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550 Days in Limbo: Groups Demand 100-Day Fast-Track Insurance Coverage for Breakthrough PAH Drug Winrevair

550 Days in Limbo: Groups Demand 100-Day Fast-Track Insurance Coverage for Breakthrough PAH Drug Winrevair

With national health insurance coverage for the new pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment Winrevair (active ingredient: sotatercept) remaining in...
Same Knee Pain, Opposite Advice: What Orthopedic Specialists Check First

Same Knee Pain, Opposite Advice: What Orthopedic Specialists Check First

A 34-year-old office worker surnamed Kim in Busan and a 37-year-old member of his running crew surnamed Lee both developed knee pain during the same...
Can You Pass the 30-Second Sit-to-Stand Test? Why Lower-Body Strength Is Key to Healthy Longevity

Can You Pass the 30-Second Sit-to-Stand Test? Why Lower-Body Strength Is Key to Healthy Longevity

A growing body of research highlights the critical link between lower-body strength and healthy longevity.
Flowers, Spring Breezes, and Restful Sleep: Medellin Recasts Itself as a Healing City

Flowers, Spring Breezes, and Restful Sleep: Medellin Recasts Itself as a Healing City

Rimbaud’s ‘Best Sleep,’ Discovered in an Andean ValleyArthur Rimbaud, a leading poet of French Symbolism, wrote in his...
'I'm Afraid I'll Fall': Smartphone AI Flags 86% of Older Adults at Risk for Locomotive Syndrome

'I'm Afraid I'll Fall': Smartphone AI Flags 86% of Older Adults at Risk for Locomotive Syndrome

Editor’s note: In Japan’s orthopedic community, specialists use the term "locomotive syndrome" to describe a decline in...
South Korea to Deploy AI Across Public Health Centers and Ambulances to Close Care Gaps

South Korea to Deploy AI Across Public Health Centers and Ambulances to Close Care Gaps

Artificial intelligence tools that assist in interpreting X-ray images and drafting clinical notes will soon be...
Jeju Hanguk Hospital Marks 43rd Anniversary with Patient-Centric 'Back-to-Basics' Campaign

Jeju Hanguk Hospital Marks 43rd Anniversary with Patient-Centric 'Back-to-Basics' Campaign

Patients evaluate a hospital by more than just clinical consultations and surgery. From an employee's initial greeting...
CAR-T Without Extracting Patient Cells? J&J Makes $785 Million Bet on In Vivo Therapy

CAR-T Without Extracting Patient Cells? J&J Makes $785 Million Bet on In Vivo Therapy

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is investing more than $785 million (approximately 1.11 trillion won) in next-generation "in...
Suwon Nanuri Hospital Offers Free Spine and Joint Consultations for Foreign Workers

Suwon Nanuri Hospital Offers Free Spine and Joint Consultations for Foreign Workers

Foreign workers living in South Korea and their families often struggle to access healthcare when suffering from spine...
AI Tracks Lung Scarring: 4-Percentage-Point Rise in One Year Signals Danger

AI Tracks Lung Scarring: 4-Percentage-Point Rise in One Year Signals Danger

Researchers have established an artificial intelligence benchmark to quantify the progression of idiopathic pulmonary...