Pfizer’s oral Covid-19 treatment Paxlovid helped Covid-19 patients aged 65 or older reduce hospitalization and death rates, but the effect was nonexistent among younger adult patients, a study showed.The Clalit Research Institute in Israel and Harvard Medical School in the U.S. published their study
The government’s move to redirect some of the budgets for allowances for Covid-19 treating healthcare workers to hold an international conference sparked a controversy in the medical community.Also, industry watchers said that the government’s six-month delay in paying allowances to healthcare worke
A research team at Severance Hospital has found that patients with periodontal disease have a higher risk of suffering from cancer, stressing the need for proper dental care.Periodontal disease causes gum inflammation due to increased bacteria in the mouth that causes plaque to become toxic. If pati
A research team at Seoul National University Hospital has discovered that the CA19-9 level, used as a diagnostic index for pancreatic cancer, is closely related to upper urothelial cancer, cancer occurring in the kidney.Urinary tract epithelial cancer develops in the epithelial cells of the urinary
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections increased after Korea started to ease social distancing rules such as mandatory mask-wearing, a study showed.A research team at Yonsei University College of Medicine published their study, titled “Respiratory Syncytial Virus Outbreak Without Influenza in
Korean researchers said they developed a home-based exercise program (HEP) with an augmented reality (AR) system to improve balance in patients with stroke.Many stroke patients have difficulties in their daily lives due to impaired balance, finding it hard to walk properly. They also become easily e
Physicians are widely prescribing the antidiabetic drug metformin, antiparasitic drug ivermectin, and antidepressant fluvoxamine despite their insufficient evidence for Covid-19 treatment.However, in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, U.S. researchers found that none of the three medicines coul
After the government granted health insurance benefits for CAR-T cell therapy Kymriah, the Asan Medical Center (AMC) opened the nation’s first CAR-T cell treatment center.AMC said Tuesday that its cancer hospital opened the CAR-T center and began reimbursing Kymriah treatment, certified by Novartis.
Empirical antibiotic therapy, or the use of antibiotics before testing bacterial infection in Covid-19 patients, does not improve Covid-19 patients’ clinical outcomes, a study showed.Empirical antibiotic therapy is defined as the use of antibiotics within 48 hours after hospitalization before microb
A group of researchers from Seoul National University (SNU) and the U.S. Stanford University has succeeded in restoring muscle movements in paraplegic rats.According to the SNU, the joint research team presented the possibility of treating damaged nerves using organic artificial nerves.A nerve is an
Death rate increases by up to a quarter among septic shock patients with sarcopenia, Severance Hospital said Friday.Infectious disease Professors Ku Nam-su and Kim Jung-ho announced that the mortality rate of septic shock patients with sarcopenia increased by up to 26.5 percent.There have been consi
A Korean researcher said he identified the relationship between plasma glucose levels and radiotherapy's effect on cancer treatment.Professor Kong Moon-kyu of radiation oncology at Kyung Hee University Medical Center said his research team recently published a study, concluding that survival rates o
A Korean medical group’s investigation revealed that the Covid-19 vaccination could have affected the onset of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). In addition, the group said that menstrual irregularities and abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) were related to the Covi
The medical staff of Korea University Ansan Hospital (KUAH) provided medical assistance to ethnic Koreans who had evacuated to their fatherland because of Russia’s war in Ukraine.About 30 medical workers offered medical services at the foreign residents’ support center in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, f
Korean researchers said they confirmed a new therapeutic drug monitoring strategy to improve the treatment outcome in pediatric Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease.On Thursday, a research team of Professors Kim Mi-jin and Choe Yon-ho of pediatrics at Samsung Medical Center said the
Professor Song Kyoung-ho of the Department of Infectious Disease at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital has been appointed an editor of Scientific Reports, an international academic journal.Scientific Reports is an online, open-access journal published by the Nature Publishing Group and a sis
Kyung Hee University Medical Center (KHMC) said it ranked 10th in the 2021 Inpatient Experience Evaluation conducted by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) on 359 general hospitals nationwide.According to the hospital, KHMC received a score of 88.6, ranking tenth among all gene
The Ministry of Health and Welfare recently changed the official English name of “Oriental medical doctor” to “doctor of Korean medicine,” causing a strong backlash from the medical community.Doctors said the new name could be misleading because English-speaking people could confuse Western medical
Myongji Hospital said it introduced a surgical robot 'CUVIS joint' to increase the precision of joint replacement surgery.Developed by Curexo, a local firm, CUVIS joint automatizes the entire bone cutting process, required before a joint replacement surgery, the hospital said.The surgical robot is e
The recent death of a nurse at Asan Medical Center (AMC) who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while on duty is rocking the medical community to the core. AMC is regarded as one of the best among Korea’s five largest hospitals.Health industry officials are wondering why AMC with top medical facilities