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The 8 A.M. Miracle: How Parkside Rehabilitation Hospital Redesigns Lives After Acute Care

The 8 A.M. Miracle: How Parkside Rehabilitation Hospital Redesigns Lives After Acute Care

Every Wednesday and Friday, Parkside Rehabilitation Hospital—located near the UN Memorial Cemetery in Nam-gu, Busan—begins its day an hour earlier...
“I Never Speak First. I Listen First.”

“I Never Speak First. I Listen First.”

"What is the very first thing you want to say to patients and their caregivers after they finish acute-phase treatment. " I asked.
Why Muscle Loss Alone Doesn’t Explain Walking Difficulties in Older Age

Why Muscle Loss Alone Doesn’t Explain Walking Difficulties in Older Age

As people age, a frequent refrain is, “I’ve lost muscle. ” They are not entirely wrong.
Unlocking the ‘Treasure’ in Belly Fat: Why Liposuction Specialist Kim Jung-eun is Championing Adipose Stem Cells

Unlocking the ‘Treasure’ in Belly Fat: Why Liposuction Specialist Kim Jung-eun is Championing Adipose Stem Cells

For more than 20 years, she incinerated belly fat. She saw it as treasure. Why liposuction specialist Dr.
Slowing the Inevitable: How Early Antibody Therapy Is Transforming Alzheimer’s Care

Slowing the Inevitable: How Early Antibody Therapy Is Transforming Alzheimer’s Care

“Lately, I keep forgetting appointments.” “They keep repeating what they just said.”When memory lapses in a parent...
Healing the Scars of War: The Lasting Legacy of Korean War Medical Aid in Seoul and Busan

Healing the Scars of War: The Lasting Legacy of Korean War Medical Aid in Seoul and Busan

When North Korea, backed by the Soviet Union and China, invaded the Republic of Korea in 1950, the international...
Epilepsy Patients Show Elevated Brain 'Tau Signals' and Accelerated Biological Aging, Study Finds

Epilepsy Patients Show Elevated Brain 'Tau Signals' and Accelerated Biological Aging, Study Finds

Epilepsy is traditionally treated as a condition defined primarily by seizures and the immediate need to control them.
Mistaken for Indigestion: Overnight Airlift Saves Remote Island Patient from Deadly Aortic Dissection

Mistaken for Indigestion: Overnight Airlift Saves Remote Island Patient from Deadly Aortic Dissection

A woman in her 60s living on the remote island of Baengnyeongdo is making a full recovery after a sudden,...
For Cancer Caregivers, the Dread of Future Costs Harms Health 8 Times More Than Actual Bills

For Cancer Caregivers, the Dread of Future Costs Harms Health 8 Times More Than Actual Bills

For many families navigating a parent or loved one’s cancer diagnosis, sleepless nights become the new normal.
Nowhere to Go: Room Amputation of 89-Year-Old Highlights Severe Gaps in Medical Referral System

Nowhere to Go: Room Amputation of 89-Year-Old Highlights Severe Gaps in Medical Referral System

Calls are growing to address structural blind spots in South Korea's medical referral system for severely ill, elderly...