A research team at St. Mary's Hospital has discovered a biomarker that can predict the severity and recovery of dysphagia, or swalling difficulties, after a stroke.Dysphagia is a major cause of bacterial aspiration pneumonia as well as malnutrition and dehydration, affecting the overall recovery of
PARIS – A Korean expert has given a positive evaluation to the phase 3 clinical trial results of VEGFR2 Tigit Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI), “rivoceranib,” which proved effective in the first-line treatment of liver cancer combined with the anti-PD-1 immuno-cancer drug, "camrelizumab."Rivoceranib
A research team at Ajou University School of Medicine said a decrease in mitochondrial matrix caseinolytic protease P (ClpP) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) induced by a high-fat and high-fructose diet.ClpP regulates the protein balance in mitochond
Patients with amyloid-negative amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may be at risk of progressing to dementia even if they had subthreshold levels of amyloid deposition, a Korean study showed.The research team, led by Professor Kim Hyung-ji at the Department of Neurology of Euijeongbu Eulji Medi
Myongji Hospital said it started securing medical competitiveness in the post-Covid-19 era by installing new medical equipment worth about 30 billion won ($21.6 million).Starting with the Somatom Force, a dual 576 slice computed tomography (CT), on Tuesday, the hospital plans to introduce various me
The number of diabetes patients reportedly exceeded 6 million in 2020. Considering the pre-diabetic population amounts to about 15.83 million, more than 20 million Koreans suffer from diabetes or the risk of diabetes, according to the Korea Diabetes Association (KDA).On the other hand, only 9.7 perc
Korea is almost the only country that recorded an increase in excess deaths during the Omicron wave due to its problematic critical care system bent only on making makeshift responses, an expert pointed out.Professor Kim Young-sam of the Department of Pulmonology at Severance Hospital made these and
Radiotherapy has emerged as a new alternative treatment for liver cancer patients difficult to treat with the operation.A joint team of four professors at two medical departments in Samsung Medical Center unveiled their results based on the analysis of the “SMC liver cancer registry” on Monday. Prof
Korea’s second monkeypox patient contacted 15 people after arriving at Incheon International Airport from Europe on Aug. 19, raising concerns over loopholes in the nation’s monkeypox screening system. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the patient tested positive fo
The increasingly and rapidly sophisticated information and communication technology (ICT) is changing the appearance of hospitals.Thanks to ICT-based cutting-edge technologies prioritizing a patient-centered service mindset, visitors experience “digital innovation” from the moment they enter hospita
A joint research team, consisting of researchers from Korea, Netherlands, France, and Sweden, said Friday that it came up with a new method to treat Huntington's disease (HD).HD is a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease accompanied by loss of coordination between muscles, cognitive decline, and ps
Gangnam Severance Hospital researchers have greatly improved analyzing nystagmus, a rare eye disease in infants, by applying artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning to the next generation sequencing (NGS) technique.Nystagmus is a condition where the eyes shake involuntarily. It can appear in babi
A joint Korean and Chinese research team proved that fractional flow reserve (FFR) or intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) are useful in guiding percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) surgery in patients with moderate stenosis. FFR measures coronary pressure, and IVUS is an intravascular imaging t
Emergency rooms (ERs) in Korean hospitals are already busy taking care of Covid-19 patients, fever patients, and general patients requiring urgent care, but they now have to provide care for drunkards.Local governments are increasingly installing “a drunkard emergency medical center,” which protects
Obese people paradoxically showed decreased mortality after cancer surgery, a Korean study said.The paradox of obesity – that obese patients have a better prognosis after surgery for coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic renal failure than those with normal weig
A joint research team of professors at three hospitals has developed an algorithm that effectively controls blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients.Diabetes has two main categories -- type 1, in which insulin-secreting cells are destroyed, and insulin is not secreted, and type 2, in which ins
Korean epilepsy patients are traveling abroad to undergo surgery due to the government’s lack of support, a lawmaker said.Rep. In Jae-keun of the Democratic Party released the analysis of the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s data on epilepsy patients.Epilepsy is the No. 2 cause of death among neurol
A Korean research team said they found the cause of brain dysfunction in patients with Huntington’s disease (HD).HD is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder that usually starts around 40. It causes uncontrolled jerky body movements, personality changes, and dementia symptoms. It eventually leads t
A research team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has discovered that using the tumor mutation burden (TMB) test can help better utilize immunotherapy in treating metastatic gastric cancer.According to the hospital, a panel test of several oncogenes using Next Generation Sequenci
The Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) is speeding up efforts to open a cancer center in Busan for heavy ion therapy.On Wednesday, the SNUH said it signed an agreement with Swedish company RaySearch Laboratories to use the latter’s treatment planning system (TPS) and oncology information syst