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Pancreatic cancer: silent killer

Yoo Sang-chul, the head coach of professional football club Incheon United, hugs a player after a game at Tancheon Sports Complex in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 19. Yoo recently revealed he had stage four pancreatic cancer. Korea Times fileBy Bahk Eun-jiRecently, a famous football coach and former midfielder of the national team Yoo Sang-chul revealed he has been struggling with pancreatic cancer.Yoo, who contributed to the nation's historic advance to a semi-final in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, said he was diagnosed with stage-4 pancreatic cancer following a medical check-up after he felt abnormalities in his body in late October. Pancreatic cancer begins when abnormal cells in the pancreas grow and divide out of control to form a tumor. It tends to spread silently without clear symptoms before diagnosis, which makes it one of the most deadly cancers. In 2016, 5,614 people among 6,655 diagnosed with the cancer here died, according to Statistics Korea and the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Many can't help but to think pancreatic cancer is incurable due to the high mortality rate.

Nov 24, 2019By Bahk Eun-ji
Pancreatic cancer: silent killer

Herbal tonic found to strengthen immune system

By Bahk Eun-jiResearch has found that Kwangdong Pharmaceutical's nutritious tonic, Kyung-Ok-Ko (KOK), boosts immunity, the company said on Sunday. The traditional herbal medicine has long been used as a tonic for age-related conditions.Kyung-Ok-goThe study, by Prof. Bae Jong-sup of Kyungpook National University's college of pharmacy, investigated the beneficial effect of KOK on immunity through tests on mice. The study was recently published in the “Korea Journal of Herbology.”Researchers divided mice into four groups ― the first group was given only KOK, while the second was given methotrexate (MTX), an immune system suppressant, for the first seven days and KOK for 14 days afterward. The third group received MTX for seven days and KOK for 21 days with the first seven days overlapping, and the fourth was given KOR for 21 days and MTX for seven days in the middle of the period. During the period, the researchers examined the level of T1 and T2 cytokines in the mice. Cytokines are the hormonal messengers responsible for most biological effects in the immune system. While t

Nov 24, 2019By Bahk Eun-ji
Herbal tonic found to strengthen immune system

Against dog eating

Members of animal rights groups hold a press briefing at the Korea Press Center, Seoul, Thursday, to announce their plan to file a constitutional petition against the raising of dogs for food. They said dog meat and dog butchery practices are illegal but the government has not cracked down on them, leading to the violation of the basic rights of people living near illegal dog slaughterhouses or those whose pet dogs are stolen for meat. /Yonhap.

Nov 24, 2019By Bahk Eun-ji
Against dog eating

Light, sound pollutions affect citizens' health

People cross the road near Gangnam Station in Seoul, where LED lights for outdoor advertising signs light up the district as if it were daytime. The threat of light pollution continues to grow as the demand for artificial lighting increases. Korea Times fileBy Bahk Eun-jiKim Mi-ran, a 41-year-old resident in Mapo-gu, western Seoul, has recently suffered from loud music pouring out from amplifiers set up by a union staging a rally at a construction site near her apartment building, day and night. Unable to sleep due to the noise, she and other residents reported it to police a couple of times, but officers could not force the unionists to turn the music off or lower the volume as long as it was played below the legally permitted decibel (dB) level for demonstrations, even at night.“I want to respect the union's right to protest, but the loud music has been keeping me and my family from sleeping properly and this drives us crazy,” Kim said.“Without enough sleep, my daytime life has also become a mess, and I often go blank at work.”People living in modern populat

Nov 20, 2019By Bahk Eun-ji
Light, sound pollutions affect citizens' health

'Stop selling wool products'

Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a nonprofit organization for animal protection, hold placards calling on Forever 21, a fast fashion retailer, to stop selling wool products, in front of the retailer's shop in Myeong-dong, Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Nov 20, 2019By Bahk Eun-ji
'Stop selling wool products'

Winter, peak season of pneumonia

An elderly woman receives a pneumonia vaccination at a community health center in Nowon, Seoul. Pneumonia was third-largest number of deaths in Korea in 2018, according to data from the Statistics Korea. / Korea Times fileBy Bahk Eun-jiWinter is the season where various seasonal diseases are rampant, and pneumonia is one of them.Pneumonia was the cause of the third-largest number of deaths in Korea last year, according to Statistics Korea. In 2018, 298,820 deaths from the illness were reported in the country, up 4.7 percent from a year earlier. While cancer was the No.1 cause of deaths for Koreans, pneumonia climbed up by one notch from the previous year.“The increasing number of deaths from pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease shows that the Korean population has been aging,” said Kim Jin, a director at Statistics Korea. Despite being preventable and treatable, elderly people and children under five years old should especially pay more attention to the disease due to their weak immune system, Kim said.According to the statistics, the number of people dying from pneumonia hi

Nov 17, 2019By Bahk Eun-ji
Winter, peak season of pneumonia

Briquettes for underprivileged

Volunteers carry briquettes to be delivered to poor and elderly residents in Baeksa Village, Nowon-gu, northeastern Seoul, Nov. 9. In cooperation with the Babsang charity organization, about 50 Kwangdong Pharmaceutical employees, their family members and other volunteers handed out over 1,500 briquettes to the underprivileged as winter approaches. /Courtesy of Kwangdong Pharmaceutical

Nov 12, 2019

Korean men smoke less, but weigh more

A man has his abdominal circumference measured at an obesity clinic in this file photo. The number of male smokers in Korea has decreased over the last 20 years, while the obesity rate has significantly risen during the same period, according to national data. Korea Times file. By Bahk Eun-jiThe number of male smokers in Korea has halved over the last 20 years, but the obesity rate has significantly risen during the same period, according to a national survey.In the 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey and the 2019 Youth Health Behavior Survey released recently by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), and the Ministry of Education, 36.7 percent of adult men smoked last year, just over half of the 66.3 percent recorded in 1998, when the survey was first conducted. The data was compiled by surveying 10,000 people from 4,416 households across the country. Around 60,000 middle and high school students from

Nov 10, 2019By Bahk Eun-ji
Korean men smoke less, but weigh more

Gov't still vigilant over African swine fever

People who live in villages located behind the Civilian Control Line stage a protest at the Unification Bridge in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Friday, calling on the government to lift a travel ban on the area and instead designate it as a special disaster area. The government has banned people from entering the region for more than a month to tackle the spread of African swine fever. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunSince the last confirmed case of African swine fever (ASF), Oct. 9, the deadly animal disease has not been reported on any farms here for a month. However, the quarantine authorities remain vigilant as more wild boars infected with ASF have been found. The nation's first case of ASF was detected in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Sept. 17, and since then, the government has been taking intense preventive measures against the disease. Some experts say it has an effective control on the spread of the epidemic to other regions. Still, nearly 435,000 pigs have been killed due to a total of 14 ASF cases in Paju, Yeoncheon, Gimpo and Ganghwa Island, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food a

Nov 8, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Gov't still vigilant over African swine fever

Elementary school student saves eight lives through organ donation

Choi Dong-won, a nine-year-old elementary school student, passed awawy Tuesday after a severe head injury. / Courtesy of Korea Organ Donation AgencyBy Kim Jae-heunChoi Dong-won, a nine-year-old elementary school student, passed away Tuesday after a severe head injury sustained three days prior left him brain-dead.His mother decided to donate Choi's heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and corneas saying that although her son cannot survive, his organs can save several others.Choi's mother recalled her son as having a good personality, with strong social and leadership skills. He had a passion for gymnastics, due in part to the influence of his older brother, and when asked about his dreams for the future, Choi said he wanted to become a designer, psychologist or computer programmer.He also had a charitable spirit. After seeing a commercial advertising a charitable organization called “Good Neighbors,” Choi told his mother that he wanted to use his allowance to help other young children. “If others can live with my son's organs, he will die but he will not vanish w

Nov 8, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Elementary school student saves eight lives through organ donation
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