Children who do not get enough sleep on a regular basis are more likely to be overweight, a study showed.According to a research team at the University of Otago in New Zealand, children who sleep less had a reduction in body mass index (BMI) and a significant drop in their risk of being overweight.Researchers also found lower BMIs resulted from differences in fat mass, showing that poor sleep has

Boehringer Ingelheim Korea is receiving nominations for this year’s Wunsch Medical Award, one of the most prestigious prizes in Korean medicine. The German drug manufacturer established the award together with the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences in 1990, naming it after Richard Wunsch, the first German physician in Korea. Wunsch also served as a personal physician to King Gojong from 1901 to 19

More is better when it comes to drinking coffee to ward off the risk of deadly prostate cancer, according to a major US study released Tuesday by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.Men who drank six or more cups per day had a 60 percent lower risk of developing the most lethal type of prostate cancer and a 20 percent lower risk of forming any type of prostate cancer compared to men

Having a lot of fat around your heart leaves you susceptible to cardiovascular diseases even if you are not overweight, a group of local doctors said.According to research by Prof. Chun Eun-joo and Choi Sang-il of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital on 402 people, those with a lot of fat around their heart were 10 times more likely to get coronary artery stenosis, a narrowing of the carotid

The Korean Lupus Support Group is holding a campaign to raise awareness about lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease, at Cheonggye Plaza in central Seoul on Friday. The event marks World Lupus Day that fell on Tuesday.According to the Lupus Foundation of America’s definition, lupus is disease that can affect any part of the body as the “malfunctioning” immune system turns the body against itself. Nor

Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital added 161 beds to its 1,159 sickbeds in the main building on Wednesday. A total of 44 beds and 16 armchairs will be located at the cancer center for use by chemotherapy outpatients. About 87 percent, or 125, of the beds will be allocated to wards that have five beds covered by the national health insurance. “The increase of sickbeds will enable more patients to receive in

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Chocolate milk has long been seen as the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down, but the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic has a growing number of people wondering whether that’s wise.With schools under increasing pressure to offer healthier food, the staple on children’s cafeteria trays has come under attack over the very ingredient that made it so popular ― sugar.

Men under 65 with early prostate cancer had better survival odds if they had surgery right away instead of waiting for treatment only if their cancer got worse, a study in Sweden found.That was true even for tumors thought to be low-risk because they didn’t look very aggressive under a microscope.Doctors have long debated whether and how to treat such early cases, and the study shows “there clearl