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"Pink slime" critics fight ammonia-treated meat

Mar 16, 2012

Boneless lean beef trimmings are shown before packaging. (AP) “Pink slime” just went from a simmer to a boil. The stomach-turning epithet for ammonia-treated ground beef filler has suddenly become a potent rallying cry by activists fighting to ban the product from U.S. supermarket shelves and school lunch trays. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to announce Thursday it will offer school...
85 local governments designate smoke-free zones

Mar 15, 2012

Watch out smokers: 85 local district offices have banned smoking on boulevards and at other public spots. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 10 metropolitan or provincial governments and 75 district offices have designated communal parks, playgrounds, bus stops, beaches and boulevards as no-smoking zones as of Feb. 29. People who do not abide by the rules will be fined up to 100,00...
Samsung Hospital to open on Saturdays for checkups

Mar 15, 2012

Samsung Seoul Hospital said it will open on Saturdays for health checkups, allowing wider access for people who cannot spare time during weekdays. “Previously, people had to wait for about a couple of months in order to receive checkups after a reservation. But the Saturday openings will reduce the wait time dramatically,” the hospital said in a press release. “More companies are asking for che...
EWUH signs patient referral pact with Vietnam

Mar 15, 2012

Ewha Womans University Hospital has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnamese Embassy in Seoul on Wednesday to ensure that the patients referred from the Vietnamese government receive ample treatment at the hospital. At the signing of the contract were Kim Kwang-ho, head of the hospital, and Tran Trong Toan, the Vietnamese ambassador to Korea. The pact is expected to facilitate h...
U.S.: More work needed to stop smoking in young people

Mar 15, 2012

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ― More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. Surgeon General’s office said in a report released Thursday. Almost one in five high school-aged teens smokes, down from earlier decades, but the rate of decline has slowed, the report said. It says it’s particularly impor...
Gastritis

Mar 15, 2012

Mr. K is 40 years of age, and recently experienced a digestive disturbance and felt pain at the epigastrium, or upper central region of the abdomen, after overeating. He also sometimes presented with such symptoms as vomiting or heart burn. He therefore visited a local clinic. Through an interview with Mr. K, the physician recognized the symptoms and performed an abdominal examination. This was...
Making meat in your diet history

Mar 15, 2012

More Koreans turn vegetarian though skepticism remains about its health effects Thirty-two-year-old office worker Kim Jin-ee recently decided to become a vegan. She removed all meat, milk, fish and eggs from her fridge to start. It was not her first time trying out a vegetable-oriented diet. She tried a couple of years ago, but failed. “People around haven’t been too generous with vegetarians....
Scientists produce retina structure from blood-derived cells

Mar 14, 2012

(123rf image) U.S. scientists have succeeded in making early retina structures by using stem cells from blood, marking a breakthrough toward treating eye diseases, Science Daily reported Tuesday. The new findings can help study degenerative retinal disorder such as retinitis pigmentosa, a prominent cause of blindness in children and young adults, according to a statement by the University of Wi...
Introduction to Pilates

Mar 14, 2012

CHICAGO ― With some fitness regimens, that first trip to the gym can nearly kill you. Pilates, with its emphasis on core training and an abundance of moves, works the other way. “The first time is almost the easiest,” says Alycea Ungaro, owner of Real Pilates in New York (realpilatesnyc.com and author of “Pilates: Body in Motion” (DK Publishing). “It gets harder after that. Once you know what t...
Red meat boosts risk of dying young: study

Mar 13, 2012

Eating a portion of processed red meat daily can boost a person's risk of dying young by up to 20 percent, said a long-running US study of more than 120,000 people released on Monday. While the research by Harvard University experts offers more evidence that eating red meat increases the risk of heart disease and cancer, it also counsels that substituting fish and poultry may lower early death r...
A remedy for so much ― walking

Mar 8, 2012

I remember that Dr. Kim Kwang-won of the Diabetes Center of Samsung Seoul Hospital, where I currently work, said at a health lecture, “I could count on my finger tips the best treatment method for diabetes after studying diabetes for life. That’s exercise.” At the time, I slapped my knee in glee to get advice from an outstanding master of diabetes. This spring, I plan to recommend to nearly all...
Doctors question effect of Google glasses on eyes

Mar 8, 2012

Have you ever imagined people walking along the street, digitally scanning and analyzing the information of their surroundings on the spot? This may become a reality as Google is expected to start selling eyeglasses that project information, entertainment and advertisements onto the lenses. According to the New York Times, the glasses are not designed to be worn constantly ― although Google eng...
How music therapy can reduce stress, ease pain

Mar 8, 2012

Expert suggests use of complementary alternative medicine in highly individualized way DALLAS ― Judith Ritchie unlocked her office at the Sammons Cancer Center and carefully gathered the instruments that she determined would best serve her patients in the oncology unit. An American Indian flute. A plucked psaltery or lap harp. Ritchie, a certified music practitioner on the staff of Baylor Univ...
Cancer risk found in Coke, Pepsi: Group

Mar 6, 2012

U.S. regulators, reviewing an advocacy group’s complaint that a chemical used in colas causes tumors in animals, said there’s no immediate risk to consumers from the substance. Cans of Coca Cola soft drinks sit on display at a Poundland discount store in Croydon, U.K., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Poundland Holdings Ltd. operates houseware and toy retailers and is based in the United Kingdom. (Bl...
Infanrix listed as mandatory vaccine

Mar 1, 2012

GlaxoSmithKline’s Infanrix IPV, a diphtheria, tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine, has been added to the state’s compulsory vaccines for infant list, the vaccine maker said Wednesday. Therefore, infants will be able to get inoculations at the ages 2, 4 and 6 months and 4 years for 5,000 won a session at nearby public health care centers or designated clinics and hospitals. The vacci...