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Lung checkups crucial for asbestos workers

By Yoon Ja-youngMany people may know that asbestos causes lung cancer, but the risk is sometimes partially forgotten because it takes between 15 to 40 years from exposure to the compound to development of cancer. The use of asbestos has been banned here for almost four years, but doctors recommend that those who had to deal with asbestos at work decades ago should regularly have their lungs examined.Asbestos was widely used in construction due to its durability and low cost. In Korea, 80 percent of construction materials comprised asbestos in the 1970s and ‘80s.As one continues inhaling microscopic fibers of the asbestos released into the air, it causes a chemical reaction in the lungs, causing inflammation and scarring. Continuous stress on the lungs also affects proteins and inflammatory mediators in the blood, leading to damages to DNA and causing lung cancer.Following research on asbestos, the government started limiting its use, eventually banning use, production and imports of asbestos from 2009.The most vulnerable to asbestos related lung cancers are workers who produced

Apr 19, 2013By Yoon Ja-young

Smartphones cause damage to eyes

By Yoon Ja-youngThe number of smartphones in the country now exceeds 33 million, but the hi-tech gadgets are causing damage to people’s eyes. Ophthalmologists note that an increasing number of patients are visiting clinics due to eye problems related to smartphones.“Among patients visiting our clinic, over 30 percent complain of eye diseases related to smartphones, such as dry eye syndrome, presbyopia, and pseudomyopia,” said Dr. Jwah Woon-bong at Kangnam Eyence Eye Clinic in southern Seoul.The ratio of smartphone users is higher among young people. Among those in their 20s in the country, 94 percent use smartphones, and this ratio is 84 percent among those in their 30s. Three out of four teenagers also use the gadgets, which supports the idea that smartphone related problems are likely to increase in the future.The biggest problem of using smartphones is caused by their small screens which put strain on the eyes. “As they are mobile phones, people often use the smart devices in cars or in bright light outdoors. When you concentrate on these games or watch dra

Apr 19, 2013By Yoon Ja-young

Health Line

Green Cross Corp. opens U.S. blood centerGreen Cross Corporation said Thursday that it had opened a blood center in Laredo, Texas. It is the fourth blood center the pharmaceutical company has in the United States.The center set up by its U.S. subsidiary Green Cross America is capable of producing 60,000 liters of general and specialized plasma products. With the opening of the fourth center, the company will get up to 200,000 liters of plasma per year from the U.S.The company has been recognized as a global leader in blood fractionation, but it has had trouble in securing blood plasma due to the falling number of blood donors in Korea. Hence, it has been importing plasma from the United States. It thus acquired two blood centers in California in 2009 for a more stable supply of plasma, and opened another center in Sacramento, Calif., last May.“Since the establishment of the Green Cross America, we were able to get stable supply of quality plasma guaranteed by the FDA. We expect that it will be a stepping stone for Green Cross Corp. to advance into the U.S. market later,”

Apr 19, 2013By Yoon Ja-young

(233) Easy feng shui tips for your house - 8 trigrams for divination

By Janet Shin There are many feng shui tips to improve your living environment with appropriate interior or exterior decorations. They have caught on because of their practical accessibility without involving profound oriental philosophy. They propose, for example, to place a green pot plant at the front porch to bring positive energy into the house or to put this or that shapes or colors of interior goods at certain positions in the house. The specific names of the plants, patterns or designs that have been mentioned by feng shui experts became popular among many housewives who wish to make their family successful and wealthy.Fundamentally, feng shui is generated by the concept that everything, both living creatures and inanimate objects, emits energy that we are profoundly affected by. That includes people, places and the things around us. For this reason, it is worthwhile to pay attention to our environment and contemplate how to ameliorate it. Feng shui gained people’s favor as it is about improving their physical and mental circumstances to lead to social success and

Apr 18, 2013
(233) Easy feng shui tips for your house - 8 trigrams for divination

No 'romance' around university clubs?

A senior club member teaches juniors how to play the guitar in the rock band club room at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul on Monday. The club runs programs to strengthen bonds between seniors and juniors.                                                         / Korea Times photo by Yoon Sung-wonBy Yoon Sung-won, Park Jin-hai, Kwon Ji-younSpring is the time for university clubs to recruit newcomers. During this season every year, university walls are frequently covered with hand-written club promotional posters.The feverish spirit of democratization movements in the 1980s was transferred to university students’ clubs in the 1990s. Amid the growing popularity of such clubs in the 2000s, they diversified in subjects from literature reading to choirs, acting and rock bands, and those that help members learn career-related skills.Club life peaked in the '90s. College clubs at that time played a key role in enriching stude

Apr 16, 2013
No 'romance' around university clubs?

New Severance research center

The Severance Hospital opened the Avison Biomedical Research Center in the hospital complex in Seoul, Wednesday. It was completed after 30 months of construction and is the biggest biomedical research center in the country. Equipped with animal laboratories, operating rooms and an imaging center, the Severance Hospital said that it plans to further bolster research. The center was named after Dr. Oliver Avison, a medical missionary from Canada who opened the hospital in 1904 with funds from Louis Severance, a philanthropist in the United States.                 / Courtesy of Severance Hospital

Apr 12, 2013

'Mama's boy' annoys his girlfriend

Dear Dr. P, It seems this guy I have been dating is always confiding in his mother. He talks to her on the phone for many hours. I’m not concerned about competing with his mother at all. It just makes me wonder if he is unable to make decisions on his own. It’s sort of a turnoff that he doesn’t know his own heart and perhaps even his own mind. After he seeks advice from me, he doesn’t seem to be really listening to me and ends up always listening to his mother. Then I question what she thinks of me and if they even respect me. I wish he would just communicate directly with me without her interference. Am I not making any sense here?Thank you. Dear sender,I already have written about the importance of independence from parents in my book “Finding Yourself Within Love.” I quoted passages from the Bible in the book to emphasize it — “Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.”It is a prerequisite, for a couple to live happily, to be independent from their p

Apr 12, 2013
'Mama's boy' annoys his girlfriend

To treat or not to treat vaginitis

By Lee Hye-junAll young women have a vaginal discharge — it is physiologically normal for vaginas to produce cleansing secretions. A normal discharge generally appears clear and odorless, or is white and sometimes yellowish. These characteristics change during the menstrual cycle. You may notice quantities increasing during ovulation.As it is the most sensitive part of a woman’s body, they sense even the smallest changes in the color, odor and amount of vaginal discharge as well as any itching or discomfort around the area. When such changes occur, concern arises along with unpleasant feelings.“Is something wrong with my reproductive organs? Will it affect my fertility? Oh, it is annoying to have so much discharge.”There are two ways of responding to those changes. To get extra nervous and run to the gynecologist immediately or to give it some time hoping that things will get better on their own. Both of the strategies are correct if you know exactly when to follow them. It depends on whether you are experiencing infectious vaginitis or non-infectious vaginiti

Apr 12, 2013
To treat or not to treat vaginitis

No time to lose in dealing with stroke

By Yoon Ja-youngDoctors stress that patients should be transferred to a hospital within two or three hours when signs of stroke occur.                                / Korea Times fileMargaret Thatcher, a former British prime minister who was also known as the “Iron Lady,” passed away this week. Earlier this month, Bori, a famous Korean photographer and Park Sang-gyu, a popular singer and TV show host, also died. As all three died of strokes, people are wondering what causes these and how to prevent them.Strokes happen when blood flow to the brain is stopped. An adult’s brain weighs around 1,400 grams, or around 2.5 percent of the body weight, but it needs around 20 percent of the blood that flows from the heart. This demonstrates how dependent the brain is on blood — it uses oxygen and glucose supplied in it to make energy necessary for it to function. Hence, when there are cerebrovascular problems, the functions of the brain are directly affected. As the brain is the regulat

Apr 12, 2013By Yoon Ja-young
No time to lose in dealing with stroke

Gangnam given award for medical tourism

By Yoon Ja-young Shin Yeon-hee, Gangnam district mayorSeoul’s affluent southern district of Gangnam received an award from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Wednesday, for its excellence in enabling medical tourism.The ministry awarded hospitals, agencies, individuals and local governments that have made remarkable contributions to medical tourism. Gangnam is the only local government to get the award.The district has been attracting the most medical tourists each year — last year, a total of 34,156 visited clinics and hospitals there, with the figure surging 39.2 percent from the previous year.Gangnam has been leading the country’s efforts to boost medical tourism as a new growth engine for the country. The district started supporting medical tourism in 2009, the first local government to do so. On top of developing medical tourism programs and setting guidelines, it also gave presentations in six countries to attract tourists. It has been benchmarked by other local governments.“The award shows that our district’s effort in medical tourism is bei

Apr 12, 2013By Yoon Ja-young
Gangnam given award for medical tourism
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