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Hemophilia affects 1,975 Korean people
A total of 1,975 people in Korea have suffered from hemophilia last year, showed a report released by the Korea Hemophilia Association.
According to the report on the hemophilia prevalence rate in 2008, the number ...
Korea needs to narrow income gap between large and small hospitals
A number of patients are more eager to visit large hospitals, widening the income gap between general hospital and clinics, according to a lawmaker who cited the data submitted by the Health Insurance Review and Asses...
PELD effective for recurrent herniation
Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) is effective for recurrent disc herniation in selected cases, according to a local doctor.
Dr. Ahn-young, director of Wooridul Spine Hospital in Daegu, said that the...
Korean peoples suffer from colds, headache and indigestion: online survey
People in Korea seemed to be the sickest, suffering from most ailments and topping the global rankings for suffering from colds, indigestion, heartburn and toothaches, according to the on-line survey of those in 47 co...
Kyung Man-ho elected KMA chairman
Kyung Man-ho, 58, vice president of the Korean National Red Cross, has been elected the Korean Medical Association’s president, it was announced on March 21.
Kyung was in a competition with Choo Soo-ho, incumbent K...
KOMETO eyes medical tourism
The Korea Medical Tourism Organization (KOMETO) consisting mainly of general practitioners in 19 different departments has set in motion plans to aggressively attract foreign patients seeking high-quality surgery at r...
Medical tourism forum opens
Healthcare service providers and medical tourism marketers gather in at COEX InterContinental Hotel in southern Seoul for an online medical tourism forum.
Hosted by Google Korea, the forum was held as part of the G...
4 of 10 Koreans taking vitamins and nutrition supplemental products
46 percent of Korea consumers take vitamins and nutrition supplemental products every day, while 57 percent of Japanese consumers select them daily, according to the Nielsen Company, a global information and media com...
KMA head race getting tighter
The race for a new Korean Medical Association (KMA) chairman is getting tighter as big-name candidates enter the running for the post.
Incumbent KMA Chairman Choo Soo-ho and Kyung Man-ho, the vice-president of the ...
Education minister grilled over medical graduate school system
Rep. Yoon Seok-yong of the ruling Grand National Party said that there must be a fundamental change in the education system, which include improving the current medical graduate school system, during a National Assemb...
