Air pollutants have been confirmed to increase the risk of Alzheimer's dementia.A joint research team said Thursday that air pollutants, including fine dust, reduce the thickness of the cerebral cortex, increasing the risk of Alzheimer's.Professors Cho Jae-rim and Kim Chang-soo of Yonsei University
The department of nuclear medicine is an unfamiliar field, even within the medical community. The only time the department made headlines was at the end or beginning of every year when medical colleges announced the application status of would-be specialists, like “Nuclear medicine hits rock bottom,
Some students and parents become especially nervous in March when a new school year begins. They are type 1 diabetic children and their mothers and fathers.Type 1 diabetes is often called “children’s diabetes” because many patients are children and adolescents.According to a study by Professor Kim H
Researchers from Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University said they have developed an algorithm to measure central nervous system (CNS) dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease through fundus images, "for the first time in the world." Since the retina of the eye allows doctors to
Following the release of the Netflix documentary "In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal" and a growing public outcry against Jesus Morning Star (JMS) and its leader Jeong Myeong-seok, some doctors have expressed concerns about the possible impact on their business."In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal"
Researchers at Asan Medical Center (AMC) researchers have recently demonstrated a key factor that could open up the possibility of developing a treatment for intractable asthma using stem cells.Asthma is a respiratory disease characterized by recurrent narrowing of the bronchi due to allergic inflam
Instead of maintaining high-intensity statin to prevent secondary complications in atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, controlling statin intensity according to LDL-cholesterol treatment targets can produce similar treatment effects, Korean researchers said.A research team led by three Severanc
Lou Gehrig’s disease, frequently occurring among those aged 50 or more, is often confused with Parkinson’s disease. The accurate name of this rare disease is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) but it is commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease after a famous baseball player, Lou Gehrig, of the New York
One of Korea’s most famous and expensive postpartum centers in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, has reportedly seen a major respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreak.RSV infection is an acute respiratory infection.While the infection barely affects healthy adults, it can cause lower respiratory tract infections
Daewoong Pharmaceutical will sell about 427,000 of its shares to its parent company, Daewoong Co., to secure a research and development fund and invest it in future growth, the company said Wednesday.It explained that the disposal of treasury stocks would give the company additional liquidity of 50
Women working at medical institutions are exposed more to abusive language, violence, and sexual assaults than men but show a strong tendency to solve these problems by tolerating and enduring them, a report said.The Korean Health and Medical Workers Union (KHMU) released “An analysis of the impact
365mc, Korea's largest obesity clinic, said it would expand its operations overseas in earnest amid the waning Covid-19 pandemic.As the first phase of its expansion plan, the clinic signed a joint venture contract for the establishment of a 365mc clinic in Jakarta, Indonesia, with Mayapada Group, a
A research team at Kyung Hee University Medical Center has confirmed that wearing the same mask for a long time could worsen bad breath.The research team, led by Professor Lee Yeon-hee of the Department of Oral Medicine, investigated the saliva and oral microbiological profiles of 50 subjects.The te
Prejudices and stigmas against obesity remain in Korean society. However, people still attribute it to individuals’ will and show little awareness of its risks as a disease and the need for its professional management.The Korean Society for the Study of Obesity (KSSO) said so based on its survey to
Myongji Hospital said it opened the Lee Byung-in Epilepsy Center, named after renowned epilepsy specialist Lee, and held an opening ceremony on Thursday. Professor Lee will also serve as the first director of the center.The center is a specialized medical center equipped with a full-cycle treatment
Eighteen Korean hospitals were included in the 250 best medical institutions worldwide selected by Newsweek magazine for this year.Asan Medical Center (AMC) was ranked highest among Korean institutions, with 29th place, and Samsung Medical Center (SMC) and Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) a
Ajou University Medical Center said its psychiatry department proved that a new Korean interview tool was useful to diagnose mental health status in school-age Korean children.The research team, led by Professor Shin Yun-mi at the Department of Psychiatry at Ajou University Medical Center, published
When daily temperatures fluctuate during the change of seasons, people could easily catch colds and experience body aches. However, if you have these symptoms accompanied by sudden side pain, doctors could suspect that you might have “pyelonephritis,” or kidney infection, which requires quick treatm
Severance Hospital said its kidney transplantation team at the Organ Transplantation Center performed the 400th ABO incompatible kidney transplant on a patient suffering from hypertension and diabetes on Feb. 8.The hospital performed the first ABO incompatible kidney transplant in June 2010.Since th
Researchers at Severance Hospital have discovered a standard value to predict the incidence of complications and the association of mortality as a reference value for Asian patients receiving antiplatelet therapy after drug-releasing stent insertion.Drug-releasing stent insertion is performed to tre