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
As trainee physicians at Korea’s five largest tertiary hospitals walked out en masse on Tuesday morning in protest to the government’s medical school quota increase, senior doctors in emergency medicine are taking on additional duties, hospitals said. This could lead them to suffer burnout, putting
As interns and residents are resigning en masse in protest to the government’s increase of medical school enrollment quota, the rivaling political parties have set about to persuade them, saying, “Let’s resolve it through dialogue.”On Monday, the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) annou
The Korean government has compelled medical schools to submit the personal information of representatives of medical school students who have pledged to embark on a collective leave of absence this week, as revealed in a document obtained by Korea Biomedical Review. The Korean Medical Student Associ
The number of patients with “sudden deafness,” a condition in which a person suddenly loses the ability to hear sound for no particular reason, is increasing rapidly in Korea.According to data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), the number of sudden deafness patients incr
A research team at Yongin Severance Hospital has demonstrated the effectiveness of ChatGPT, specifically the GPT-4 model, in accurately predicting cardiovascular diseases.GPT-4, the latest iteration of the ChatGPT series developed by OpenAI, has previously garnered attention for passing the United S
Interns and residents at Korea’s "Big Five" hospitals have decided to submit their resignations by Monday and stop working from Tuesday.Park Dan, head of the Korean Intern and Resident Association (KIRA), said the association came to this conclusion after discussions with representatives of the trai
Kim Joo-ah, 3, who underwent successful heart transplant surgery, was safely discharged from Severance Hospital on Feb. 8, according to the hospital.The Lunar New Year was a special holiday for Joo-ah's family, with the entire family gathering at her home to eat tteokguk, traditional sliced rice cak