SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Metabolic syndrome, characterized by the simultaneous occurrence of abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and dyslipidemia, may not be a severe condition itself. However, its importance lies in the significant increase it causes in the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes over time, underscoring the necessity for [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 6 (Korea Bizwire) –Domestic pharmaceutical firms in South Korea are increasingly joining forces with former competitors to develop new drugs, marking a shift in strategy. While co-marketing existing products or outsourcing manufacturing has been common practice, collaborations now extend to the realm of novel drug development. Last month, Ildong Pharmaceutical secured Dong-A Socio [...]
ULSAN, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –Researchers at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea have developed technology that allows diagnosing sleep apnea using a smartphone app. According to UNIST, a research team led by professor Byun Young-jae from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has implemented a wearable sleep apnea [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Eric Ripert, the chef and co-owner of the three-Michelin-starred Le Bernardin restaurant in New York, has found profound inspiration in Korean temple cuisine, hailing it as a path toward a more sustainable and nourishing food system for humanity. “Temple food is appealing to me, and in many ways, it represents [...]
DAEJEON, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In a remarkable discovery, the Forest Healing programs conducted in national and public healing forests have been found to aid prenatal education for expecting mothers and alleviate the distress associated with infertility, according to the Korea Forest Service. As part of the lifecycle-focused forest welfare services, the ‘Forest Prenatal Education’ [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) –The government plans to amend tobacco-related laws to designate synthetic nicotine as a type of tobacco in order to regulate the product category seeing growing popularity among young smokers, according to officials Wednesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Economy and Finance plan to push for [...]
CHEONGJU, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – At the smoking hazard laboratory in Osong, a city in North Chungcheong Province, researchers have been meticulously analyzing the liquid contents of commercially available e-cigarettes using advanced equipment, according to officials who gave a tour to reporters on May 8. The intensive analysis stems from concerns that e-cigarette liquids may [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A study conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) has revealed that individuals with high clinical risk scores, calculated by combining factors such as age, gender, blood pressure, smoking status, and obesity levels, face a 3.6 times higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases compared to those in [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A smoker fined for lighting up in a designated non-smoking area has failed in a constitutional challenge after the country’s highest courts upheld the citation, ruling that public health interests outweigh individual freedom to smoke outdoors. On April 25, the Constitutional Court unanimously dismissed a petition filed by a [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Medical professors working for three general hospitals in Seoul suspended outpatient clinics and surgeries Tuesday amid a prolonged walkout by junior doctors, but no major disruptions have been reported, officials said. Some professors, who serve as senior doctors at Seoul National University Hospital, Severance Hospital and Korea University Hospital, [...]