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Why Eating Around the Mold on Your Food Is a Dangerous Gamble

Why Eating Around the Mold on Your Food Is a Dangerous Gamble

“Ugh, what a waste. It’s just a tiny bit, so I should probably just eat it.” When I was young, my grandmother would occasionally eat food even if a...
Get Second and Third Opinions Before Spine Surgery, Urges Renowned Scoliosis Surgeon Kim Yong-jung

Get Second and Third Opinions Before Spine Surgery, Urges Renowned Scoliosis Surgeon Kim Yong-jung

Dr. Kim Yong-jung, Director of the Spinal Deformity Center at Seoul Bumin Hospital, has performed approximately 2,400 surgeries for adolescent...
Navigating Stem Cell Hype: Can Any Hospital Truly Offer Regenerative Medicine?

Navigating Stem Cell Hype: Can Any Hospital Truly Offer Regenerative Medicine?

Consider a patient in their 60s whose knee cartilage has completely worn down, making every step up a flight of stairs...
New Non-Invasive MRI Method Visualizes Elusive Liver and Intestinal Lymph Vessels

New Non-Invasive MRI Method Visualizes Elusive Liver and Intestinal Lymph Vessels

South Korean researchers have developed a breakthrough MRI technique that images the body’s lymphatic system without an...
Pregnancy Triggers Breast Immune Cells That May Help Suppress Cancer, Study Finds

Pregnancy Triggers Breast Immune Cells That May Help Suppress Cancer, Study Finds

While women who have gone through pregnancy and childbirth are known to carry a lower long-term risk of developing...
Misdiagnosing Low Testosterone: Why Fatigue and Low Libido May Signal Other Serious Medical Conditions

Misdiagnosing Low Testosterone: Why Fatigue and Low Libido May Signal Other Serious Medical Conditions

An increasing number of men are turning to male hormone supplements, but medical experts caution against assuming that...
United Therapeutics Acquires Thymmune, Betting 460 Billion Won on Thymus Cell Therapy

United Therapeutics Acquires Thymmune, Betting 460 Billion Won on Thymus Cell Therapy

The race to develop regenerative cell therapies for an ultra-rare disease that leaves patients born without a...
Considering Wegovy for Weight Loss? South Korea's Drug Safety Ministry Warns It Is Not for Everyone

Considering Wegovy for Weight Loss? South Korea's Drug Safety Ministry Warns It Is Not for Everyone

South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety issued a strong warning on July 8 against the misuse and abuse of GLP-1...
That Rainy-Day Gloom Has a Medical Name: Inside the Science of 'Weather Illness'

That Rainy-Day Gloom Has a Medical Name: Inside the Science of 'Weather Illness'

The arrival of the rainy season brings a relentless stretch of cloudy, humid days—and with it, a collective wave of...
MediPost Begins Pivotal U.S. Phase 3 Trial for Regenerative Knee Therapy Cartistem

MediPost Begins Pivotal U.S. Phase 3 Trial for Regenerative Knee Therapy Cartistem

South Korean biotechnology company MediPost has entered full-scale Phase 3 clinical testing in the United States for...