SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The medical community has expressed concerns about excessive medical checkups, suggesting that individuals without symptoms or those at low risk do not need to undergo thyroid ultrasonography or LDCT (Low-Dose Computed Tomography) screening for lung cancer. On Wednesday. the National Cancer Center and the National Academy of Medicine of Korea [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans have a vague fear of medical radiation examinations due to insufficient information, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) among 3,000 adults aged 18 to 69 across the country, approximately half of the [...]
AUSTIN, Texas and ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Lithium Werks, leveraging their acquisitions of the A123 Industrial Division and Valence Technology, is forming an enhanced Medical Business Unit to partner and collaborate with medical equipment OEMs and medical system integrators, as well as healthcare companies and communities to provide portable lithium power [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Virgin Pulse, the largest global employee health and wellbeing company, today announced that renowned HR technology analyst and influencer Josh Bersin, has joined Virgin Pulse’s CEO Advisory Board. In this capacity, Bersin will collaborate with Virgin Pulse CEO, David Osborne, and senior Virgin Pulse leaders to expand awareness [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – With artificial intelligence rapidly spreading across global industries, the latest study from the National Information Society Agency (NIA) has revealed that South Korean startups tend to focus their AI development on the medical and convenience service sectors. The NIA based its study on 19 startups here that had a [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced Tuesday that a research team from Pohang University of Science and Technology has developed a medical glue using adhesive protein from mussels combined with autotherapeutic substances from the human body. According to the research team led by professor Cha Hyung-joon, mussels produce [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans’ medical expenditures spent a year before death jumped more than threefold over the past decade, data showed Sunday, reflecting the rising need to beef up the country’s hospice facilities and services. According to the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), South Koreans aged 40 and above on average [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean telecommunications company KT Corp. announced Tuesday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with M3DICINE to incorporate KT’s digital health solutions with the Australian company’s mobile stethoscope as part of a global healthcare project. Founded in 2015, M3DICINE is planning the commercial launch of Stethee, a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics announced Monday the unveiling of three medical imaging devices at the Radiological Society of North America, an annual industry fair held this year in Chicago. It is the first time for the South Korean electronics giant to introduce such devices, despite having been an industry-leading manufacturer of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) -The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Friday that it has opened a website that provides information on medical tourism programs in the city in four languages. The Medical Tour Seoul web site (http://medicaltourseoul.com) aims to help foreigners coming to the city for medical tours in English, Chinese, Japanese and Russian, according [...]