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Ewha ties up with Mongolia cancer center

Sept 8, 2011

Ewha Womans University Medical Center has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mongolian National Cancer Center for research and treatment, the hospital said Thursday.Under the agreement, the Seoul hospital will diagnose and treat transferred Mongolian patients, refer the process to the Mon
Eye infection alert issued

Sept 8, 2011

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked parents to take extra care on their children’s eyes as eye infections are increasing since the school term kicked off. According to the center, which received reports from 80 medical facilities nationwide, the number of people with epidemic
Dermatological clinic offers consultations

Sept 8, 2011

Gowoonsesang Dermatology clinic is offering consultations through mobile a phone messenger service from this week. Once the clinic’s number, 010-9566-8275, is saved in a smart phone, patients can use the consultation service provided by the clinic from 6 p.m. to 8p.m. through “Kakao Talk” or “Daum P
Bird flu back on the rise, U.N. warns

Sept 8, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― Bird flu was in decline, but health officials warned Monday that it appears to be on the rise again.The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) “urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence” of the virus, which has crossed over from bir
Discount offered for patients who use neighborhood clinics

Sept 8, 2011

Starting next year, people suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes or hypertension will be able to get a discount on their medical bills if they register at a neighborhood clinic instead of visiting general hospitals or clinics far from home.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare,
Do you want to sleep well?

Sept 8, 2011

“Boys and girls, it’s time to go to bed.” When I was a boy, everyday this message came from the television or radio just before 9 p.m. I thought of it as a signal for the end of the day and would go to bed. I knew nothing about the world after that time. The 9 to 6 sleep schedule was considered the
Tips on healthy Chuseok diet

Sept 8, 2011

Doctor’s advise: cut oil where you can, even healthy foods can be overeatenMany people have memories of gaining holiday weight after days of feasting with their families over Chuseok. Most holiday foods are fatty and high in calories as they are usually sweet, fried or roasted. In the old days when
Suicide main cause of death for those under 40 in S. Korea

Sept 8, 2011

Suicide was the No. 1 cause of death among people under 40 years of age in South Korea last year, with the nation‘s overall suicide rate also marking the highest among the world’s major countries, a report showed Thursday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, suicide was the leading cause of
Adult smoking rate edges down slightly: CDC data

Sept 8, 2011

CHICAGO (AP) _ Fewer U.S. adults are smoking and those who do light up are smoking fewer cigarettes each day, but the trend is weaker than the government had hoped.According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday, 19.3 percent of adults said they smoked last ye
UK officials may take 4 obese kids into custody

Sept 6, 2011

(MCT)LONDON (AP) -- Scottish officials say they may take four heavy children away from their parents after warnings to help their kids trim down have apparently failed.The children are aged one to 11. The parents are obese and have three older children who are also heavy. For the past two years, the
CDC: 2 children sickened by novel swine flu strain

Sept 5, 2011

A new strain of swine flu has shown up in two children in Pennsylvania and Indiana who had direct or indirect contact with pigs. The virus includes a gene from the 2009 pandemic strain that might let it spread more easily than pig viruses normally do.So far, there's no sign that the virus has spread
Teen vaccinations against cervical cancer lagging

Sept 1, 2011

ATLANTA (AP) ― Only about half of the teenage girls in the U.S. have rolled up their sleeves for a controversial vaccine against cervical cancer - a rate well below those for two other vaccinations aimed at adolescents.The vaccine hit the market in 2006. By last year, just 49 percent of girls had go
Middle-aged women and herpes zoster

Sept 1, 2011

About one out of every four herpes zoster (shingles) patients are women 50 or older. According to the Mayo clinic’s definition, herpes zoster is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Although shingles can occur anywhere on the body, it most often appears as a band of blisters that wraps from
‘Hair loss not as hereditary as believed’

Sept 1, 2011

Heredity has been blamed as one of the main causes of hair loss but a recent study found that, for about half of those going bald, genes have nothing to do with it. The Korean Hair Research Society traced the family records of 1,220 people suffering from hair loss and found that only 41.8 percent of
Cervical cancer vaccine approved for men

Sept 1, 2011

The Gardasil vaccine, given to women to help prevent infection of four types of the human papillomavirus, the main cause of cervical cancer, got the green light from the Food and Drug Administration of the European Union for men as well. The decision came after the Committee for Medicinal Products f