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
Hypoesthesia, one of the aftereffects of Covid-19, also causes neurological aftereffects, such as brain fog (vacancy) and memory loss, a study showed.Professor Jeong Young-hee of the Neurology Department at Myongji Hospital said so while releasing her analysis of 440 patients who visited the hospita
The Yonsei University Health System (YUHS) will become Korea's first hospital to operate a heavy ion therapy device, regarded by physicians as a dream treatment for cancer patients when it receives approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in the first half of 2023. Within Yonsei Cancer Cen
As the survival rate of childhood cancer increases, various methods are being sought to improve the quality of life after treatment.Dental health is one factor that greatly affects the quality of life, and pediatric cancer patients who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, which tr
The B cell, cited as the core of immune response, can accelerate the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study showed.Professor Park Jong-chan of the Department of Biophysics at Sung Kyun Kwan University released the result of his “Study on B lymphocyte profiling and its association with mi
Severance Cardiovascular Hospital recently announced that they recorded a total of 25,000 arrhythmia treatment results since 1986 -- the highest number among Korean hospitals.Among the 25,000 treatments, more than 19,500 were radiofrequency catheter ablations and around 5,900 were implantable electr
When treating lung cancer, checking whether the patient has a genetic mutation and what type of mutation is getting more important, experts said. Among non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases, which accounts for 85 percent of all lung cancer, only 21.7 percent of the patients have no active genetic
KAIST said that Professor Park Hee-Sung's team from the Department of Chemistry developed a new drug discovery platform technology based on cyclic peptides that can be designed according to various biomarkers.Cyclic peptides have received a lot of attention due to their low toxicity and excellent ph
A study has shown that diabetes treatment "pioglitazone" can lower the risk of dementia in diabetic patients.Researchers at Severance Hospital and National Cancer Center followed up on 91,218 people first diagnosed with diabetes based on National Health Insurance data for about 10 years. They found
Asan Medical Center (AMC) said on Wednesday that it began home medical care services for seriously ill pediatric patients aged under 18.To do so, the hospital formed a home medical care team consisting of pediatricians, coordinator nurses, and visiting nurses.When a pediatric patient is deemed to re
Parkinson’s disease inevitably accompanies long-term fights on the part of patients. Therefore, efforts are being made in and out of the medical community to raise patients’ survival rates and improve their quality of life.“Percept PC,” developed by Medtronic using deep brain stimulation (DBS), is a