With a magnitude 5.4 quake hitting Pohang in North Gyeongsang Province Wednesday, experts call for paying special attention to the complications of patients with chronic illnesses other than fractures and trauma.The Seoul National University Hospital’s public health medical service team said Friday that it had investigated cases and studies in Japan and the United States’ healthcare after the
Researchers at the Catholic University Seoul St. Mary's Hospital서울성모병원 have developed a new test to diagnose thyroid cancer by using photoacoustic images, the hospital said Friday.Photoacoustic imaging is a technology that uses a photoacoustic material, which generates heat when it receives light, as a contrast agent to capture biomedical tissue as a medical image without side effects. It then
A study conducted by the Samsung Medical Center has shown that the prevalence of hearing loss varies according to socioeconomic factors such as sex, education, income, as well as age, the hospital said Thursday. A research team led by Professor Cho Yang-seon조양선 of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology investigated the prevalence of hearing loss in 18,545 people over the age of 12 based on the
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) held a global vaccine forum commemorating its 20th anniversary, at the Plaza Hotel in downtown Seoul, Wednesday.IVI, headquartered in Seoul, is an international nonprofit organization that focuses on discovering, developing and delivering safe, effective and affordable vaccines for global public health especially developing countries.Various go
The Jeju National University said Tuesday it has patented the technology to produce pigs with symptoms of dementia.Professor Park Se-pil박세필 of the Jeju University Stem Cell Research Center제주대 줄기세포연구센터 said that the technology to produce cloned pigs called "JNUPIG" with three genes factors (APP, Tau, PSI) that cause Alzheimer's disease is different from other technology. The center also has obt
A research team led by professor Nam Seok-woo of the Catholic University of Korea has discovered that the driver genes “BANF1, PLOD3, and SF3B4” contribute to the development of early liver cancer.Liver cancer is one of the three most common carcinomas in the nation, with about 15,000 new cases occurring annually. Liver cancer is the most common cause of cancer death because it is difficult to
High levels of fine dust can cause various hazardous effects that pull down the quality of life severely, according to recent reports from Konkuk University Medical Center (KUMC) and Kangwon National University Hospital (KNUH).The KUMC 건국대병원 research, led by Professor Shin Jin-young 신진영 from the department of family medicine, proved that fine dust could cause depression.The research analyz
Smoking is a major risk factor for fatal vascular diseases such as stroke or myocardial infarction. However, half of the patients suffering from these diseases are still unable to quit smoking, Samsung Medical Center삼성서울병원 (SMC) said Friday.As the recurrence rate of a stroke within the first five years since the diagnosis can be as high as 40 percent, patients who continue to smoke will push t
The prevalence of uterine leiomyomas among Korean women increased four-fold over a 12-year period, a report said Thursday.Uterine leiomyoma is benign tumors that arise from the overgrowth of smooth muscle and connective tissue in the uterus. It is the most common benign tumor in women that leads to various clinical symptoms such as pain and compression symptoms as well as infertility.The C
A study conducted by the Seoul National University Hospital has found the new anticoagulants are more effective than the existing ones in preventing atrial fibrillation patients with irregular heartbeats from suffering strokes, the hospital said Wednesday.A research team led by Professors Choi Eun-keun최의근 and Cha Myung-jin차명진 from the Department of Cardiology confirmed the efficacy of Dabigatr
Koreans have long been aware of the phenomenon of “gawinulim,” which roughly translates into “being pressed down by something scary in a dream.” Many have thought it caused by a ghost or spirit lying on top of or pressing down on the sleeping body.A study published Thursday by Korea University Anam Hospital dispelled this notion, saying that the cause of the phenomenon, formally known as s
A research team led by Professor Min Kyung-bok of Seoul National University College of Medicine has confirmed that smartphone-addicted college students use their phone twice as much as ordinary people if they have stress, depression or anxiety.In today’s world, seeing people glued to their phone has become such a norm that millennials have come up with a new word called “smombie”-- a combined
A study conducted by the Asan Medical Center (AMC) has found similar postoperative complications between robotic and laparoscopic surgery, the hospital said Wednesday.There have been few studies on the safety of robotic surgery compared to laparoscopic surgery. However, there is no difference in the safety of the two surgical procedures for kidney cancer, which requires total kidney resection,
Working Koreans stayed an average of 2,113 hours at the office last year with most of those hours spent sitting down. Research now suggests that sitting is not just bad for you, but may shorten your life, too.Research done in 2014 by the National Cancer Institute showed sitting could lead to the development of several types of cancer. The meta-analysis of 43 observational studies of over 4 mil
The Korean Hereditary Breast Cancer Study (KOHBRA) and the OncoArray Consortium have jointly discovered 72 new mutation genes that cause breast cancer, Daelim Saint Mary's Hospital대림성모병원 said Wednesday.The OncoArray Consortium is a large international research team led by Professor Doug Easton of the University of Cambridge, comprising over 300 research institutions and 550 researchers on six
About 27 percent of employees working at the nation’s 30 largest companies are suffering from excessive workload, amid insufficient health management by their employers, a survey shows.A team led by Professor Yoon Young-ho윤영호 of the Smart Management Strategy of Health (SMASH) Laboratory, Seoul National University College of Medicine서울대학교 의과대학 has developed a tool called the Worksite Health Ind
A research team at the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital has confirmed that diabetic foot patients have a higher probability to develop diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to blindness, the hospital said Tuesday.The incidence and prevalence of diabetes are rapidly increasing, and about 100 million people worldwide and 5 to 8 percent of the total population in Korea are estimated to h
Korean researchers have developed a new technology that can predict dementia by a series of blood tests before its symptoms appear. Alzheimer's disease, also referred to simply as Alzheimer's, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over time. The most common early symptom is short-term memory loss. As the disease advances
A Severance Hospital team led by Professor Chang Jin-woo장진우 has sharply reduced hearing loss, a significant side effect occurring in patients who undergo facial seizure surgery, the hospital said Monday.The team released the results of its study where 1,434 patients -- 1,033 females and 401 males with mean age of 51.4 years -- underwent microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasms (HFS) f
A research team led by Professors Kim Hyo-won김효원 and Park Ki-jung박지경 of Asan Medical center서울아산병원 has confirmed that children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) are also likely to suffer physical illnesses.Children with ADHD show symptoms of low concentration, hostility, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity, along with anxiety disorders. However, researchers have