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Regular eye exam required for diabetic patients

Diabetic patients should regularly visit an ophthalmologist for an eye exam at least once a year, to monitor possible development of complications, experts said Sunday. One such complication is diabetic retinopathy, in which damage occurs to a part of the back of the eye called the retina, the blood vessels of the light-sensitive tissue. Doctors say undergoing a regular eye e...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-06 10:35

Gov't flip-flops over mad cow disease

The Korean government comes under criticism for reversing its previous stance on mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Friday that it has never considered atypical mad cow disease to be “safe to humans”, in response to lawyer Song Ki-ho’s requests to give the reason why the ministry has claimed the...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-04 17:16

Food ministry approves 1st Korea-made surgical robot

Revo-i, the first surgical robot made in Korea, won approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Thursday. The robot, manufactured by meerecompany, will help a doctor perform an endoscopy using 3D imagery to remove the gallbladder or prostate gland. The doctor will be able to use a control arm to move the robot’s four arms. The four arms _ three instrument arms and one camera arm _ go inside a patient’s body and locate where surgery is required. The three surgical equipment-tipped instrument arms then will incise the point, ligate, secure and suture the wound. The doctor will be able ...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-03 16:26

Korea reviews military law banning homosexual activity

After a gay soldier was convicted of having sex with another gay soldier in May, the Korean government said it’s reviewing the military law banning homosexual activity. The government is working on a human rights report it will submit to the United Nations that states, “We are reviewing the law so it will make the rules clearer for gay soldiers,” adding that not all gay soldiers will be punished just for homosexual activity. The report will be submitted to the U.N. human rights body later this month.

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-02 18:30

Life satisfaction lower for single-person households

People living alone showed lower levels of life satisfaction than households with a larger number of members, according to a recent report. Gyeonggi Research Institute released the report based on a survey conducted last year on the quality of life of 20,000 residents aged 19 and above. The report shows 49.8 percent of single-person households reported they were satisfied with their lives, while 56.8 percent of two-person, 56.4 percent of three-person and 60.7 percent of four-person and larger households said so.

Diseases & welfare | 2017-07-31 21:33

Airport, expressways filled with summer vacationers

Incheon International Airport bustled with travelers and the nation’s expressways were heavily congested, as the summer vacation season began over the weekend. An estimated 109,439 people left the airport on Sunday, up from last year’s record of 104,467 on July 31. The Incheon International Airport Corporation estimates 6.84 million travelers will use the airport from July 15...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-07-30 16:25

Trash bins to vanish from Seoul subway restrooms

Trash bins are set to vanish from public restrooms in Seoul subway stations in phases from Aug. 1, according to Seoul Metro Friday.

Diseases & welfare | 2017-07-28 16:49

Korea urged to stop US beef imports

The Korean government should suspend the import of U.S. beef by amending terms of trade, a group of experts said Wednesday. Amid growing concern on the safety of U.S. beef after an outbreak of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), in Alabama, the experts refuted the government’s argument, presenting scientific evidence at a press conference in Seoul. “Th...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-07-28 12:36

Website opens on mad cow disease after Moon's order

Website opens on mad cow disease after Moon's order

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has established a special website on mad cow disease, following President Moon Jae-in’s order to give people details about it. The ministry has added a banner to its official Korean website and started uploading press releases and information on mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), to the special websi...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-07-28 12:35

Korea urged to stop US beef imports

S. Korea's vaccination rates for children higher than U.S., Britain: data

South Korea's vaccination rates for hepatitis B and several other major diseases are higher than those of the United States, Britain and Australia, government data showed Thursday. South Korea's vaccination rates for HepB, BCG, DTaP, IPV, Hib and MMR stood at 96.6 percent, according to the statistics by the Korea Centers for Disease Control (KCDC) which analyzed the vaccination records of 440,000 children born in 2013 in the four countries. The comparable figures were 90.9 percent for the U.S., 94.5 percent for Australia and 93.7 percent for Britain.

Diseases & welfare | 2017-07-27 15:43

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