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The word “disk,” which Koreans often misuse as a name of a condition, refers to the structure that connects the bones in the spine. The correct term for the condition is “spine herniation of the i...
Updated : 2013.02.07 21:13
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PARIS (AFP) ― Men who watch television for 20 hours per week have almost half the sperm count of those who watch very little television or none at all, according to a study published on Tuesday. U.S...
Updated : 2013.02.07 21:12
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A study led by neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley has linked the decline in the amount of good-quality sleep people get as they age with a reduction in their ability to remembe...
Updated : 2013.02.07 21:12
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(123rf) In older adults, memories may get stuck in part of the brain due to the poor quality of sleep and are then overwritten by new memories, U.S. researchers say. Senior author sleep researcher ...
Updated : 2013.02.01 14:13
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There is an expression “worried sick.” Although it is just a saying for most people, for others it is quite real. Those who worry about having a major illness regardless of being healthy, those wh...
Updated : 2013.01.31 20:18
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Korea had more than 40,000 patients with tuberculosis last year, the highest number counted by the state-run disease control agency since 2001, officials said. According to the Korea Centers for Dis...
Updated : 2013.01.31 20:16
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A series of lectures to inform the public about mental health issues will take place in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. The lectures, which are free and open to all, will be given by Park Han-son, a neur...
Updated : 2013.01.31 20:16
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1. A harasser approaches a woman from the front as shown in Picture 1, leaving very little or no personal space. There are two ways of getting out of this tight situation. One is the silent approach...
Updated : 2013.01.30 20:27
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The number of people in Korea suffering from hair loss has now reached 10 million. Recently, it’s not only because of genetic reasons, but also due to environmental factors such as excessive stress,...
Updated : 2013.01.30 20:27
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PHILADELPHIA ― It’s hard for anyone to care for an ailing, aging family member, but Choi Im-ja faced extra challenges when her mother’s stomach cancer was diagnosed in 2002. Choi’s mother, who h...
Updated : 2013.01.30 20:25
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When people eat matters as much as what people eat. (123rf) A new study shows that meal timing seems to affect weight loss, suggesting that when people eat matters as much as what they eat. A resea...
Updated : 2013.01.30 15:02
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Yuhan Corporation, a Seoul-based pharmaceutical company, said Tuesday that it had launched a genetic information analysis service that tracks down personal genetic risks for certain diseases and diso...
Updated : 2013.01.29 20:16
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The majority of the people in the world live longer, but spend more years in poor health compared to 20 years ago, U.S. researchers say. Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metr...
Updated : 2013.01.28 14:56
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South Korea's fertility rate is expected to have risen slightly last year but is still far from a safe level, a government commission said Friday. According to the presidential commission on birth r...
Updated : 2013.01.25 15:56
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The International Vaccine Institute, a Seoul-based multinational organization on vaccine development, has appointed Dr. Adel A. F. Mahmoud as its new chairman and Dr. Viveka Persson as vice chairman....
Updated : 2013.01.24 20:29
