When Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province suffered a significant blow in the first outbreak of Covid-19 in Korea, Keimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital played a pivotal role in containing the infectious disease in the neighboring region quickly. Immediately after the outbreak, the hospital used
Korean medical professionals have discovered a method to resolve postoperative complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT).A team of researchers from Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) said Monday that they had found a solution to prevent HSCT complications by effectively prod
Samsung Medical Center said Monday that the hospital’s cardiac insufficiency team has successfully implanted HeartMate3, the latest artificial heart model. According to SMC, it has operated on seven cases of HeartMate3 transplant so far, and three patients have left the hospital and returned to thei
Researchers at the Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Science (KIRAMS) have developed a deep learning-based technology to predict responses to chemotherapy on breast cancer patients early in the process.Local progressive breast cancer, in which cancer cells spread to lymph nodes or other tiss
Korean hospitals and businesses are using more robots in various areas to lower the risk of Covid-19 infection.LG Electronics recently said that it expanded the supply of its robots to GS Retail's convenience stores in addition to hospitals, medical foundations, and the National Cancer Center to hel
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital has signed a joint operation partnership contract with Nature’s partner journal, “npj Digital Medicine”.Npj Digital Medicine launched as an online medical journal in January 2018 and is growing as one of the most influential medical journals among Nature’s
Researchers at Asan Medical Center (AMC) said Tuesday that they have confirmed the excellent efficacy of a deep learning-based artificial intelligence algorithm in detecting about 43 types of skin cancer and diseases.According to AMC, the AI model has similar levels to dermatologists in diagnosing s
Korean researchers have discovered that the TAZ gene (transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif) that interacts with PKD 1, known as the causative gene of autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), controls cysts’ occurrences and their sizes. The ADPKD is the most common genetic
Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) accompanied by BMPR-2 gene mutation tend to experience more severe and fast-progressing symptoms and receive treatments at an earlier age, a local researcher said Tuesday.PH is a fatal disease that causes blood circulation to deteriorate from increased blood
Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore became famous for its efficient response to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in 2003.Seventeen years later, the hospital has faced the Covid-19 pandemic.While the pandemic threatened medical systems to collapse in many countries, an executive at Tan Tock S
Humber River Hospital (HRH) in Canada said it could relieve the shortage of beds by launching the “Command Center” in 2017. Functioning like an air traffic control tower, the command center in HRH was the world’s second after Johns Hopkins in the U.S.Relocating to Toronto, Ontario, HRH newly opened
A team of researchers at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) said they had proved the long-term effect of surgery on patients with pulsatile tinnitus (PT) caused by sigmoid sinus. PT is a symptom where pulse-like false noises appear in the ear, which can occur temporarily because of s
Five out of 100 Koreans suffer from depression and the prevalence of the disease has rapidly risen almost by two folds in recent 10 years, a study by Asan Medical Center showed.The study outcome is significant because it was based on large-scale big data of more than one million people, the hospital
Researchers at St. Mary's Seoul Hospital have confirmed that stem cell therapy can become a new treatment option for neurogenic bladder, an intractable disease.Neurogenic bladder is a bladder dysfunction in which urination disorders and urinary incontinence appear due to chronic diseases such as neu
The prevalence of osteoporosis, which occurs mainly in the elderly, is rising with the Korean population's rapid aging. About 1.08 million Koreans suffered from osteoporosis in 2019, up about 250,000 from five years ago.Osteoporotic fractures are a serious contributor to the increased risk of death
Myongji Hospital has launched an online service for receiving requests for and issuing Covid-19 diagnosis certificates for people departing the country. The hospital in Goyang, a satellite town north of Seoul, will let passengers pre-register for screening tests and issue condition status reports av
Samsung Medical Center (SMC) said Monday that it has treated 15,000 patients using gamma knife radiosurgery for the first time in Korea.Since SMC implemented the device in 2001, the hospital operated more than 1,700 cases last year and expected to treat about 1,800 patients until the end of this yea
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, known as one of the world's best hospitals, installed a system commonly seen in air traffic control towers five years ago.The system greatly helps the hospital run as efficiently as possible, particularly in the Covid-19 pandemic situation, an executive at the hospital sa
Researchers at Severance Hospital have developed a machine learning-based fractional flow reserve (FFR) prediction technology using optical coherence tomography (OCT) images and patient biometric information.The hospital expects that the new technology will help treat patients receiving coronary int
The Covid-19 pandemic has crippled local medical institutions with a double whammy of fewer patient visits and increased costs for infectious disease prevention and control.One university hospital said it was spending 400 million won every month to contain infection risks.Professor Kim Tae-hyun of Y