News About: Medical News
Korea’s birthrate at world’s lowest
Korea's birthrate stands at the lowest level in the world, in a recent report released by the United Nations Population Fund.
The Fund's statistics showed that the birth rate, or the number of babies a woman gives ...
20 percent of office workers take vitamin C drink to get over fatigue
20.6 percent of Korean office workers take vitamin C drink every day to overcome fatigue or laziness, a survey showed. They feel that vitamin C drink.
This means that if they feel lazy, then it's better take a vita...
Prevenar shown to reduce invasive pneumococcal disease in Korea’s young children
The routine use of Wyeth’s Prevenar (pneumococcal saccharide conjugated vaccine, adsorbed) helps protect against the seven pneumococcal serotypes causing the majority of disease in Korea, a local doctor said.
In a ...
50% of NSAIDs-receiving patients with arthritis receiving will have risk of GI bleeding
Nearly half of Korean patients with arthritis who have received nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) will be exposed to a risk of severe gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, such as gastric bleeding or ulcer.
...
Hospitals urged to prescribe less medicines
Hospitals are prescribing many medications, putting heavier financial pressure on the state health insurance, according to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA).
The agency said that more than 6...
LG CNS to team up with Inha University Hospital
LG CNS says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Inha University Hosptal in Inchon to launch its home healthcare service through “Touch Dr.” for hypertensive and diabetic patients.
The Touch Dr.’s manag...
Concern growing over isolated soy protein
The recent China food scare caused by the toxic chemical melamine has been sweeping the nation like a whirlwind, triggering concerns over devastation of the Korean food industry.
The food functional industry has a...
Doctors urged to prescribe VytorinMore caution should be necessary in prescribing Vytorin (ezetimibe/ simvastin) as concern about Vytorin and cancer surfaced in July, when the SEAS study was published, according...
|
Rate of concurrent antibiotics use dropping
Korea saw a decrease in its combination use of two or more antibiotics in patients undergoing surgical operations last year.
According to the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, 58.1 percent of patients ...
3.2% of 100 people aged over 55 suffer from prostate cancer
3.2 percent of 100 males aged 55 in Kwangju, Daejeon and Masan are likely to suffer from prostate cancer.
The Korean Urological Association and the Korean Urological Oncology Society researched 3,800 residents in t...
