It turns out that the peaceful and gentle activity of yoga is as good for the heart as cycling. An analysis of dozens of studies into the impact of the ancient Eastern art concluded it has numerous health benefits.According to Harvard’s research, yoga leads to weight loss, lowers bad cholesterol and cuts blood pressure. In fact, the improvements were on a par with those seen in people who did co

A growing number of patients from foreign countries, including United Arab Emirates, China and Uzbekistan, are visiting Wooridul Hospital in Seoul, Korea, a top executive of the hospital said.In an interview with Korea IT Times, Kim Ho-jin, director of Wooridul Hospital, said, “The number of foreign patients and operations at the hospital has increased by some 15~20 percent every year. Our hospi

Seoul Korea - United Dental(or United Dream) Group has opened its 9th clinic in Palisade Park, New Jersey and 10th clinic in Santa Ana, California.United Dental Group is scheduled to open its 11th clinic in Manhattan, New York early next year and plans to enter the EU market sometime in 2015.United Dental (UD) Group, a S. Korea-based dental network, opened its 9th clinic in Palisade Park, New

SEOUL KOREA - Kwang Yul Cha, Executive Chairman of Cha Hospital Group, delivered a lecture at special lecture session inviting celebrities at University of Southern California (hereinafter called USC) that is one of prestigious private universities representing the US by targeting medical professors, students, doctors and researchers. This lecture session is considerably popularized among the medi

SEOUL, KOREA - The self-monitoring blood glucose meter brand “CareSens” of i-SENS, Inc., has been selected as “The World-Class Product” for the two consecutive years at the World-Class Product Ceremony which was held at COEX on December 10th. This selection is very significant to i-SENS because other 49 companies that won last year were dropped in this year’s award. The World Class Product Cer

LONDON, ENGLAND - Plessey will be demonstrating its innovative handheld ECG monitor at CES 2013 on booth 73506 at the Venetian Hotel. The imPulse™ uses Plessey's award winning EPIC sensors to detect the ECG of the user, which is displayed as a trace on a Smartphone or tablet via a Bluetooth link. The user simply touches the two contact pads with both thumbs. The EPIC sensors detect the changes i

WONJU, KOREA — Korean medical device vendor, HYUN MEDICS(www.humaninterface.co.kr) is strengthening its position as a promising small and medium sized company within Gangwon-do. HYUN MEDICS is a medical device company making medical needles, epidural space detector, breathing detector, industrial laser, medical robot, and so on.Their main items are medicine infusers and medical needles which have

# On August 23, Seoul National University (SNU)’s research team announced that it had succeeded in porcine-to-monkey transplantation of islets of Langerhans by using its independently-developed antibody “MD-3.” The SNU research team also successfully treated a diabetic monkey by transplanting a healthy monkey’s islets into it. The SNU team minimized the use of immunosuppressants by using MD-3 an

WONJU, KOREA — Jejoong Medical, Co, Ltd., ( www.jejoong-medical.com) a company specialized in electrosurgical units and medical film illuminators, attempted to reach out to the world through participating in ‘Florida International Medical Expo 2012 in Miami (FIME 2012)’ held from August 8 to 10. FIME 2012, held at the Miami Beach Convention Center, is one of the largest international medical d

FLORIDA, USA — One of medical device-specialized companies, Medigate (www.medigate.biz) announced, “we participated in FIME 2012: Florida International Medical Expo from 8th to 10th in Florida, USA and got results of making exporting contracts with 10 countries.” It is the 22nd anniversary of FIME 2012 this year as the largest medical device expo in the North America. From the worldwide includ

WONJU, KOREA — Dental equipment manufacturer, Maruchi Co., Ltd. (www.endocem.com) announced to have acquired Venture Company Certificate (No. 20120106106) from KIBO last June 28th. Venture Company Certificate system is to select small and medium enterprises with excellent technology or innovation which satisfy venture certification criteria in accordance with Act on Special Measure for the Promoti

When human bones break due to fractures or diseases, they need to be either replaced or reconstructed. As a result, scientists have developed bone-like materials as viable substitutes. Currently, people mainly focus on developing various new materials. In the future, however, regenerating bones will be a major solution. The global artificial bone market is growing at 7-8 % per year with its volume

Micro motor handpieces play useful roles. For example, they are indispensable in the dental industry as doctors often utilize them to perform their operations like grinding, cutting, and polishing. For the jewelry sector, handpieces can carve items like rings and diamonds with delicacy and precision. Such industrial art industries such as wooden or metal crafts are also made with micro motor handp

Stairways are the biggest obstacles to the mobility of the disabled.Sitting in a wheelchair, they can travel any place whenever they want. However, once they happen to encounter a stairway, they become helpless. They are forced to stop and wait until someone comes to help them. This is where a wheelchair lift comes in. A wheelchair lift helps the disabled with access in buildings and subways. It g

As people become more aware of health and life than they did, new relevant markets are born and opportunities follow. One of them is the health product industry that has introduced a number of exercise tools and machines. Its trend is becoming more sophisticated for professional athletes, but rather relatively small and simple enough for home use.PYUNGHWA INDUSTRIAL started in 1994 to bring heal

Today water pollution has become prevalent, which creates multi-million dollar opportunities worldwide. Its market is rapidly growing as people heavily concern about what is so called “quality of life”. Numerous water-related manufacturers are busy keeping up with today’s fast-pace technology, and a new market paradigm is taking shape: new innovations that include nanotechnologies and molecular te

Technology throughout the past few decades has been growing at an astronomical rate. This has occurred in a wide variety of industries, including vast improvements in medical technologies. The rate of medical technology advancement shows no signs of slowing down, and it is important for any company to keep up with the times. Since the early 1990’s, Cho Yang Medical has been taking advantage of eme

No matter how careful an individual is there is no question that accidents happen. It could be something as simple as slipping on ice, or taking a tumble down a flight of stairs. When these inadvertent accidents do in fact occur, it is imperative that the patient experiences the highest level of comfort and convenience while undergoing their period of recovery. Luckily, Join Enterprise Ltd. has be

A chair could be a root cause for most of office workers, and as a result, they form a bad sitting habit that pose a health risk to their back. Some of them are becoming conscious enough to select chairs that feel comfortable and functional for the human body. A professional chair maker BOOHO CHAIR ONE    For over a decade, the company BOOHO CHAIR ONE has been dedicated. Specialized in making

Alliance Boots, a global beauty and health group based in the U.K., held the recently-concluded Alliance Boots Health & Beauty Innovation Conference to share the organization’s vision and cooperation plan with its 200 partners. CosMecca Korea, received the ‘Innovation Award’ for the first time as a Korean company. Innovation and impeccably stable supply for two years of business with a global comp