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Air pollution aggravates Parkinson's disease: study

Air pollution aggravates Parkinson's disease: study

Exposure to air pollution increases risk of aggravating Parkinson's disease and may cause neurological disease progression, a study showed Friday.

Park Si-soo | 2017-03-24 11:36

Nearly half of Korean men suffer from hair loss

Almost half of South Korean men are suffering from hair loss due mainly to stress with some of them willing to give up drinking or sex to get healthy hair, a poll showed Thursday. According to the survey of 801 Korean men ages 25 to 45 taken by Nielsen Korea, 47 percent of the respondents said they are suffering from hair loss. Half of them replied that stress is the main rea...

Lee Han-soo2017-03-23 15:22

Caffeine effective in preventing hair loss

How to treat rotator cuff tear

Nowadays, we Koreans enjoy more leisure activities than ever before. With more sports being played by the general population, there has been an increase in the number of shoulder related injuries as well. According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of rotator cuff tears, a typical shoulder joint injury, has increased by almost 60 percent over t...

Lee Kyung-min | 2017-03-19 16:23

3 million animals used in experiments in S. Korea in 2016

3 million animals used in experiments in S. Korea in 2016

Nearly 3 million animals were used in experiments by universities and public and private research centers in South Korea last year, government data showed Tuesday. A total of 2.88 million mammals, amphibians and fish were experimented on by 333 institutions in 2016, according to the data compiled by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency.

Park Si-soo | 2017-02-28 14:16

[K-Terminology] Koreans being overworked to death in 'kwarosa'

K-TerminologyKoreans being overworked to death in 'kwarosa'

Korea Post says average annual working hours for postal workers in 2016 was 2,531 hours, or 48.7 hours a week - 8.7 hours more than the national standard. But Korean Postal Workers’ Union chief Kim Myung-hwan questioned the figure’s credibility. With help from a Korea Labor Institute survey, he argued that the employees actually worked more than 55.1 hours a week. “Among 190 ...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2017-02-27 17:42

55% of Korean men link sexual assault with women's behavior

Using Chuna to treat musculoskeletal disorders

Using Chuna to treat musculoskeletal disorders

A pilot program for Chuna manual medicine designed to get National Health Insurance coverage in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders was reported at the National Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee, Feb. 13. Chuna may be somewhat unfamiliar compared to staple treatments in Korean Medicine such as acupuncture or herbal medicine, but it is a long-standing divis...

Lee Kyung-min | 2017-02-26 16:15

Embarking on trip to Korea

Embarking on trip to Korea

That time of the year is finally upon me. The time where I have to embark on a grueling 15-hour daytime flight with my three kids to reunite with family and friends back in the motherland _ Korea. Most of my mom friends here in the U.S. countdown to going home out of excitement, but I'm counting down out of dreadfulness. I miss family and friends; but I don't know what it is....

Lee Kyung-min | 2017-02-26 16:15

Orchid is new horticultural therapy

Orchid is new horticultural therapy

Lee Chung, the CEO of Lee Won Orchids Nursery, grew up watching his father grow some 2,500 types of orchid on his farm. His father spent almost 50 years studying the plants and caring for nature. Lee naturally spent much time raising various orchids and learning their characteristics. Lee took over his father’s business to run Asia’s largest orchid farm in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Pro...

Kim Jae-heun | 2017-02-22 20:23

Being both work-at-home, stay-at-home mom

Being both work-at-home, stay-at-home mom

After last week's column about my somewhat depressing daily log as a stay-at-home mom, I got several e-mails from readers who were left with some questions. They asked how I feel about leaving the workforce, what it's like to freelance and how on earth I make time to write this column and other articles with three little monkeys in the house.

Jane Han | 2017-02-19 16:14

Outlook for traditional Korean medicine bright

Outlook for traditional Korean medicine bright

Oriental medicine has huge growth potential both here and abroad, a traditional Korean medicine doctor said. He based his optimism on the belief that Oriental and traditional Korean medicine are all about data - from efficacies of various herbs to acupuncture skills accumulated and inherited from ancient times. “In this age of data, I believe traditional Korean medicine will ...

Cho Jae-hyon | 2017-02-16 11:15

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