Incheon Hospital 21, a specialized hospital for spine care, recently came under fire after CCTV footage showed that its administrative staff performed surgery illegally.The Korean Medical Association (KMA) said it would deal with such illegal acts with a zero-tolerance policy and expel a member if t
Nine out of 10 epilepsy patients fail to receive surgery in time because of the shortage of neurosurgeons in Korea, a medical association said.According to the Korean Neurosurgical Association (KNA), about 33 percent of 360,000 epilepsy patients in Korea have refractory epilepsy that drugs cannot co
Korea has a relatively small remuneration gap between salaried physicians and general employees among OECD members, a report said.On Friday, the Korean Medical Association’s (KMA) medical policy research institute said that it compared the annual salary of employee doctors to the nominal GDP per cap
Antibodies against Covid-19 remained in Covid-19 patients for at least one year, even in those with mild symptoms, a medical report said.The research team of the Seoul National University Hospital and Pusan National University Hospital released the analysis on antibodies of 52 Covid-19 patients with
The Covid-19 pandemic could end only when its risk becomes weak enough to the level of cold, a health expert said. Thus, Covid-19 vaccination is crucial to advance the ending of the pandemic, he said.The expert added that the herd immunity could be short-lived, and people should not expect too much
A local research team said it successfully predicted preterm birth (PTB) risk using machine learning techniques.Ewha Womans University Medical Center (EUMC) said on Monday that its research team, led by Professors Park Sun-wha and Kim Young-ju at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, publishe
The rates of adverse reactions were higher after the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine compared with the first dose among healthcare workers at a Korean hospital, a medical report showed.The report analyzed the reactions of 265 healthcare workers who received the full two doses of the Pfizer vaccine
Local researchers said they have found why taking risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic drug, leads to weight gain.The study was the first to identify the cause of weight gain at the level of nerve cells and molecules, they said. In the past, doing so was impossible because obesity found in patient
Health officials in some countries are scratching their heads because their high vaccination rates did not lead to a decline in Covid-19 cases.Such phenomenon is particularly prevalent in countries that vaccinated the population mainly with Chinese Covid-19 vaccines, and industry watchers are raisin
Gyeonggi Province’s Home Management System (HMS), a program to monitor Covid-19 patients’ condition and provide healthcare counseling, played a crucial role in containing the second and third wave of the pandemic in the region, a medical report said.During the second and third Covid-19 surges in Kor
Local researchers said they have developed an electronic patch that can check health by monitoring sweat.On Thursday, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Professor Kwon Kyeong-ha of the Electrical Engineering Department and Professor Kim Jong-uk of Chemical Engineerin
One in every four Covid-19 patients were asymptomatic, but those with high heart rate and fever had a higher risk of death or receiving oxygen therapy, a medical report said.Kyung Hee University School of Medicine’s Preventive Medicine Department and Korea University School of Medicine’s Pediatrics
Developing nations have argued that exempting Covid-19 vaccines from intellectual property (IP) rights could relieve the global vaccine shortages. However, such IP waiver will not lead to faster production of Covid-19 vaccines, a vaccine expert said.Normally, when an original drug’s patent expires,
Despite concerns over blood clotting reports, there is no reason to hesitate to get the AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, an expert said.The AZ vaccine’s risk of causing blood clots has been exaggerated due to inaccurate information, he said.Na Sang-hoon, a professor at the Cardiology Department of th
People expect that the Covid-19 vaccination would free them from mask-wearing, but the reality is far from such anticipation. Unless the vaccination rate goes up high enough to reach herd immunity, the authorities should maintain viral curbs, health officials said.According to the Korea Disease Cont
Adverse events of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine occurred more in women and younger people among healthcare workers in Korea, a medical report said.The research team at the Asan Medical Center polled 5,866 out of 7,625 healthcare professionals who received vaccination and published the results in th
The Korean government is reviewing the possibility of introducing the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V, but only 7 percent of the Russian population received the vaccination, industry data showed.Sputnik V, approved in Russia in August last year, was the first authorized Covid-19 vaccine globally.
Drinking lots of soda containing artificial sweeteners could raise the chance of developing liver cancer, a local study said.Myung Seung-kwon, president of the Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy at the National Cancer Center (family medicine department), and his Ph.D. student Alfred Jatho
Korean doctors are finding it difficult to treat patients due to the shortage of doxycycline, an antibiotic, industry sources said. A local drugmaker stopped manufacturing doxycycline-containing medicines in November because it could not import raw materials, they said.Doxycycline is commonly used i
A local research team has developed a thermostable sensor applicable to a smartphone camera to check body temperature.The research team led by Dr. Choi Won-jun at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)’s Center for Optoelectronic Materials and Devices said on Thursday that it developed