The World Health Organization strongly recommended using Pfizer’s Covid-19 pill Paxlovid for patients with mild Covid-19 infection who are still at a high risk of hospitalization.The WHO also gave a conditional recommendation to remdesivir for the same group of patients with mild Covid-19. Previousl
The number of obese patients has doubled in the past five years, and related medical expenses increased by more than 30 times.According to Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), the number of malnourished patients totaled 335,441 last year, up 123.9 percent from 2017, while that of f
Precision radiation therapy could raise the treatment rate of metastatic cancer patients carrying mutated genes, Korean researchers said in a study.The research team analyzed radiation treatment responses to ATM/BRCA mutation genes of 66 patients (91 lesions) who received radiation at Yonsei Cancer
Inflammatory levels are the key to deciding the long-term prognosis of patients who underwent coronary stenting, a study showed. In particular, it said that Korean patients who received the coronary intervention had considerably low inflammatory levels compared to Western patients, which were correl
A Korea-U.S. research team has discovered a biomarker that can predict the effect of anticancer drugs in inoperable metastatic and locally advanced gastric cancer patients through blood analysis.Most patients with inoperable metastatic and locally advanced gastric cancer receive a combination therap
A joint research team of two state-funded research organs has developed an immunotherapy that can increase the immune reactivity of cancer cells and help immune cells get close to cancer cells.According to the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), immunotherapy has achieved innovative cl
The majority of the Korean medical community opposes telemedicine, but some doctors call for a change in mindset to embrace the digitization of health services.“A storm called metaverse is approaching us,” said Mun Seog-kyun, head of the research coordination office at the Korean Medical Association
Researchers from five Korean medical universities and the U.S. MD Anderson Cancer Center announced the new genomic subtypes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The five universities are Korea University, Cha University, Kyung Hee University, Keimyung University, and Ajou University.In March, Hepatolo
Myongji Hospital reported Friday that 65 percent of Covid-19 patients who had finished quarantine and visited the hospital due to aftereffects had more than three symptoms.The hospital said so based on its analysis of sex, age, symptoms, number of symptoms experienced, and the number of days require
A Severance Hospital research team has confirmed that gene-editing therapy can treat progressive hearing loss.According to the hospital, hearing loss is a common sensory disease that affects about 5 percent of the world's population and is steadily increasing.Notably, deafness due to hearing loss in
The demand for orthopedic services is increasing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and this will be an opportunity for Korean medical institutions to enter the Emirati market, a report said.On Wednesday, the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) published a report on the demand and su
A research team at the Institute for Basic Science has identified the scientific principle of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for the first time through animal experiments.PTSD is a mental illness that interferes with daily life by constantly re-experiencing painful memories from
A National Cancer Center research (NCC) team has confirmed that it is possible to preserve the stomach without gastrectomy for early gastric cancer patients who show no signs of metastasis after a sentinel lymph node biopsy.It is the first study in the world to show such results, and the patient's q
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed genome alignment software that uses a machine learning-based learned-index technique for the first time.Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a method of deciphering genome information, in which the genome is
A research team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) found that spouses of dementia patients have a higher risk of suffering from dementia than ordinary people.According to the hospital, dementia patients often have a hard time living a normal life because their mental abilities, su
The resurge of Covid-19 infections since February is expected to help Boryung record robust sales growth in the first quarter, a local analyst said Friday.Kim Hyung-soo, an analyst at Hanwha Investment and Securities Corp., noted in a report that the surge of the Omicron variant, which has more than
A local research team has confirmed that the thymic epithelial tumor, a rare chest cancer, is increasing in Korea.The research team, led by Professors Jung kyu-won at the National Cancer Center and Shin Dong-wook and Jo Jung-ho at Samsung Medical Center, concluded after analyzing the data of 5,812 t
A research team at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) has developed an implantable drug delivery device that injects drugs into the body with a button click.According to the hospital, patients suffering from chronic diseases, such as diabetes or high obesity, are self-injecting drugs like ins
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) said that it has become the first Korean hospital to treat a leukemia patient by administering a CAR-T treatment manufactured at the hospital.CAR-T (Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T cell) method treats patients differently from existing drugs. Unlike conventional
A research team at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) has discovered a rapid on-site diagnostic technology that can detect Covid-19 variants.According to the research institute, Covid-19, which enters the body through the ACE2 receptor, undergoes various mutations, such as A