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
When liver cancer patients experience worsened blood circulation, they may develop ascites or edema -- too much fluid in the abdomen or swelling caused by too much fluid trapped in the body's tissues. Experts note, however, that ascites could be managed through the right diet. A low-sodium diet is k
Nurses working at intensive care units think they faithfully meet obligations to wear personal protective gear, but their actual wearing of such gear was relatively poor, a study showed.Researchers at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital conducted the study on 55 nurses working in its ICUs. They compared
March 21 marked World Down Syndrome Day. In order to improve public awareness of Down syndrome, a chromosomal abnormality disease, the UN General Assembly declared this day in Cecember 2011. Figures 3 and 21 reflect the fact that Down syndrome is caused by having three copies of chromosome 21.Just l
Researchers from Ajou University Medical Center (AUMC) said they have performed the “world's first” single-cell transcriptome profiling of head and neck cancers at different stages of progression and identified a novel pathogenesis of head and neck cancer.Unlike conventional genomic analysis, single
Myongji Hospital said it plans to provide free health checkups to migrant women living in Goyang and Paju, Gyeonggi Province.According to the hospital, 31 women from Mongolia, Cambodia, Ghana, Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar participated in the free health checkup screening on Saturday.The hospital p
Korean parents who raised their daughter for more than 40 years without realizing that their child had been switched at birth in a maternity ward of an obstetrics and gynecology hospital will receive compensation.The Seoul Western District Court recently ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit
Myongji Hospital said it conducted a group medical training for 11 Vietnamese physicians from March 13-19.Led by Thai Binh Provincial General Hospital Deputy Director Nguyen Thi Thanh Trung, the group consisted of doctors from cardiology, gastroenterology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, radiology, and p
A male professor of pulmonary and critical care at Asan Medical Center (AMC), one of Korea’s top tertiary hospitals, has been accused of sexually molesting more than 10 female hospital staffers including residents and nurses, Joongang Ilbo first reported on Friday. The hospital did not disclose the
Moon Dong-eun, the main character of the Netflix drama “The Glory,” is actually around us. Seven out of 10 students who had mental health problems due to school violence experience aftereffects even after they become adults.The Korean Academy of School Mental Health said Friday that it conducted a s
Korean researchers said they have discovered a method to treat cancers that do not respond to existing anticancer drugs. The research team, led by Professors Cheong Jae-ho and Park Ki-cheong at the Department of Surgery, Systems Cancer Biology & Biomarker Research Lab, Yonsei University College of M