Researchers at Severance Hospital have confirmed that using an extensive frontal focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) of a patient can increase the efficacy of Alzheimer's disease treatment.The team, led by Professors Chang Jin-woo of the Department of Neurosurgery and Ye Byoung-
Using antibiotics could increase the risk of diabetes by up to 16 percent, a study showed. Not only the duration but the number of classes of antibiotics affected the risk.The research team, led by professor Park Sang-min of family medicine at the Seoul National University Hospital, said Monday that
If hepatitis B patients have metabolic risk factors such as obesity and hypertension, they have a higher possibility of developing liver cancer and mortality, a study showed.The research team, led by professor Lee June-young of the Biostatistics Department at Korea University College of Medicine, re
An aide to Chun Doo-hwan, the former military dictator who died on Tuesday, claimed that adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccination might have caused Chun’s death. Still, an infectious disease expert called his assertion “unreasonable.”In an interview with a local broadcaster on Tuesday, Chun’s forme
Researchers at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) have developed an artificial intelligence model that can sequentially predict lesion detection, differential diagnosis, and early gastric cancer invasion depth based on the flow of gastroscopy.Korea has one of the highest rates of gastric canc
A research team at the Korea Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) has developed a system that accurately diagnoses breast cancer biomarkers in the blood by measuring exosome RNA using a fluorescent signal amplification probe.Exosomes are small lipid vesicles discharged from cells, posse
A research team at CHA University Ilsan Medical Center has identified a gene associated with recurrence in patients with stage 1 gastric cancer.Even in stage 1 gastric cancer that shows a relatively good prognosis, about 5 percent of patients experience recurrence. However, the characteristics of ga
Korean researchers have discovered a biomarker that can help diagnose early lung cancer with a simple blood test.Their study, which signaled the possibility of diagnosing lung cancer through “GCC2+ exosomes” in peripheral blood, drew international attention after being published in Cancers, a renown
Myongji Hospital in Goyang, north of Seoul, opened a support center on Tuesday to provide home treatment support for up to 2,000 mild or moderate Covid-19 patients a day.The support center is equipped with an advanced system for managing at-home treatment patients based on the management know-how, p
Aspirin use could raise the risk of heart failure by 26 percent in people with at least one of predisposing factors – smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, a study said.On Tuesday, ESC Heart Failure, a journal by the European Society of Cardio
A research team of Seoul National University (SNU) has developed a new therapy for rotator cuff disease, a major cause of shoulder pain, with drugs instead of surgery for the first time in the world.Professor Kim Jin-hong of the university’s School of Biological Sciences led the research.Rotator cuf
A research team at Severance Hospital has found a mechanism that can dramatically increase the effectiveness of targeted therapies’ delivery in advanced liver cancer.Liver cancer is the second most incurable disease among all cancers in Korea. If detected early, the cure rate is high. However, in th
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) said Monday that it would help construct the first national university hospital in Laos.SNUH has signed an agreement to provide consultation for the Lao Ministry of Health concerning establishing the national hospital of the University of Health Sciences of
A research team of Severance Hospital has found a way to use computed tomography (CT) scan in diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea.Obstructive sleep apnea is a disease in which respiratory failure occurs due to narrowing or obstruction of the upper airway beyond simple snoring during sleep. Patients w
The Korean Association of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (KAOG) warned that it would take a hard line against the government if the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety pushes to grant marketing approval for Mifegymiso (ingredient: mifepristone/misoprostol), an oral abortion drug.Their warning came as th
Novartis’ Entresto (ingredient: sacubitril/valsartan), an angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI), has become the standard therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).However, a recent study showed that the treatment did not offer additional benefit in patients with adv
A research team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) discovered for the first time in Korea that people who have caught Covid-19 are 3.3 times likelier to experience insomnia than those who have not.Various studies show that the prevalence of insomnia has increased since the outbrea
Korea doubled the number of highly cited oncologists in just one year, an industry report showed.A total of eight Korean oncologists were included in the list of highly cited researchers whose papers ranked top 1 percent by citations. They include four professors who won the title for the second con
For telemedicine to take root in Korea, experts said it should be led by physicians and patients, not by the government.On Tuesday, lawmakers, health experts, government officials, and civic groups gathered at a forum to discuss deregulation on digital healthcare at the National Assembly Members’ Of
Myongji Hospital’s said Monday that its virtual care service, which aims to provide remote treatment for overseas citizens living abroad, has received approval from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE)’s special review committee.Myongji Hospital's non-face-to-face medical treatment se