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President of the AMDA stated that he does not understand why elderly hospitals are excluded from palliative cares
The president group of the American Medical Director Association (AMDA), leading and performing in medical care for the aged in the United States, expressed curiosity on rigidity of the Korean healthcare system, which...
Medical doctors are not in the list of prospective jobs… it reflects the current state of the medical industry
According to the ’20 Most Prospective Occupations within 10 Years’ chosen by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training, the first was the ‘gas and energy technicians and researchers’, and ‘hea...
Reversal in the impotency treatment market… doctors advise “Generics are fine, too.”
Generic products launched in the market, after the patent expiration of Viagra, have threatened originals. Although the idea that generic products would not overcome originals has been fundamentally set in the pharma...
The 4 yearefforts of ophthalmologistson the revocation lawsuit of the cataract surgery price reduction were in vain
Claiming reduction of the lens surgery’s (cataract surgery) relative value point is unfair as enforcing the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG), the lawsuitof ophthalmologists against the Ministry of Health and Welfare, how...
The top pharmaceutical product administered in intensive care units is antibiotics… averagely 2.5 antibiotics are dosed per a patient
It is noticed that the pharmaceutical productadministered the mostoncritical patients hospitalized in hospitals and clinicsis antibiotics; about 2.5 antibiotics were taken per a patient.
There are 14 critical care ph...
Is grading system going to be used on special medical equipment, such as CT and MRI?
A meeting was set to plan out quality assurance development of special medical equipment, such as CT, MRI and equipment for mammographic images.
Congresswoman Jeong-lim Moon from the Saenuri party and the Korean Inst...
“The revitalization of the diet pill market is expected due to launches of new drugs”… Medical doctors crowded at the conference
600 medical doctors participated in the ‘Korea Obesity Research Committee Academic Conference’ held at 9 AM on the 2nd.
As diet pills has newly been approve by the FDA in the states and are expected to be sold in the...
Doctor’s needs for “orphan drugs’… Where can they find domestic products?
In order to cure rare disorders, specific treatments corresponding with the disorder are required. However, the Korean pharmaceutical industry has had to rely mostly on foreign drugs, and patients take the burden of e...
‘Viread’ will be recommended for most hepatitis B MDR patients
A domestic guideline that recommends exclusive prescription of ‘Viread’ to hepatitis B MDR (multiple drug resistance) patients will be introduced.
The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver (KASL) announced to...
What if a drug for both ‘premature ejaculation’ and ‘impotence’ at the same time… Doctors are also interested
‘Premature ejaculation’ and ‘impotence’ are commonly known as major sexual dysfunction disease among middle-aged men. It was a popular idea among urologists that it would be interesting if a drug, which can cure both ...
