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Doctors tend to reduce unnecessary pill prescriptions
Doctors are seeking to reduce pill prescriptions at medical clinics, according to a report published by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA).
The HIRA officials found that patients were prescri...
Antibiotics prescription rate dipped 5-fold in 3 years
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) revealed yesterday the antibiotics usage of some 12,000 hospitals and clinics nationwide during the latter part of last year, based on prescriptions for common...
Pharmacists gets cold shoulder from major parties
The official 13-day campaign period for next month’s general elections started today.
The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) completed selecting their candidates, a process m...
Korean medicines deemed expensive: survey
A recent survey of 907 Korean doctors showed that Korean medicines are expensive by global standards.
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) reported recently 64.3 percent of surveyed doctors sai...
NIH Cohort Forum to be promoted
The government has unveiled its plan to establish a BioBank that would collect the genetic information of more than half a million people by 2012, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCD...
Panic disorder in middle-aged population on rise
Panic disorder among the middle-aged population is rising, the National Health Insurance Corporation revealed Monday.
The number of people treated for panic disorder marked 59,000 in 2011, up 24,000 from five years...
Health Ministry preparing to counterclaim in suit
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is preparing its counterclaim over the arguments of four pharmaceutical firms in a suit to be held on March 28.
The four drug firms, including Ilsung and Dalim Biotech, lodged a s...
13 heath care providers to run in parliamentary elections
A total of 13 doctors and pharmacists will run in the April 11 National Assembly elections on the main parties’ tickets, the National Election Commission said Friday.
The candidates include four pharmacists, six do...
Government urged to introduce first generic incentive system
The Korean government needs to consider the introduction of the first generic support system prevailing in the U.S., according to an official of the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
In a seminar on Mar. 23, a K...
Authorities announce measures to bring down TB prevalence
As of 2011, 39,567 new tuberculosis patients are reported every year and that figure is equivalent to 80.7 of every 100,000 people suffering from the disease, according to the Korean Center for Disease Control and Pre...
