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Patients with chronic hepatitis B in Asia exposed to inadequate treatment
The majority of patients suffering from chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in Asian countries have yet to receive adequate antiviral treatment in an earlier stage unlike those patients suffering from hypertension, diabetes and...
Electile dysfunction patients want sexual life without time restriction
Israeli males with electile dysfunction (ED) always prefers their sexual life without time limit in the course of ED treatment, said professor Yoram Vardi of Langbang Medical Center in Israel who made his recent visit...
Medical circle worries over presence of foreign hospitals in economic free zone
The Korea Doctors Association said in its statement that as the government's permission of Korean doctors' medical practice at foreign hospitals in the economic free zone of Inchon would result in the diagnosis of the...
38.3% of breast cancer patients are age 40s women.
The Breast Cancer Registration Project Committee of the Korea Society of Breast Cancer (Chief commissioner: Dr. Lee Hee-dae of Yonsei Univ. Youngdong Severance Hospital) reported on Oct. 16 that 38.3% out of the total...
Safety profile of phenylpropanolamine-containing cold remedies needs to be reviewed, symposium says
The Korea Doctors Association held a symposium titled "Are phenylpropanolamine (PPA)-containing cold remedies dangerous to the people?" on October 15 at Dong-A hall.
Citing the results of a hemorrhagic cerebral apo...
KHA to propose current waste disposal regulations intact.
The Korea Hospital Association (KHA) firmly kept its official stance to the government regarding the revision to the Working Rules of Wastes Disposal Administration Act of the Ministry of Environment (MOE) that the cu...
103 Koreans found to be infected with AIDS via blood donation
Korea has a total of new 103 AIDS-positive patients since 2002, which showed a 10 percent of 946 patients tallied by the National Institute of Health and of these people, eight patients were newly infected via intenti...
NMC's two departments showing the highest mortality rate
According to data released by Rep. Kim Myung-seob, the mortality rate of internal medicine and neurological surgery of the National Medical Center in 2002 represented 6.57 percent and 13.9 percent, respectively, showi...
KMPA raised to form special review committee for medical reform system.
The Korea Medical Practitioner's Association (KMPA) (head: Dr. Kim Chong-keun) asked the government and the National Assembly in their official statement dated on Sept. 23 that a fair and objective special committee ...
Average prescription rate of injectable preparations and antibiotics in community clinics in...
Average prescription rate of injectable preparations and antibiotics in community clinics in quadruple of 15 large-size hospitals
The average prescription rate of injectable preparations and antibiotics in communit...
