Ajou University Medical Center said Monday it would build the “Gwanggyo Biohealth Park,” the nation’s first research and development center to be created by joint efforts of academic, research, industrial and medical communities. “The park is the first R&D center in Korea, located near the universit
Medical doctors wrestling with recurrent, non-reactive T-cell lymphoma, an intractable disease with no standard treatments, have recently got a green light. A research team, led by Professor Yang Deok-hwan of the Department of Hematology at Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital (CNUHH), said i
Myongji Hospital said that new Health and Welfare Minister Kwon Deok-chul visited the hospital on Sunday to take a tour of its Covid-19 critical patient treatment ward and encourage the medical staff.The hospital has been serving as a Covid-19 base hospital and has treated 110 critically ill patient
Korea’s so-called “3T strategy” in Covid-19 control has failed to contain the third wave of the outbreak, an expert said.The government’s too much focus on fast testing and tracing missed an opportunity to establish a systematic and integrated strategy to fight the virus, he added. The 3T refers to
Yonsei Cancer Center said Thursday that its breast surgeon team has completed 200 cases of robot-assisted breast cancer surgeries for the first time in Korea. The team, led by Professors Park Hyung Seok, Kim Ji-ye of the Department of Breast Surgery, and Professors Lee Dong-won and Song Seung-yong o
The Korean Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (KTCVS) has issued its recommendation for using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to treat Covid-19.The society made the recommendation in an online symposium to help treat and manage severely ill people amid the surge of Covid-19 pa
Top 10 Medical News of 2020 ⑥The outbreak of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) hit Korea hard in 2020. The pandemic is still threatening the nation with continuing outbreaks in greater Seoul. The medical community suffered a significant setback in hospital management due to Covid-19 responses. However,
A local joint research team has found that a combination of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitor and 4-1BB agonist significantly reinvigorates exhausted CD8 T cells in patients with metastatic ovarian cancer.The research team, led by Professors Park Su-hyung of the Graduate School of Med
Many Koreans are ready to celebrate the New Year’s Day despite their year-long fight against Covid-19.However, guzzlers will have to refrain from excessive celebration lest they should be brought to hospitals because of heart problems, called the “holiday heart syndrome (HHS),” medical experts said.
The Incheon International Airport said it would provide Covid-19 testing to help outbound passengers enter a foreign country with a certified Covid-19-negative status.The airport said it would open the Covid-19 Testing Center on Thursday this week. The testing service will significantly improve airp
A research team at Severance Hospital said Monday that it has found a method to excrete abnormal high blood sugar through stool without performing bariatric surgery.The research team, led by Professors Ku Cheol-ryong and Cho Eung-hyuck at Severance Hospital and Professor Kwon In-gyu at Gangnam Sever
Covid-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna have reported side effects, but they are short-term and manageable, health experts said.The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) recently released a guideline on the risk of allergic reactions to the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.However
A team of cardiovascular experts at the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital has successfully conducted two cardio percutaneous treatments simultaneously on a 77-year-old woman suffering from mitral regurgitation and aortic stenosis.The patient, surnamed Park, underwent open-heart
The Korean Diabetes Association recently published “Diabetes Fact Sheet in Korea, 2020,” (2020 DFS), which investigated the number of diabetic patients and management status in adults aged 30 or more in Korea.The 2020 fact sheet found that 72 percent of diabetic patients had hypercholesterolemia. Th
The medical community called the third wave of the Covid-19 outbreak “a national healthcare crisis” and urged the government to take countermeasures swiftly.Korean Medical Association President Choi Dae-zip held a news conference in Seoul on Wednesday to declare a nation’s healthcare system crisis.“
Asan Medical Center said the hospital’s aortic disease team has pushed the success rate of main artery dissection surgery up to 98 percent.Aortic dissection is a fatal condition in which the large blood vessel branching off the heart or the aorta tears apart. If not treated immediately, patients may
Researchers from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) said they developed a deep learning-based Alzheimer’s detection algorithm.The research team, led by Professors Kim Ki-woong and Bae Jong-bin of the Department of Psychiatry, designed a deep learning model that derives Alzheimer’s di
Yonsei University Health System (YUHS) opened the Korea Surgical Robot Training Center (KSRTC) on Monday, saying it would become a stepping-stone for developing the domestic medical device industry.KSRTC, set up within Avison Biomedical Research Center, will provide education concerning surgical rob
Researchers at the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital have recently treated systemic sclerosis (SSc) by stromal vascular fraction (SVF) injections, including adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells, and improved ulcers in a patient’s hand.SSc, a typical rheumatic disease, is a pro
Researchers at the National Cancer Center (NCC) have found a new protein conjugate that can analyze anticancer drugs' efficacy in real-time.The researchers expect the new technology will bring about significant changes to developing anticancer drugs, researching molecular biology, and conducting cel