A 20-something job seeker surnamed Kang recently noticed that his hair was thinning, and his hairline became more noticeable than before. Kang thought it was due to the stress of his recent job search but couldn’t help but notice his hair falling out every time he washed and combed it. During a visi
Patients and the pharmaceutical industry pay keen attention to whether the government will reimburse Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), for which drug price negotiations are underway with the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) from April.Patient organizations have been pressuring the government
Severance Hospital said it recently marked a milestone of 500 liver cancer radioembolization procedures. Radioembolization for liver cancer, a minimally invasive treatment, involves the insertion of a catheter into the femoral artery of the leg, guiding it to the hepatic artery, and injecting micros
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has spearheaded the launch of a network aimed at timely treatment of severe and emergency cardiocerebrovascular diseases, such as stroke and myocardial infarction, within Gyeonggi Province.This initiative, part of the Ministry of Health and Welfare'
More than a month has passed since Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), a new breast cancer drug provided by Daiichi Sankyo Korea and AstraZeneca Korea, passed the Drug Reimbursement Evaluation Committee under the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA).However, news on its reimbursement
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) said Tuesday that its research team has developed “ECG Buddy,” an artificial intelligence (AI) application for emergency disease prediction that analyzes electrocardiogram (ECG) images to assess myocardial infarction and arrhythmia.The research team
The World Medical Association (WMA) has issued a statement calling on the Korean government to discontinue coercive measures against the medical community.However, the Ministry of Health and Welfare countered that the WMA represents the one-sided views of the Korean Medical Association (KMA)."The Wo
Severance Hospital said that Professor Kuh Sung-uk at the Department of Neurosurgery, who also teaches at Yonsei University's College of Medicine, was honored with the grand prize at the 8th Medical Device Industry Awards Ceremony.Professor Kuh also serves as head of external relations at Severance
The last day of February every year is “World Rare Disease Day.” People who decided it reportedly thought about the rarity of February, the last day of which ends on the 29th every four years, to symbolize the experiences of people with rare diseases. Korea had celebrated it on May 24 until last yea
A Korean research team, led by Professor Kim Na-young at the Department of Internal Medicine of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH), analyzed the differences between males and females with stomach cancer positive for the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which infects more than 90 percent of
A Severance Hospital research team has revealed that a hemostatic powder made from plant extracts significantly improves the success rate of initial hemostasis in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding caused by peptic ulcers.Peptic ulcers, which result from the digestive acid eroding the lining of
Professor Keum Ki-chang of radiation oncology at Yonsei University College of Medicine has been appointed as CEO and President of Yonsei University Health System (YUHS) and YUHS Vice President for Health Sciences, Severance Hospital said on Tuesday. His term will begin on March 1 and will last for f
The government has concluded that the recent death of a cardiac arrest patient in her 80s in Daejeon while being transported by ambulance was not related to "emergency rooms’ refusal to accept patients.”The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday that it reached such a conclusion after conductin
A research team at CHA Bundang Medical Center has developed a promising solution for male infertility, particularly for patients suffering from Klinefelter syndrome.Klinefelter syndrome, characterized by the presence of an extra X chromosome (XXY instead of the typical XY), is the most common cause
Pediatric leukemia is the most common cancer among children and adolescents.Most cases of pediatric leukemia manifest acutely, necessitating prompt intervention and treatment upon symptom onset. So what should you do when you notice symptoms in your child?We heard from Professor Hong Kyung-taek of S
Proponents of the medical school enrollment quota increase have maintained that Korea needs to lower doctors’ income to an optimal level by expanding the number of physicians and avoiding falling into a “medical school black hole.”The "medical school black hole" in Korea refers to a phenomenon where
Myongji Hospital has begun performing TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), one of the most difficult cardiovascular procedures.The hospital was certified as a TAVI provider by the Ministry of Health and Welfare last year and has since been performing TAVI procedures in earnest, with Profe
Nine-thousand-two-hundred-and-seventy-five trainee doctors have resigned at 100 major training hospitals nationwide, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday. Those who left their workplaces numbered 8,024.The ministry announced the result of its field checks on doctors’ collective action at
The government says it will consider using physician assistant (PA) nurses to fill the healthcare gap caused by the mass resignation of junior doctors, but most hospitals do not see it as a realistic option.That’s because PAs are already working in hospitals, but the legality of their practice is am
CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor-T cell) therapy, often referred to as the dream cancer drug, is a treatment for patients with cancers for which there are currently no other options.What are the results of CAR-T treatment for cancer patients who are at a dead end, then?"At least, the current data sh