Myongji Hospital said it has replaced its radiation cancer treatment machine with VitalBeam, the latest linear accelerator.The newly installed machine, VitalBeam, utilizes advanced three-dimensional stereoscopic imaging to accurately target and eliminate cancer cells using high-energy radiation whil
BAYADA Home Health Care, the largest at-home healthcare service provider in the U.S., started with just $16,000 in the pocket of a 27-year-old man.However, the “success story” of raising the largest home healthcare company in America with $16,000 is not the only thing that deserves people’s attentio
Korean researchers said they have developed a real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) test system that can diagnose the Covid-19 virus with 95 percent accuracy within 10 minutes.To prevent the rapid spread of highly contagious viruses, it is crucial to detect viruses quic
One in every two severe emergency patients has not been able to arrive in the emergency room within the golden time in the past five years, according to a lawmaker.Rep. Choi Hye-young of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea said so Tuesday based on her analysis of data at the National Medic
April 11 is observed as World Parkinson's Day to commemorate the first scientific publication on Parkinson's disease by British physician James Parkinson in 1817, which coincided with his birthday. The day serves to raise awareness about Parkinson's disease and support those living with the conditio
A research team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can diagnose sleep apnea by analyzing head and neck X-ray images (cephalograms).Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which breathing is momentarily or intermittently disrupted
Starting this month, the health insurance authorities expanded reimbursement for two atopic dermatitis treatments – oral JAK inhibitor Rinvoq (upadacitinib) and biological agent Dupixent (dupilumab) – from adult to children and adolescent patients.Experts expect the expanded insurance benefits to im
Is it possible to transplant a retina with modern medicine? The answer is no. While retinal transplantation is often cited as a solution to various retinal diseases that cause vision loss, modern medicine has not advanced to the point where it is possible to remove the retina from someone else's eye
Severance Hospital said it has developed "Smart Mom Care," a maternity care model that offers personalized medical support tailored to the unique characteristics of individual expectant mothers, based on their pregnancy stage and condition.The project was supported under the "2022 Smart Hospital Lea
Severance Hospital said it became the first tertiary-level hospital in Korea to introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) voice bot, AI Serabot, to help manage patients' medical schedules, including check-ups and changing appointment dates.This system aims to assist patients who may forget their med
Some 8 percent of people in their 30s do not use medical services on time, and only 37 percent of Koreans felt satisfied with their health, a report showed.Also, younger generations with limited access to medical services showed lower satisfaction with the healthcare system than their older counterp
Middle-aged women go through a lot of changes when they reach menopause and stop menstruating. Menopause should be seen as a natural process of bodily change rather than a disease, experts said. However, if your symptoms are severe enough to make you feel uncomfortable daily, it is time to take a pr
According to the 2020 National Cancer Registry Statistics, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer patients in Korea is 36.8 percent. Why is the survival rate of lung cancer patients so low? "Nearly half of lung cancer patients come to the hospital in the fourth stage," said Cho Jae-young, a pro
Thirty percent of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with poor prognosis harbor FLT3 gene mutations. Compared to other AML patients, they have a higher risk of relapse and shorter overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). Despite this, effective treatment strategies are lacking.Howev
A surgical team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) became the first in the world to successfully resect the entire thyroid gland of a 5-year-old child by performing the BABA Robot Thyroidectomy, the hospital said.Bilateral Axillo-Brest Approach (BABA) robotic thyroidectomy is a su
“Politics is ruining Korea’s healthcare.”Former lawmaker Park In-sook said so, describing the current situation where healthcare has emerged as a social issue. Park, who once jumped into politics and served as a two-term legislator, is a pediatrician and the best-known pediatric cardiologist.Park po
More than 1,200 health experts from around 80 countries will descend on COEX Convention Center in southern Seoul from Aug.27-30 to participate in the International Society of Quality in Health Care’s (ISQua) 39th International Conference, ISQua said.The conference will be held in partnership with th
The recent death of a teenager in an ambulance after failing to find hospitals to accept the patient in Daegu has caused social stirs.However, the medical community said the incident was “not surprising,” given the limitations in the current emergency care system.“One of the primary reasons for the
The Embassy of Denmark in Korea said it hosted a seminar in Seoul on Wednesday to mark the launch of the Korea-Denmark Hospital Alliance that aims to strengthen healthcare exchanges between leading hospitals in Korea and Denmark.The Korea-Denmark Hospital Alliance involves major tertiary hospitals i
The Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons has expressed regret over the Chinese government’s warning against Chinese people visiting Korea for cosmetic purposes.It also maintained that Beijing should not speak ill of the level of plastic medicine in Korea by citing only a few examples.According to