A multi-institution study team, including researchers led by Professor Choi Byoung-wook of radiology at Severance Hospital, has developed and verified a method to standardize cardiac MRI measurements, which appear differently depending on filming equipment and method.It is important to diagnose feat
The number of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, has been steadily rising for the past five years, and nearly eight out of 10 HCC patients were male, government data showed.According to the National Health Insurance Service’s data on HCC care, the num
Myongji Medical Foundation held the inauguration ceremony of its new director, Hong Sung-hwa, at Myongji Hospital in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday.Attending the ceremony were about 300 dignitaries from various walks of life, including Myongji Hospital Chairman Lee Wang-jun and President Ki
Korea has little chance of winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine because medical students have few opportunities to make scientific discoveries through research, on top of the government’s insufficient investment in basic medicine, a medical education expert said.He said medical colleges
Severance Hospital has introduced an early recovery program for people who receive an artificial knee joint surgery by reducing their pains and shortening the recovery period, the hospital said Friday.Doctors consider artificial knee joint surgery for severe degenerative knee arthritis patients. The
Next-generation ALK inhibitors such as Alecensa (alectinib) and Lorviqua (lorlatinib) showed high activity in relapsed and refractory anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), signaling their potential as a treatment option, a study said.No standard therapies exist for
Multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) is not cancer, but its prognosis is as poor as cancer.MCD is so rare and difficult to diagnose. As a result, many MCD patients get misdiagnosis and miss the right timing for treatment.Professor Jeon Young-woo of hematology at Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital emphasize
Researchers at Life Center Chaum, a healthcare facility under CHA Network, and Bundang CHA Hospital have published a study on the natural killer (NK) cell activity in recurrent respiratory disease patients.NK cells are immune cells that represent the body's primary defense action. The cells can reco
Nurses’ kind words can improve satisfaction and reduce the anxiety of surgical patients, a study showed.A research team at Jesus University College of Nursing published the study titled “Nurses’ communication styles and the impact of anxiety and uncertainty of surgical patients on patient satisfacti
Korean doctors are 47.9-years-old on average and earn 230 million won ($176,245) a year, with nearly three out of 10 physicians working in the capital Seoul. These are the gist of a recent survey on the health and medical workforce released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.The Korea Institute f
The Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) said its research team has opened a way to raise bone marrow's success rate drastically.The team has discovered a special macrophage that allows mass-producing top hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) for the first time globally. “By making the most of this s
Researchers found a potential new treatment that maintains a therapeutic effect with reduced adverse reactions in HER2-positive breast cancer, which frequently relapsed and metastasized.A joint research team of Professors Park Yeon-hee and Kim Jee-hyun at the Department of Pathology and Translationa
Korean doctors are giving favorable reviews on Leclaza (lazertinib), the nation’s 31st novel drug for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Physicians shared the experience of prescribing Leclaza, which was released on the market a year ago, at a symposium hosted by Yuhan Corp., the drug developer, in
Researchers from three university hospitals and a state institute have discovered the genetic architecture that influences Koreans' subjective happiness.Subjective happiness or well-being refers to the sense of happiness and satisfaction in life.According to the Seoul National University Bundang Hos
The Covid-19 pandemic hit hospitals and nursing homes so hard that over 270 institutions had to close in 2021, government data showed.According to data by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), there were more hospital closures than openings last year, apparently due to a plunge
The nation’s largest physician group expressed serious concerns over enacting the so-called “doctor-assisted death with dignity” law.The Korean Medical Association (KMA) said such a law would confuse insufficient social discussion and consensus. It could also increase the risk of allowing “legal sui
A recent monkeypox case demonstrated a completely different clinical presentation from typical monkeypox, a medical report on the first monkeypox case in Korea said. It is said that most monkeypox cases are believed to occur due to close contact between homosexual, bisexual or other men who have sex
A group of researchers at Gangnam Severance Hospital have developed a psychological evaluation tool kit to comprehensively assess biological, psychological, and social factors related to depression and suicide.The team, led by Professor Seok Jung-ho of the Department of Mental Health Medicine at Gan
Severance Hospital and Yonsei University Dental Hospital said they would start a joint study to identify a link between oral bacteria, intestinal microbiome, and cardiovascular disease, as well as a substance that can prevent cardiovascular diseases.The two entities are operated under the Yonsei Uni
Edward Lifesciences, a U.S. medical tech company, recently named Asan Medical Center (AMC) as Asia's first “excellent TAVI educational institution,” recognizing it for its unrivaled TAVI performance and educational capabilities. Shortened for transcatheter aortic valve implantation, TAVI is a minima