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[News Briefs] Year’s first flesh-eating bacteria found in Gyeonggi

May 7, 2019

Vibrio vulnificus, a strain of necrotizing bacteria, was detected in seawaters off the west coast of Gyeonggi Province, the province’s Health and Environment Research Institute said Tuesday. Three o...
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in children’s products

May 3, 2019

About 130,000 children’s products were found to contain endocrine disruptors during customs clearance procedures, a Korea Customs Service report showed Friday. KCS and the Korean Agency for Technolo...
[Graphic News] Global life expectancy up 5.5 years since 2000: WHO

Apr 15, 2019

Global life expectancy grew by 5.5 years between 2000 and 2016, the World Health Organization said, warning though that unequal income and access to health care translates into far shorter lives for...
[Graphic News] Poor diet linked to 1 in 5 deaths globally: study

Apr 9, 2019

One in 5 deaths globally is linked to poor diet, experts said, warning that overconsumption of sugar, salt and meat is killing millions of people every year. The United Nations estimates that near...
[Graphic News] Air pollution causes 17,000 deaths in S. Korea in 2017

Apr 8, 2019

Poor air quality caused more than 17,000 deaths in South Korea in 2017, more than 90 percent of which resulted from the onslaught of harmful PM2.5 particles, a study released by a US civic group sho...
[Graphic News] Growth of medicine side effects slows in 2018

Mar 24, 2019

South Korea saw reports of medication side effects gain about 2 percent in 2018, although their rate of growth slowed sharply from the prior year, data showed. Local health authorities handled 257...
[Graphic News] Foreign patients report satisfaction with S. Korean medical services

Mar 10, 2019

Foreigners visiting South Korea for medical treatment are largely satisfied with the services they receive, a poll showed. Foreign patients gave an average rating of 90.5 out of 100 for the level ...
[Graphic News] Measles rates soar worldwide

Mar 6, 2019

Of the global surge in measles last year, just 10 countries accounted for three-quarters of all cases, the UN children’s agency said, including one of the world’s richest nations, France. Ninety-e...
Imports of medical cannabis to be allowed next month

Feb 19, 2019

A revised narcotics bill that goes into effect March 12 will give the green light to imports of medical cannabis for self-treatment under strict conditions. Under the revised law, cannabis derivativ...
Sudden heart problems kill 3.6 times more people than car crashes

Jan 10, 2019

More than 18,000 people died from sudden cardiac arrest without previous symptoms or warning signs in 2017 -- making it a bigger cause of death than lung cancer, at 17,980, and road traffic accidents...
Heart meeting features fish oil, vitamin D, cholesterol news

Nov 12, 2018

CHICAGO (AP) — Fish oil, vitamin D, novel drugs, new cholesterol guidelines: News from an American Heart Association conference over the weekend reveals a lot about what works and what does not for p...
[Graphic News] S. Koreans rank No. 1 in OECD in hospital visits

Nov 6, 2018

South Koreans rank first among major economies in terms of visits made to hospitals in 2016, government data showed. According to the data by the National Health Insurance Service, South Koreans v...
[Weekender] Traditional Korean medicine a game changer in medical tourism industry

Nov 1, 2018

It has been a decade since South Korea started issuing short-term visas for foreigners seeking medical treatment here as part of measures to boost medical tourism. Since then, the medical tourism ma...
Increase in work hours reduces pregnancy chance: report

Oct 30, 2018

An increase in working hours among women reduces the chance of them getting pregnant, a report showed Tuesday. According to the report by the National Assembly Budget Office, the chance of conceivin...
Immunotherapy scores a first win against some breast cancers

Oct 21, 2018

For the first time, one of the new immunotherapy drugs has shown promise against breast cancer in a large study that combined it with chemotherapy to treat an aggressive form of the disease. But the ...