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Korean Liver Experts Warn Against 'Oral Albumin': It Is Just Food, Not Medicine

Korean Liver Experts Warn Against 'Oral Albumin': It Is Just Food, Not Medicine

Driven by aggressive marketing on home-shopping channels, online marketplaces, and social media, "oral albumin" products are rapidly gaining...
National University Hospitals Shift to Health Ministry After 21 Years to Lead Regional Care

National University Hospitals Shift to Health Ministry After 21 Years to Lead Regional Care

Supervisory authority over South Korea’s national university and dental hospitals will officially transfer from the Ministry of Education to the...
Beyond Diseased Samples: National Biobank to Collect Healthy Organ Tissue from Deceased Donors

Beyond Diseased Samples: National Biobank to Collect Healthy Organ Tissue from Deceased Donors

When a specific gene or protein is expressed at unusually high levels in diseased tissue, determining whether the...
Moderna’s Landmark mRNA Cancer Vaccine Phase 3 Success Spotlights Korean Biotech Ties

Moderna’s Landmark mRNA Cancer Vaccine Phase 3 Success Spotlights Korean Biotech Ties

Positive late-stage clinical results for a personalized messenger RNA cancer vaccine developed by Moderna and Merck are...
'Natural Wegovy' Is a Myth, Surgeon Warns, Pushing Back on Viral Diet Trend

'Natural Wegovy' Is a Myth, Surgeon Warns, Pushing Back on Viral Diet Trend

A viral social media trend promoting a "Natural Wegovy" diet—eating boiled eggs drizzled with olive oil—has prompted a...
Pushing a Stroller While Running Won’t Wreck Your Knees—It May Even Reduce Injury Risk, Study Finds

Pushing a Stroller While Running Won’t Wreck Your Knees—It May Even Reduce Injury Risk, Study Finds

From New York’s Central Park to public spaces across South Korea, parents running while pushing strollers have become a...
Beyond Medical Missions: Asan Medical Center Empowers Mongolian Doctors to Achieve Self-Reliance

Beyond Medical Missions: Asan Medical Center Empowers Mongolian Doctors to Achieve Self-Reliance

For residents of northern Mongolia living more than 400 kilometers from the capital, Ulaanbaatar, accessing specialized...
Lingering Cough After COVID-19? Preexisting Allergies Raise Risk of New-Onset Asthma by 66%

Lingering Cough After COVID-19? Preexisting Allergies Raise Risk of New-Onset Asthma by 66%

If a dry cough or shortness of breath lingers long after recovering from COVID-19, a patient’s prior allergic history...
A Third Arm for Therapists: The Surgeon Bringing ‘Self-Driving’ Tech to Physical Rehab

A Third Arm for Therapists: The Surgeon Bringing ‘Self-Driving’ Tech to Physical Rehab

Artificial intelligence may be able to detect a patient’s disease, but it cannot move stiff arms and legs for them.
‘Not Plastic Surgery’: At 46, K-Pop Star Bada Reveals the Secret Behind Her Transformed Eyes

‘Not Plastic Surgery’: At 46, K-Pop Star Bada Reveals the Secret Behind Her Transformed Eyes

Singer Bada (46), a former member of the pioneering K-pop girl group S.E.S., recently addressed speculation regarding...