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Medical circle reviewed functional food supplements.
The Korea Medical Association (KMA) and the Korea Society of Complementary Medicine announced to present "70 cases of the prescription evidence for the complementary therapy and therapeutic supplement preparations" th...
KHA exerting efforts to improve hospital assessment system.
The Korea Hospital Association (KHA) confirmed the 2005 business project including the improvement of hospital assessment system and 7,063 million won for the 2005 budget during the 16th general congress at the cherry...
Cialis sales on top in South Africa, Kuwait and France.
The sales of Cialis, an impotent drug of E. Lilly, ranked the top in the world according to IMS Health Data.
Lilly Korea said that the data reported the sales of Cialis in the world as of Feb. 2005 that Cialis sale...
Hospital community sensitively concerned over government's hospital assessment.
The local hospital community seriously concerned about the recent government's hospital assessment report. The Hospital Association expressed considerable worries that the system might critically impair the whole medi...
Average of 174 People Dies from Various Cancers Per Day
The nation's cancer-related mortality records show that an average of 174 people dies from various cancers on a daily basis, according to the Year 2003 Current Status Report on Domestic Cancer Patients prepared by the...
More People with Increased Risk of Obesity-Related Symptoms
From the joint population study conducted by the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) and the Korea Society for the Study of Obesity (KSSO), the domestic population with ages in the twenties and the thirties s...
Over 5 Trillion Won of Medical Expenditures Incurred by Domestic Elderly Population
According to a report released by the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC), there is a continuous increase of the elderly people with ages 65 and above in the nation, reaching at 3.75 million people, or 7.9% o...
Nationwide Availability of Locally Produced Cyclotrons Makes Headway
The Kyungpook National University Hospital (KNUH) held an opening ceremony on March 21st for a newly established PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Center, equipped with the locally developed cyclotron.
With the fi...
Listem to Win Demands for Medical Diagnostic Systems
Listem Corporation, the manufacturer of medical diagnostic x-ray systems, is to make a number of new and existing product exhibitions at the 21st Korea International Medical and Hospital Equipment Show (KIMES), to be ...
One of Seven Koreans Will Suffer Diabetes by Year 2030
From the Diabetes in Korea 2005 symposium jointly held by the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) and the Korea Diabetes Association (KDA), it is expected that one out of seven people will suffer diabetes by Year 20...
