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Women’s Heart Disease Often Strikes Without Chest Pain—and 60% of Adults Don’t Know It

Women’s Heart Disease Often Strikes Without Chest Pain—and 60% of Adults Don’t Know It

Crushing, squeezing chest pain is widely recognized as the hallmark sign of a heart attack. Yet in women, cardiovascular disease frequently presents...
Sunken or Protruding Chest in Teens? Understanding Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum

Sunken or Protruding Chest in Teens? Understanding Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum

When a child’s height rapidly increases during adolescence, the center of their chest may begin to look noticeably sunken or protrude outward.
Even Seoul-Area Tertiary Hospitals Fall Into the Red as 253 Institutions Record a Nine-Year Financial Slide

Even Seoul-Area Tertiary Hospitals Fall Into the Red as 253 Institutions Record a Nine-Year Financial Slide

It is a familiar refrain in the healthcare industry that managing hospital finances has grown exceptionally difficult.
Regenerative Technique Aims to Solve Rotator Cuff Re-Tears by Rebuilding the Tendon-Bone Junction

Regenerative Technique Aims to Solve Rotator Cuff Re-Tears by Rebuilding the Tendon-Bone Junction

When surgeons reattach a torn shoulder tendon to the bone, a frustrating setback often occurs over time: the repair...
Preserving Form and Hope: Korean Surgeon Reaches 500th Robotic Breast Cancer Operation

Preserving Form and Hope: Korean Surgeon Reaches 500th Robotic Breast Cancer Operation

Patients preparing for breast cancer surgery often ask a quiet question before entering the operating room.
From Liposuction Waste to Skin Models: Discarded Human Fat Repurposed for Medical Research

From Liposuction Waste to Skin Models: Discarded Human Fat Repurposed for Medical Research

Human fat once discarded as medical waste after liposuction is set to take on new life as a crucial material for...
“Good Care Alone Isn’t Enough”: Cho Hyun-jin on Haeundae Paik’s Patient Experience Breakthrough

“Good Care Alone Isn’t Enough”: Cho Hyun-jin on Haeundae Paik’s Patient Experience Breakthrough

The medical care was excellent, and the nursing was top-notch. But if an argument erupts over parking fees on the day...
Korean Surgeons Settle Decades-Long Debate Over Rectal Cancer Technique

Korean Surgeons Settle Decades-Long Debate Over Rectal Cancer Technique

Outside the operating room, a patient’s family waits anxiously. Although the rectal cancer surgery has concluded...
'Don't Cry for Me, Sudan' Boy Becomes South Sudan's First Neurologist, Fulfilling Another Youth's Unfinished Dream

'Don't Cry for Me, Sudan' Boy Becomes South Sudan's First Neurologist, Fulfilling Another Youth's Unfinished Dream

A South Sudanese boy featured in the documentary film Don’t Cry for Me, Sudan alongside the late Father Lee Tae-seok...
A 1-Millimeter Difference: Why Knee Surgeons Are Turning to Precision Robotics

A 1-Millimeter Difference: Why Knee Surgeons Are Turning to Precision Robotics

[Summary]Robotic joint replacement surgery can reduce alignment error to less than 1 mm—a margin thinner than a...