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KMAP President under fire
The recent remarks of Kyung Man-ho, president of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), is drawing harsh criticism.
In an interview with a local daily newspaper, Kyung said that he will prioritize upgrading doctors'...
KDI backs OTC selling at supermarkets
The government will need to allow supermarket to sell OTC products, it will enable drug makers to compete within a more open distribution channel, according to the Korea Development Institute.
In a forum organized ...
Doctors should be blamed for illegal rebate
Korean doctors have been immune from crackdowns on shady deals between pharmaceutical companies and hospitals ― but they are the real beneficiaries of the illegal "rebate" practices, it has been claimed.
Not a sing...
Pharmacists, doctors to cooperate
Cooperation between pharmacists and doctors in Pusan is picking up, with efforts to share opinions in activating aggravating management of clinics and community pharmacies.
Representatives from both Korean Pharmace...
World health community urged to consider using cholera vaccine as emergency measure, IVI says
A group of international experts has called on the world health community to consider introducing oral cholera vaccines as a potential emergency measure to tackle the deadly diarrheal disease, following one of the wor...
30% of Korean males suffer from premature ejaculation
Almost one third of Korean adult men have difficulty having a sexual intercourse due to premature ejaculation (PE), according to a recent survey of 2,037 men aged over 19 years across the nation, conducted by the Kore...
101 patients visit ENT clinics daily in 2008
Over 101 patients visited an ENT (ear, nose and throat) clinic a day last year, while an orthopedist and a pediatrician saw a respective 94 and 85 patients each a day, according to a report by the National Health Insu...
LG CNS to provide telemanagement service to 4,000 medical institutions
LG CNS, a local IT service company, plans to provide its telemanagement service ‘Touch Doctor’ to 4,000 hospitals and clinics across the nation, following its collaboration with large hospitals, such as Yonsei Medical...
Drugmakers monitor emergence of a new influenza A strain
Domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies are closely monitoring the situation regarding the emergence of swine flu that broke out in Mexico recently and spread to other nations such as the United States, Canada a...
KMA to introduce direct voting
Influenced by a low turnout rate, the Korean Medical Association announced on April 26 it decided to choose indirect voting system from the next election campaign.
Since the chairman election in 2001 when the KMA i...
