Ewha Womans University Medical Center (EUMC)’s OB/GYN professor Ju Woong gave his lecture to students of Harvard University, one of the most prestigious universities in the world to pursue the international exchange of academic cultures. It was a part of Ewha-HCAP (Harvard College in Asia Program).Prof. Ju Woong’s lecture with the title of State of the Art Healthcare Technology in Korea offered

On March 17, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) announced that J. Patrick Barron who is in charge of medical communication advice, was selected a winner of 2014 Harold Swanberg Award and was awarded at the annual conference of AMWA.Harold Swanberg Award is an authoritative prize named after the founder of AMWA, and it is given to the only one recommended for his or her credit for

Dasarang Centeral Hospital, Designated by Ministry for Health and Welfare as “Specialized Hospital for Alcoholism” announced that UAE NRC visited the hospital in the morning on March 18.Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (KAAP) invited UAE NRC to show the delegation Dasarang Centeral Hospital’s treatment system and medical facilities. The delegation of UAE NRC toured major facilities lik

Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the technology of Poziotinib, anticancer drug co-developed between the government and a private company to a US anticancer pharmaceutical firm.Poziotinib is a targeted agent which ‘The system-integrating anticancer drug development project team (headed by Kim In-cheol and launched in June, 2011)’ and Hanmi(President&CEO, Lee Gwan-sun) worked toget

Green Cross(President&CEO Hun, EunChul) is going to take advantage of its new technology to expand its Chinese business following the development of the North American market, the world’s largest pharmaceutical industy.On March 9, Green Cross(www.greencross.com) announced it had signed the MOU with Guizhou province in China to invest in the area of cell therapy products on March, 6. The agreemen

Hanmi Pharmaceutical presented the results of LAPSLrhGH domestic phase I clinical trial and global phase Ⅱ clinical trial at the 97th Endocrine Society (ENDO).Hanmi Pharmaceutical (www.hanmipharm.com) LAPSrhGH under development was announced at one of the most famous conferences.On March 9, Hanmi(President & CEO LEE, Gwansun) announced it presented the interim results of LAPSrhGH’s domestic ph

한국과 중국에서 친환경 온수매트 전문 제조 회사로 유명세를 타고 있는 조은꿈온수매트(www.gooddream7.com)가 최근 전자파 99.9%를 차단하는 기가(GIGA) 88 사계절 전기매트를 출시했다.그 동안 홈쇼핑에서 판매되는 온수매트는 대부분 낮은수준의 가격 A/S 정책으로 품질보증을 장담할 수 없었다. 이런 가운데 조은꿈온수매트는 믿을수있는 품질과 A/S 정책을 앞세워 국내최초 세계특허 전자파 차단 친환경 매트를 출시해 화제다.업체는 온수매트위에 사람이 누우면 온수호스가 눌려 온수의 흐름을 막기 때문에 온수보일러의 고장을 유발시키는 것을 방지하고자 매트의 두께를 5cm로 만들었다. 온수매트 위에 사람이 누우면 온수매트가 눌려 온수의 흐름을 막아 온수의 흐름을 방해하기 때문에 매트의 두께는 5

Bundang CHA General Hospital (CHAMC, http://bundang.chamc.co.kr/) announced that the research led by Prof. Lee Sun-chul in orthopedic surgery was chosen by National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA) as its national policy research to conduct long-term drug tests on mice.  Currently, Prof. Lee is doing his research on osteanagenesis in cooperation with three other professors in Universi

On Feb. 13, WOORIDUL Spine Hospital’s deputy director Lim Kang-taek in the department of neurosurgery announced the remote streaming surgery through Google glasses, wearable device in Nex-D Festival [2015 Wearable is Next], held in COEX, Seoul under the auspices of the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP).Live screen, which Lim and a Korean domestic IT company developed together,

Prof. Cho Ju-young, Bundang CHA General Hospital (CHAMC)’s gastrointestinal internal medicine joined in publishing ‘Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection, Principles and Practice’ issued from Springer, the world’s No. 1 publisher in global medical science as a co-author.‘Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection, Principles and Practice’ is the first English book, all-inclusive from endoscopic submucosal diss

SNUBH’s surgery team for gastrointestinal tract (three professors including Kim Hyung-ho, Park Do-jung and An Sang-hun) has undergone 5,262 laparoscopic surgeries for gastric cancer until December, 2014 since it had the first operation in May, 2003.Those five thousand operation cases show the best performance in terms of operation cases and results. In particular, it boats of safety in laparos

On February 23, AmorePacific and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital(SNUBH) signed the MOU to jointly conduct the study on developing anti-aging solution. In the signing ceremony held in SNUBH’s conference hall, stakeholders including Sim Sang-bae, AmorePacific’s President&CEO, Han Sang-hoon, Managing Director of AmorePacific, Lee Chul-hee, Chief doctor of SNUBH, Lee Jae-seo, head of outrea

Green Cross’(www.greeencross.com) Hunterase is gaining attention in the field of cure for rare diseases where multinational pharmaceutical firms dominate. Hunterase breaks the monopoly market to become the world’s second successful cure for Hunter syndrome in 2012.On February 23, Green Cross(President &CEO Huh, Eun Chul) announced that it received ‘New Treatment Award’ in the 11th Annual Lysosom

Comparison of survival rate: That of The Korean medical team led by Prof. Kim is the highest as much as 73 % while the Japanese and U.S teams show the survival rates of 68 % and 57 %, respectively.The 15-year survival rate of single ventricle patients who had the surgery in Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH, www.snuh.org/english/ )is 73 %, is reportedly confirmed much higher than those of

-Capsular Contracture, the most frequent side effect with the surgical site getting stiff and pain causing-Developing the world first functional implant with Tranilast in it to inhibit TGF-β, the material to trigger capsular contracture-Being published on the latest Journal of Controlled Release, internationally authoritative academic journalMost surgeries on cancer are undergone with incisi

What is the primary concern when you have liposuction operation to lose weight on abdomen, thigh and forearms?Surely, you cannot brush aside the cost but it is imperative that you should check on whether the clinic implements systematic safety management and how much effective you can get through the operation. Many people think that those hospitals good at liposuction would have a brand pow

Research has found we touch our phones up to 150 times a day, and scientists in America discovered 7,000 types of bacteria on 51 phone samples. While most are harmless, some are not.‘When you use your phone it heats up, providing the perfect conditions for bacteria to multiply,’ says Laura Bowater, a microbiologist at the University of East Anglia.‘Enterococcus [found in faeces] and pseudomona

- In 2014 alone, 1,511 foreign patients from 57 nations had visited the Wooridul Spine Hospital, up 35% from the year before. The Wooridul Spine Hospital (WSH), based in S. Korea, has made it into the Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA) Top 10 World’s Best Hospitals for Medical Tourists for years - 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014.Also on the top 10 list are Malaysia’s Prince Court Medical Cent

A study said Koreans are spending increasingly less money on cigarettes while not doing so on alcoholic drinks. The annual healthcare expenditure related to drinking has surpassed 2 trillion won. According to the National Statistical Office and the Ministry of Health and Welfare on January 5, the monthly spending on tobacco products by households with more than two members was 17,317 won as of the

As the cigarette price will be raised by 80 percent and the smoking section in specialty coffee shops will be closed effective on January 1 next year, an increasing number of smokers is trying to quit smoking from the New Year's day. As it happens, Handok Pharmaceutical is quietly rising as the biggest beneficiary of the current anti-smoking milieu. That's because Handok is currently claiming as m