Koreans perceive their health status negatively although their life expectancy is reported to be high, a report showed.According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s “Health Statistics 2017” report, 32.5 percent of Koreans over 15 believe their health conditions are good/very good as of 2015. By gender, 37.3 percent of men and 27.9 percent of women thought so
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), Asan Medical Center (AMC), and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) have signed an agreement to collaborate on ICT-based joint research on medical data, the SNUBH said Thursday.The business agreement is to secure the competitiveness of world-class medical big data by combining their high-quality medical data, together, the largest in Kor
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first duodenoscope with a disposable distal cap, a new feature that will improve access for cleaning and reprocessing, the agency said Wednesday.The decision marks the latest step in the agency’s four-year battle to reduce bacterial infections linked to duodenoscopes even when users were following proper disinfection or sterilization
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has received reports from the Ewha Mokdong Hospital about the detection of insects in infusion solutions, the agency said Tuesday.A consequent inspection has found that Sungwon Medical (Medic-pro Corp) commissioned its manufacturing to a Philippine company, and confirmed that it violated the quality control standard, the ministry said.It will
A Korean research team has raised the possibility of developing vaccines to prevent chronic infectious diseases such as infections, AIDS, tuberculosis and to prevent the recurrence of cancer.The Korea Health Industry Development Institute한국보건산업진흥원 has collaborated with Professor Ha Sang-joon하상준 of Yonsei University연세대 and Dr. Kim Tae-don김태돈 of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Bio
Seoul National University Children's Hospital announced Tuesday that it achieved 1,000 cases of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during pediatric neurosurgery, the first institution in the nation to do so. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) is a technique aimed at reducing the risk of neurological deficits after operations that involve the nervous system, such as
This is the second of a four-part series on Korean hospitals designated by the government as suitable for attracting foreign patients. – Ed. Founded by Dr. Lee Gil Ya, Gachon University Gil Medical Center in Incheon started off as a small obstetrics and gynecology clinic in 1958. Half a century later, it is now ranked as the top three among 10 research-driven hospitals in Korea with 20 spe
Daewoong Pharmaceuticals대웅제약 (President Lee Jong-wook이종욱) said Thursday that it has won the right to sell hepatitis B treatment “Virehepa,” a component of Tenofovir, and will release it next month.Virehepa is a non-salt product that eliminates fumaric acid from the most commonly prescribed drug, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (Viread) and avoids the patent of the original drug.The hepatitis
A research team led by Professor Ahn Ki-hoon of Korea University Anam Hospital has found the relationship between cone biopsy and premature birth for the first time.According to the study, the experience of cone biopsy increases the risk of premature birth, especially if a uterine infection accompanies it.A cone biopsy removes a cone-shaped piece of tissue from the cervix and is widely use
Tego Science, a maker of wound-healing cell therapy products, has received an administrative measure from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety식품의약품안전처 to suspend the “TPX-105” clinical trial, the company said Thursday.Tego Science테고사이언스 will not be able to conduct the clinical trials for TPX-105-- a self-resisting wrinkle-improving cell treatment under approval process -- for a month, it s
Hallym University Medical Center (HUMC) and the Uppsala University of Sweden will jointly host the “9th Hallym-Uppsala International Symposium” at Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital한림대동탄성심병원 next Tuesday, the Korean university said Thursday.Under the theme, “Novel Approaches in Cardiovascular Disease,” medical experts of both institutions will share their thoughts on precision medicine and real wor
Medipost announced Wednesday that it has acquired a domestic patent for commercializing the next-generation high-efficiency technology to culture stem cell, currently under development.The title of the patent is “a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating pulmonary diseases, including mesenchymal stem cells with improved proliferation and differentiation ability.”Medipost메디포스
Professor Seo Dae-chul of Asan Medical Center (AMC) has introduced a new method to treat intracranial aneurysms for his patients, with no recurrence or side effects reported, the hospital said Wednesday.Endovascular coil embolization is performed through the skin to treat an intracranial aneurysm from within the blood vessel without the need of a craniotomy. In this procedure, a microcatheter
A research team at the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital has developed a scoring model to predict the prognosis of metastatic breast cancer patients who underwent surgical resection.Patients were classified into four groups according to their scores, with predicted survival scores ranging from 0 to 10 points.The team, led by Professors Chae Byung-joo채병주 and Yoo Tae
This is the first of a four-part series on Korean hospitals designated by the government as suitable for attracting foreign patients. – Ed. If a foreigner plans to fly to Korea to receive healthcare services, he or she must spend an enormous amount of time to find the right hospital and services that provide professional skills and safety.To boost the efficiency of medical services in
The Korean Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (KSPID) and the Asia-Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases아시아 탸평양 감염재단 will kick off “ISAAR & ICIC 2017” Thursday for a three-day run at Busan BEXCO Convention Hall, organizers said Tuesday.The 11th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR), held every two years since 1997 by the Asia Pacific Infection Found
Myongji Hospital명지병원, known as the “icon of medical innovation,” has opened the next- generation “Smart ICU” based on IT technology that can suit world-class criteria of infection and critical care management.The new intensive care unit, which has been in operation since Tuesday, is the next generation ICU with separate single rooms, an optimized isolation room for infection control, an IT-bas
Menopause affects not only women but also men by causing hormone imbalance, a study by an Ewha Woman’s University Medical Center이화의료원 research team reaffirmed Thursday.Older men risk benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), where the prostate -- a reproductive organ that produces semen located in the lower part of the bladder -- grows abnormally. When sufficiently large, the nodules push on and nar
A team led by Professor Kang Hoon-chul강훈철 of Severance Hospital세브란스병원 has published a book on dietary therapy for patients with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), to call more attention to saturated fatty acid intake during meals.Titled “Dietary therapy for Adrenoleukodystrophy,” the book focuses on the disease that results in fatty acid buildup by the relevant enzymes not functioning properly, causi
"In Brazil, open spine surgery is still widespread. There are very few doctors and medical institutions that can learn minimally invasive techniques and treat patients, which is why I think Korea’s spine therapy technology is amazing."Dr. Breno Frota Siqueira, an orthopedic surgeon at a Brazilian orthopedic hospital called Centro Ortopedico de Brasilia, remarked recently after participating in