"Basically, rhinitis and asthma are classified as some sort of incurable diseases in western medicine due to the lack of predominant therapy. Particularly for atopic dermatitis, steroids are often used as some sort of a panacea, but if a patient continuously receives injections of steroids, and no matter how healthy the patient may be, the patient still has the possibility of suffering from all ty

SEOUL, KOREA — There is no denying that food has been eulogized as an amalgam of science and art, and plays a great role for a healthy lifestyle. That is why Korean food has continued to be in the spotlight around the world. Against this backdrop, Korea IT Times met with Choi Kyung-sun, who has been devoted to globalizing Korean food and to learn about the benefits from eating Korean food.Choi K

Ubiquitous Life Care Research Center (uLCRC) of Kyung-Hee University aims to build a robust and low cost life care service for medical institutes as well as in home environment. "Based on Secured WSN-integrated Cloud Computing for u-Life Care (SC3), uLCRC is creating an environment where life care services can be offered to patients suffering from chronic diseases that mainly affects the life-styl

"My mother said she bought 10-year-old Ganjang when she got married. And it was when I was in middle school, that is, when the Ganjang became 25 year old, that one day I was too sick to go to school but as soon as my mother cooked me some rice and mixed it with that Ganjang, I suddenly got much better and could go to school!" In March 2010, Korean Food Foundation (www.hansik.org) was launched

Some may give a dubious look at the convergence of agriculture and IT. Yet no other industry is more heavily employing IT than the agriculture and food industry. Agriculture and IT have formed an inseparable relationship.Kim Jae-soo, Vice Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) explained, "Today's agriculture can be hardly explained without mentioning IT convergence. The

Konkuk University Medical Center was first established in May, 1931 with the goal of building an institution that would promote good health and improve the general welfare of the community that they served. Over the years that community has grown from those who were able to travel to the hospital on foot or by car, bus or rail into one that extends to the far reaches of the globe. In keeping with

Technology can enable food production and in some ways it has enabled the gracing of our tables with all sorts of things. In April this year Kim Hyong-O, Speaker of the South Korean National Assembly, said to The 17th Vision Korea National Conference at the Hotel Shilla on March 24 that "It all depends on the politicians and the government whether we can improve the nation's agricultural industry