The Korea Herald > Life&Style > Health
-
(123rf) Students on college campuses do not fear pulling all-nighters at parties and drinking a large amount of alcohol, assuming that their youth may protect them from the destructive effects of th...
Updated : 2013.05.06 18:00
-
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The U.S. Department of Justice appealed Wednesday a federal judge’s ruling ordering regulators to provide emergency contraception to women and girls of all ages. The appeal came j...
Updated : 2013.05.02 20:13
-
Upper endoscopy is the most fundamental test to diagnose diseases of the esophagus, stomach and the duodenum (for example, gastric cancer, gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers and esophagitis). Unlike rad...
Updated : 2013.05.02 20:13
-
New research by Korean doctors of Oriental medicine suggested that a homegrown acupunctural method could reduce acute lower back pain faster and more effectively than conventional drug injections. I...
Updated : 2013.05.02 20:11
-
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Playing videogames can prevent and even reverse deteriorating brain functions such as memory, reasoning and visual processing, according to a study released Wednesday. The Univer...
Updated : 2013.05.02 20:10
-
(123rf) Upper-arm lift is the latest trend in plastic surgery, according to a report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. While bigger eyes, higher noses and bigger breasts still prevail in...
Updated : 2013.04.30 16:09
-
This photo is not directly related to the article(123rf). British and U.S. researchers suggest size may not matter in fighting; the big guy doesn‘t always win -- at least for fish. Scientists at t...
Updated : 2013.04.30 14:41
-
(123rf) Women who regularly get Botox treatments seeking youth are becoming immune to the injection, even forming antibodies to it, a report said. German researchers published a paper in the Journa...
Updated : 2013.04.30 10:05
-
This photo is not directly related to the article(123rf). Rats forced to exercise in a study were protected against stress and anxiety the same as rats who ran without being forced, U.S. researchers...
Updated : 2013.04.28 14:16
-
This photo is not directly related to the article(123rf). Viewing sexually explicit material via the Internet, videos and magazines may affect teen and adult sex behavior but less than thought, Dani...
Updated : 2013.04.26 11:29
-
A global financing institution to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria requested Korea to play a bigger role in international efforts to defeat the diseases that threaten hundreds of millions of ...
Updated : 2013.04.25 21:20
-
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has prohibited sale of two Tylenol syrup products for children, saying they may contain unsafe levels of acetaminophen, officials said. Acetaminophen, generall...
Updated : 2013.04.25 20:57
-
Travelers planning overseas trips need to pay extra attention to malaria infection, as the major transmission season for the disease starts in June, the state-run Korea Centers for Disease Control sa...
Updated : 2013.04.25 20:57
-
There are two types of sweat glands ― the apocrine glands that produce odor, and the eccrine glands that produce ordinary sweat. Osmidrosis refers to over-secretion of the apocrine glands in the axi...
Updated : 2013.04.25 20:57
-
On Jan. 12, I became a victim of sexual assault. At around 3:30 in the morning, while I was at home sleeping, a man I did not know came into my house and attempted to rape me. The police were able t...
Updated : 2013.04.23 19:58
