A male physician running an orthopedic clinic in Incheon recently received a request from a local broadcaster to appear on a televised medical talk show -- on one condition. He had to “pay” money instead of getting a performance fee.In a proposal sent to the orthopedist, the broadcaster said its TV
A patient who had liposuction died hours later and medical workers were convicted of professional negligence resulting in death.The Daegu District Court Pohang Branch said it recently convicted two doctors and a nursing assistant indicted for professional negligence resulting in death and other char
Kyung Hee University Medical Center (KHUMC) said it would conduct a series of joint studies, including one on the treatment effect of medical cannabis with Hemp & R Bio and GI Vita.On Wednesday, the three institutions’ representatives met at the hospital president’s office to sign a business coopera
Kim Yon-su, president and CEO of Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), has reiterated his opinion that the government should increase the enrollment quotas at medical schools.“As the population aging progresses rapidly, I think the demand for medical personnel is also increasing,” Kim said Wedn
A research team at Ajou University School of Medicine has confirmed that physically frail elderly people suffer greater adverse health effects when they have other cognitive, mental, and social functioning problems than those without them.The team, led by Professor Lee Yun-hwan of the Department of
A local research team has discovered that a real-time local system (RTLS) can effectively prevent hospital infections.Professors Kim Min-hyung and Park Yun-soo of the Department of Infectious Disease at Yongin Severance Hospital released their research results, which confirmed the RTLS installed in
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) made 284 applications for mediating medical disputes over the past seven years. However, many were dismissed due to their absence from the mediation process.On Tuesday, Rep. Kim Byung-wook of the ruling
High-intensity physical activity can increase coronary artery calcification, a recent study has shown.Normal coronary arteries don't have calcium, but calcium begins to build up in the coronary arteries when arteriosclerosis progresses. A high coronary calcification index is known to cause many card
Korean researchers developed a new treatment strategy for biliary tract cancer, which surpasses the GemCis (gemcitabine plus cisplatin) therapy, which has been the standard primary treatment over the past few decades and won global recognition.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the combi
When Kakao stopped, the Covid-19 response system also faltered. As Kakao Talk’s “group chat room” went down, the bed assignment was made through wired communication between the managers. All these happened because, for the past three years, the authorities have only relied on Kakao Talk group chat r
The Asan Medical Center (AMC), where a nurse’s death occurred in July, should withdraw its Grade 1 rating in the evaluation of the adequacy in treating acute stroke, a lawmaker said.According to the evaluation of adequacy in handling acute stroke made public by the Health Insurance Review and Assess
Yongin Severance Hospital said it succeeded in treating a 77-day-old baby suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) by administering Novartis’ Zolgensma, an ultra-expensive gene therapy covered by the national health insurance program.According to the hospital, it is the nation’s first case of us
CHA Bundang Medical Center identified the gastroesophageal variceal bleeding risk factor when using a combination therapy of Tecentriq (ingredient: atezolizumab) and Avastin (bevacizumab) for treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC is the sixth most common cancer worldwide, but the development
Gangnam Severance Hospital announced a blue print to become the first "urban-type smart hospital" in Seoul, with the goal of completing construction by 2030. The project is part of the hospital’s celebration of 40th anniversary next year.At a news conference on Wednesday, Gangnam Severance Hospital
Spinraza (nusinersen), the first spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatment that won the insurance coverage quickly since its introduction in Korea, is experiencing difficulty expanding its reimbursement standards.At stake is the “suspension of reimbursement” for SMA 3-type patients.There were four exp
Samsung Medical Center’s Cancer Center, which ranked sixth place exceeding the U.S. Johns Hopkins Hospital and Japan’s National Cancer Center in the World’s Best Specialized Hospitals, has begun preparations to meet the new bio era.“Gone are the days when cancer hospitals only treat cancer,” General
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently revised the guidance for the use of PARP inhibitor (PARPi) therapy in ovarian cancer, saying PARPi monotherapy is no longer recommended to treat recurrent platinum-sensitive epithelial ovarian cancer.Still, ASCO opened the possibility that PA
The number of Koreans treated for pathological hair loss, including circular hair loss, exceeded 240,000 last year, recording the largest figure in the past five years. Over the past five years, 1,148,800 people have been treated for pathological hair loss.Kim Won-i of the opposition Democratic Part
A recent long-term follow up study conducted by researchers at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalmic nucleus (STN) is safe and effective for patients with severe Parkinson's disease.Parkinson's disease is a degenerative brain disease
Essential medical departments are “growing old.” That’s because young doctors are not flowing in as they avoid choosing them as majors. Specialists in the essential but shunned departments, such as surgery, thoracic surgery, ob-gyn, urology, and pediatric-adolescent departments, were usually in thei