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Daegu Broadens Anti-Aging Focus Beyond Skin to Whole-Body Health

Daegu Broadens Anti-Aging Focus Beyond Skin to Whole-Body Health

The era of relying solely on cosmetic procedures to maintain youth is fading. Taking its place is "internal anti-aging"—a growing medical trend...
Timing of Immune Cell Entry Dictates Anti-Cancer Defense in Hard-to-Treat Brain Tumors

Timing of Immune Cell Entry Dictates Anti-Cancer Defense in Hard-to-Treat Brain Tumors

Some immune cells surrounding a tumor actively attack it, while others create conditions that help it survive.
The Inactivity Trap: Why Resting Your Painful Joints Makes You Weaker

The Inactivity Trap: Why Resting Your Painful Joints Makes You Weaker

Editor’s note: In Japanese orthopedics, specialists define "locomotive syndrome" as a condition where declining...
French Cardiac Surgeon Brings Father 10,000 km to Seoul for Rare Dual-Donor Liver Transplant

French Cardiac Surgeon Brings Father 10,000 km to Seoul for Rare Dual-Donor Liver Transplant

When Mohamed El Kettani, a 64-year-old Moroccan-born dual citizen of France and Morocco, was told that a liver...
Weight Loss Exceeding 5% After Quitting Smoking Linked to Higher Hip Fracture Risk

Weight Loss Exceeding 5% After Quitting Smoking Linked to Higher Hip Fracture Risk

While quitting smoking delivers undeniable health benefits, researchers have found that experiencing a sharp drop in...
Samsung Medical Center Wins Red Dot Design Award for English Website Overhaul

Samsung Medical Center Wins Red Dot Design Award for English Website Overhaul

Samsung Medical Center announced on July 30 that its English-language website earned a main "Winner" prize in the Brand...
Life-Saving Heart Surgeries Give Four Kyrgyz Children a Fresh Start in South Korea

Life-Saving Heart Surgeries Give Four Kyrgyz Children a Fresh Start in South Korea

A seven-month-old infant who faced a life-threatening crisis without urgent intervention by the end of the year has...
No Need to Travel to Seoul: How South Gyeongsang Valve Patients Access Local TAVI Treatment

No Need to Travel to Seoul: How South Gyeongsang Valve Patients Access Local TAVI Treatment

For older adults, heart valve disease can be particularly difficult to detect. Symptoms often develop gradually,...
Asan Medical Center Performs South Korea’s First Artisse Implant to Seal Complex Brain Aneurysms

Asan Medical Center Performs South Korea’s First Artisse Implant to Seal Complex Brain Aneurysms

Treating a brain aneurysm presents steep clinical challenges when the lesion features a wide neck or develops at a...
EZH1 Mutation 'Locks' Cancer-Fighting Genes to Fuel Thyroid Tumors, Study Finds

EZH1 Mutation 'Locks' Cancer-Fighting Genes to Fuel Thyroid Tumors, Study Finds

Cancer cells do not grow simply by switching on genes that drive proliferation; they can also lock away genes that keep...