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Unlocking the ‘Treasure’ in Belly Fat: Why Liposuction Specialist Kim Jung-eun is Championing Adipose Stem Cells

Unlocking the ‘Treasure’ in Belly Fat: Why Liposuction Specialist Kim Jung-eun is Championing Adipose Stem Cells

For more than 20 years, she incinerated belly fat. She saw it as treasure. Why liposuction specialist Dr.
Slowing the Inevitable: How Early Antibody Therapy Is Transforming Alzheimer’s Care

Slowing the Inevitable: How Early Antibody Therapy Is Transforming Alzheimer’s Care

“Lately, I keep forgetting appointments.” “They keep repeating what they just said.” When memory lapses in a parent become noticeable, families...
Healing the Scars of War: The Lasting Legacy of Korean War Medical Aid in Seoul and Busan

Healing the Scars of War: The Lasting Legacy of Korean War Medical Aid in Seoul and Busan

When North Korea, backed by the Soviet Union and China, invaded the Republic of Korea in 1950, the international...
Epilepsy Patients Show Elevated Brain 'Tau Signals' and Accelerated Biological Aging, Study Finds

Epilepsy Patients Show Elevated Brain 'Tau Signals' and Accelerated Biological Aging, Study Finds

Epilepsy is traditionally treated as a condition defined primarily by seizures and the immediate need to control them.
Mistaken for Indigestion: Overnight Airlift Saves Remote Island Patient from Deadly Aortic Dissection

Mistaken for Indigestion: Overnight Airlift Saves Remote Island Patient from Deadly Aortic Dissection

A woman in her 60s living on the remote island of Baengnyeongdo is making a full recovery after a sudden,...
For Cancer Caregivers, the Dread of Future Costs Harms Health 8 Times More Than Actual Bills

For Cancer Caregivers, the Dread of Future Costs Harms Health 8 Times More Than Actual Bills

For many families navigating a parent or loved one’s cancer diagnosis, sleepless nights become the new normal.
Nowhere to Go: Room Amputation of 89-Year-Old Highlights Severe Gaps in Medical Referral System

Nowhere to Go: Room Amputation of 89-Year-Old Highlights Severe Gaps in Medical Referral System

Calls are growing to address structural blind spots in South Korea's medical referral system for severely ill, elderly...
Debunking the Age 35 Cutoff: Why Vaginal Delivery Remains Safer Than a C-Section

Debunking the Age 35 Cutoff: Why Vaginal Delivery Remains Safer Than a C-Section

As South Korea’s low birthrate and aging population trends intensify, couples are increasingly delaying marriage and...
Holding the Line for New Life: Inside the 24/7 Delivery Rooms of Suwon St. Mary’s Women’s Hospital

Holding the Line for New Life: Inside the 24/7 Delivery Rooms of Suwon St. Mary’s Women’s Hospital

The ambulance had not even pulled away when the patient’s cervix began dilating rapidly. Medical staff at Suwon St.
Muscle Loss Double-Whammy: Sarcopenia Triggers Faster Progression in Lung Cancer Patients on Immunotherapy

Muscle Loss Double-Whammy: Sarcopenia Triggers Faster Progression in Lung Cancer Patients on Immunotherapy

Muscle mass in lung cancer patients may play a decisive role in determining the success of immunotherapy.