wuhan, China, who entered the country on Jan. 20, was confirmed with the infection. The epidemic is still ongoing over a month. Over 10 patients were completely cured and discharged. Still, the nation faced a new phase of the outbreak as the Shincheonji Church in Daegu, where the 31st confirmed patient went an
The government started to temporarily allow doctors to provide medical consultation and write a prescription for people with mild cold symptoms from Monday, to minimize the risk of the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19).However, physicians expressed divided opinions, with one side supporting the measure and the other side, opposing it. Clinicians in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Provinc
It costs a maximum of 77.6 million won ($65,818) to educate a general practitioner in Korea, and up to 187 million won ($159,372) to nurture a specialist, a local study found.Yang Eun-bae, a professor at the Medical Education Department of Yonsei University College of Medicine, published the report in the Korean Medical Association’s Medical Policy Research Institute on Wednesday. The study es
Stem cell therapy can stop cardiac muscle necrosis caused by myocardial infarction. Still, local patients cannot receive the treatment because the government has yet to list it as a new medical technology, a hospital said.According to Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), a patient had sudden chest pain on Nov. 18 and was transferred from a primary hospital to a tertiary institution. The
Gachon University Gil Medical Center said it has introduced an AI-based robot for orthopedic surgery, NAVIO, for the first time in Korea, and successfully conducted a knee replacement using the new technology.A team led by Professor Sim Jae-ang of the Orthopedics Department at Gil Medical Center on Wednesday last week performed joint replacement surgery using NAVIO on a 70-something person who
Local researchers have identified how proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type-9 (PCSK9) decided the degrading mechanism of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-receptor, which they said was for the first time in the world.The research team, led by Professors Kim Hyo-soo and Jang Hyun-duk at Seoul National University Hospital’s Research-centered Hospital Inflammation/Metabolism Unit, said they