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Korea urged to prevent linked epidemics of overweight and diabetes
Korea, which belongs to a same geographical group with China and Vietnam, must act to halt the rise in overweight and obesity with increasing Westernization, as obesity is associated with numerous health complications...
Speed of symptom relief viewed as primary concern for chronic bronchitis patients
A recent European six-country survey of 1,100 ACEB (acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis) patients, conducted by Psyma International Medical Marketing Research and sponsored by Bayer HealthCare, revealed that mor...
Working conditions of hospital residents to scrutinize.
The Korea Hospital Association (KHA) will search all teaching hospitals across the nation over the working conditions including educational and training practices for hospital residents to improve their educational en...
Overweighted adolescents 13 times more risky in health.
A survey reported that 8 in 10 obese adolescents (76.5%) were diagnosed as various chronic disorders including hyperlipedemia, liver dysfunction and hyperglycemia, and that they were likely to develop many other chron...
KHA to appraise medical institutions.
The Korea Hospital Association (KHA) took an explanatory meeting on July 13 at Maria hall of Catholic University under the title of "The Medical Institution Appraisal in 2004" talking about the hospital appraisal plan...
16 reasons for medical circle to reject 6 year pharmacy school program.
The medical circle recently put heavier publicity to the people with their perception for the 6 year pharmacy school program as a whole national issue rather than simply the educational subject for pharmacists.
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Hospitals offer more personalized services linking treatment and well-being
Amid protracted business slump and Korean society's growing interest in the value of leisure time and raising the quality of life, more and more hospitals are preparing to become a place where patients can rel...
MRI most favored as reimbursable item
In a recent parliamentary session, Rep. Ahn Myung-ok of the opposition Grand National Party said that a majority of Korean people said the high-priced MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanning should be switch...
Foreign doctor's licenses only valid after due national examination.
The MOHW announced on July 9 that the enforcement decree and working rules of the Medical Service Act were drafted and disclosed in public on July 10 covering a permission to exercise foreign medical, herbal and denta...
Call for action for hepatitis C virus transmission in patients with hemophilia
A lawmaker is calling for immediate action to reduce higher incidence of hepatitis C virus transmission in patients with hemophilia, as one out of every three hemophilia patients has been infected with such chronic di...
