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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 function in bones, joints, muscles,...
Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital Ranks No. 1 Nationwide in Patient Experience for Second Consecutive Time

Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital Ranks No. 1 Nationwide in Patient Experience for Second Consecutive Time

"Which hospital do you go to if you want to be treated like a human being?"For patients and caregivers heading to the hospital, a national agency has...
High Timely Treatment Rate for Hemorrhagic Stroke Masks Capability Gap Among Hospitals

High Timely Treatment Rate for Hemorrhagic Stroke Masks Capability Gap Among Hospitals

The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service has added hemorrhagic stroke to its annual evaluation—which previously...
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,...
Global Cancer Diagnoses Projected to Jump 70% to 35 Million by 2050, WHO Warns

Global Cancer Diagnoses Projected to Jump 70% to 35 Million by 2050, WHO Warns

Global cancer diagnoses are projected to surge by roughly 70% by 2050 compared to 2024 levels, according to a landmark...
Incheon Hospital Introduces Suction Ureteroscope to Remove Kidney Stones Over 2 cm in Single Procedure

Incheon Hospital Introduces Suction Ureteroscope to Remove Kidney Stones Over 2 cm in Single Procedure

When flank pain becomes so excruciating that it feels like tissue tearing, many patients rush straight to the emergency...
Shifting the Burden: Why South Korea’s OB-GYNs Reject 'Discretion' on Abortion Pills

Shifting the Burden: Why South Korea’s OB-GYNs Reject 'Discretion' on Abortion Pills

The South Korean government's proposal to leave the prescription of abortion medication up to the professional...
Spinal Fusion Through a 1-Centimeter Lens: How Single-Port Endoscopy Replaces the Large Back Incision

Spinal Fusion Through a 1-Centimeter Lens: How Single-Port Endoscopy Replaces the Large Back Incision

"They say they have to put big screws in my lower back to hold it in place, but I’m so scared I can’t bring myself to...
Protecting Your Vascular Health: Four Everyday Foods That Keep Blood Vessels Elastic

Protecting Your Vascular Health: Four Everyday Foods That Keep Blood Vessels Elastic

As the human body ages, blood vessels gradually lose their natural elasticity. When arterial walls stiffen and vascular...
Daewoong’s Enblo Demonstrates Strong Potential to Reverse Fatty Liver in Diabetes Patients

Daewoong’s Enblo Demonstrates Strong Potential to Reverse Fatty Liver in Diabetes Patients

Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced that its newly developed type 2 diabetes medication, Enblo (active ingredient:...