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'Ask directly: Do you have suicidal thoughts?'

Directly asking if a person feels suicidal helps reduce the chances of someone killing themselves, a notion that seems counterintuitive to many who fear that the mentioning the word may trigger the tragedy, according to a government official.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-08 16:22

Health warnings to be imprinted on HNB cigarettes

The government has decided to implement pictorial health warnings on heat-not-burn (HNB) e-cigarette boxes as part of moves to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco use. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Monday, it has selected 12 pictorial warning labels and messages that will be printed on the packs starting Dec. 23, replacing previous graphic warnings. The ministry added the pictorial health warnings will include a picture of a cancer cell accompanied by a message saying “heat-not-burn e-cigarettes addict you to nicotine and expose you to carcinogens.”

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-06 15:28

Gov't to tackle 'dismally low' birthrate

About 50,000 low-income women will be given up to 1.5 million won ($1,300) each in a maternity payout and the number of children eligible for state-run childcare services will be doubled. The payout ceiling for fathers who take paternity leave will be increased to 2.5 million won from the current 2 million and the medical cost for children aged under 12 months will be reduced...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-05 17:05

65% of singles think Korean children are unhappy

More than 65 percent of single men and women think Korean children are unhappy, a survey showed Thursday. According to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs' research, 65.5 percent of single men and women think children born in Korea are “very unhappy” or “somewhat unhappy.”

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-05 16:40

Air ambulance transfers 700th patient

Emergency helicopters are playing a major role in saving patients. Dankook University Hospital transferred a patient in critical condition recently by its medical evacuation helicopter. The patient who is in her 50s was the 700th patient transferred by the hospital's so-called “doctor helicopter” since its deployment in January 2016.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-05 01:57

Ajou to get 'doctor helicopter' soon

Korea's childbirths continue to decline in April

The number of newborns in South Korea fell again in April, government data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign of the chronic low birthrate that has plagued Asia's fourth-largest economy for more than a decade. About 27,700 babies were born in April, down 8.9 percent, from 30,400 tallied a year earlier, according to data by Statistics Korea.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-06-27 12:54

Indoor smoking lounges to be closed at airports

Indoor smoking lounges at airports will gradually be shut down and outdoor smoking areas will be relocated further away from zones with passenger traffic, authorities said Monday.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-06-25 10:20

Health insurance reform to remove free-riders

Starting next month, people with high income or high-value assets will no longer be able to “free-ride” on the state-run health insurance program.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-06-24 20:47

Health insurance revised for underprivileged

Gov't boost quarantine efforts to prevent fire ant spread

Korea will boost quarantine efforts to prevent the spread of foreign red fire ants that have been discovered in major ports in the country over the past month. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Friday, announced plans to disinfect the entire port area in efforts to contain the spread.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-06-22 16:58

Citizenship issue puts immigrant wives in tight spot

Marhabo, 35, now a single mother, is a marriage immigrant from Uzbekistan. She has been living in Korea for more than 10 years but still has not been granted Korean citizenship. She is raising two children aged nine and 10, on her own.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-06-22 13:39

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