Korean Society of Lipid & Atherosclerosis (KSoLA) has come out to emphasize the need for people in the 30s and 40s to control cholesterol.The society stressed the importance of controlling cholesterol as the most dangerous element in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and its treatment through drugs, in a press meeting on the sidelines of International Conference on Lipid & Atheroscle
Korean men and women had different reasons for attempting a suicide, a study by a Yonsei University research team revealed on Thursday.Men have been or are currently suffering from cancer are more at risk of suicide, while women with high levels of stress, according to the study.The common risk factors among both men and women for attempting a suicide included low-level educational backgro
A research team at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) has found a method to treat acute inflammatory reaction after intracerebral hemorrhage by using nanoparticles, the hospital said Wednesday.Intracerebral hemorrhage, a devastating subtype of stroke with a high mortality rate, occurs when a weak cerebral blood vessel bursts. Accompanying it are symptoms such as headaches, low consc
A study conducted by Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) has proved the safety and efficacy of the existing orthostatic hypotension (OH) treatments for the first time, the hospital said Tuesday.OH occurs when a person’s blood pressure falls when suddenly standing up from a lying or sitting position. It is defined when systolic blood pressure drops down more than 20 mmHg, or diastole bloo
A new target therapy, which uses ipatasertib, an oral AKT inhibitor, may prolong the progression-free survival period among triple-negative breast cancer patients, Asan Medical Center서울아산병원 said Monday.Triple-negative breast cancer is a type of breast cancer that lacks the three most common types of receptors known to fuel breast cancer – growth estrogen, progesterone, and HER-2/neu gene. It i
A study conducted by Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) has found age is not a factor in the progression of cancer, the hospital said Friday.Lee Hyuk-joon이혁준, an associate professor at the SNUH Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, led the world’s first research on cancer progression and time elapsed until death on 101 gastric cancer patients who did not receive any form of treatme
A recent study on dialysis methods found no difference between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis for non-diabetic patients under 65, the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaboration Agency (NECA)한국보건의료연구원 said Tuesday.“If there is no difference between the two dialyses methods in patients without diabetes and under 65, then it is necessary to provide this information to patients early o
A Korean research team of two university hospitals has discovered a method to predict miscarriages in women with previous miscarriages following in vitro pregnancies.Researchers from Korea University Guro Hospital고대구로병원 and Seoul National University Hospital서울대병원 conducted a study on 148 women who have experienced two or more unexplained miscarriages after in vitro fertilizations.The f
A team led by Professor Jeong Sang-hoon정상훈 of Korea Institute of Science and Technology한국과학기술연구원 (KIST) has developed a sensor technology that can measure calcium concentration in the body for the early diagnose of geriatric diseases.In most geriatric diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and intractable neurological diseases, there is an ongoing decrease in calcium in the endopla
One might have thought the question about the boundaries between states of consciousness and unconsciousness and how to quantify its different levels.A 2007 domestic film “Return” starring Kim Myung-min and American thriller “Awake” starring Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba did just that; highlighting their state of consciousness during surgeries.Imagine the body paralyzed, but the brai
A Korean research team has identified gene mutations associated with high risk of thyroid cancer, the most common cancer in Korea, Seoul National University Hospital서울대병원 said Tuesday.Professors Kim Jong-il김정일, Park Yeong-ju박영주, and Son Ho-young선호영 of the Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) jointly conducted the research with the National Cancer Center 국립암센터(NCC) and found that the “NRG1
Aspirin, an antiplatelet drug commonly used for high blood pressure, angina, and stroke patients, has proved to reduce the risk of liver cancer, according to a study by the Seoul National University Hospital.A team led by Professor Lee Jung-hoon이정훈 of Seoul National University Hospitals (SNUH)서울대병원 Professor Lee Min-jong이민정 of Kangwon National University Hospital강원대병원 conducted a study on
Two researchers have found if there is a possibility of developing hypertension and diabetes while maintaining healthy normal body shape, the incidence of atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat) is higher than that of obese body type.Professor Jung Bo-young정보영 of Severance Hospital세브란스병원 and Professor Park Jun-beom박준범 of Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital이대목동병원 have published the result
A research team has analyzed Koreans’ protein marker base sequence, which can serve as the basis for racial characteristics of Koreans and the cause of their diseases.Two research teams, each led by Professors Kwak Soo-heon and Park Kyung-soo박경수 of Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH)서울대병원 and Professor Kim Jong-il김종일 of Seoul National University College of Medicine서울의대, analyzed the base
Alcohol is a crucial part of daily life for Koreans drinking more hard liquor than most other people in the world, according to the research firm Euromonitor.The Journal of Korean Medical Science also reports that every night about 6 million South Koreans drink 8.97 million bottles of soju, cheap distilled liquor called Korean vodka.Korea is home to more alcoholics than many other countrie
The problem of unmet healthcare needs remains unsolved for hypertension patients who require steady caring, a recent report showed.It defined unmet healthcare needs as the situation where “people cannot receive healthcare that they want or are judged necessary by medical experts.” The report, titled “Korean hypertension patients’ healthcare access, actual conditions of unmet healthcare needs a
UNIST Professor Park Jong-hwa and researchers at the Korean Genomics Industrialization and Commercialization Center (KOGIC) announced Wednesday they had decoded the genome of the red bat and completed comparative analysis with other organisms.There is a genetic basis for conservation and restoration of endangered red bats, called myotis rufoniger and also known as the golden bat. In particular
A Korean research team has found two new genes that affect the onset of atrial fibrillation (AF), while proving five genes responsible for causing AF in Europeans to apply to Koreans, too.AF is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can cause blood clots, stroke, health failure, and other heart-related complications. Genetic factors play a significant role in the occurrence of the disease bef
A research team at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea has discovered a patient with Hemoglobin Kansas, a type of hemoglobin mutation, for the first time in Korea, the hospital said Wednesday.The team reported its finding to an international academic journal, the fourth such case following Japan, Brazil, and Turkey, it said.Hemoglobin is a pigment protein in red blo
A new heart surgery method developed in Korea has appeared on the cover of a prominent international journal. The Seoul National University Hospital said Monday the study of “Arrhythmia prevention new cardiac surgery” by Professor Lee Jung-ryul of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery was published as the first cover paper of the American Thoracic Society “The Annals of Thoraci