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Suicide is a significant public health issue and a major cause of death in Korea. Almost 95% of all persons who commit or attempt suicide have a diagnosed mental disorder....
Stress is an area of research that has grown and diversified enormously since the early work of W. E. Cannon and Hans Selye. This development has been accompanied by an...
Blood transfusion is an essential part of medical care, but it has risks, including infectious and immunologic complications. Recent medical practice emphasizes the rationalization of transfusion according to guidelines at...
Patient safety has been one of the hottest issues of healthcare quality in Korea since two years ago. Patient safety is defined as avoiding risk and minimizing harm. It is...
The question has been raised whether the medical fee schedule is very low in Korea. However, studies that empirically address this matter on a national scale are rare. This study...
As we have summarized, a confluence of pathophysiological and epidemiological studies establish that both acute and chronic forms of psychosocial stress contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Clinical consequences of...
Since 2008, a nationwide infant and toddler vision screening program has been initiated as a part of the Infant Health Screening Project of the Korean National Health Insurance Corporation. Because...
In modern society, stress is one of the most significant problems affecting physical as well as mental health. Stress, which is defined as a situation in which the homeostasis of...
Laboratory values change with age and interpreting laboratory results from elderly people using the reference intervals for younger adults may not be appropriate. The authors investigated the distribution patterns of...
Incidence of parasitic diseases in Korea has been changing recently. The incidence of some parasitic diseases such as toxocariasis and cryptosporidiosis has increased, while that of soil-transmitted helminthic diseases has...