- Current Situation and the Future of Regulations for Medical Advertising
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Kim RK
- KMID: 2341009
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):88-90.
Currently, all medical advertisements in periodicals, leaflets, posters, street banners and online newspapers are subjected to prior review to verify whether they comply with relevant standards. Ironically, medical advertising on... -
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- Pros and Cons of For-profit Hospitals and Policy Alternatives
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Im GJ
- KMID: 2341021
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):169-174.
Currently, the Korean government is actively advocating the need to allow for-profit medical institutions. According to the government, the establishment of for-profit medical institutions would further improve the quality of... -
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- Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome among Children and Adolescents in Korea
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Chu MA, Choe BH
- KMID: 2341018
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):142-152.
Obesity is a disease that decreases life span. Childhood obesity leads to the higher prevalence of obesity in adulthood, which increases the risk of metabolic syndrome. Recently, the prevalence of... -
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- Cancer Pain Management-Nonopoid Analgesics
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Kim DH
- KMID: 2341020
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):164-168.
Cancer pain patients have various diagnosis, stage of disease, response to pain, and treatments and individualized treatment methods are thus needed. Use of Nonopioid analgesics is the first step treatment... -
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- Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Health
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Lim SM, Park YH, Yang KI, Kwon HJ
- KMID: 2341019
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):155-163.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is used worldwide and affects millions of people annually. In the most countries, DST begins turning clocks forward by an hour in the spring and backward... -
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- Pathogenesis of Prostate Cancer
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Yoon CY, Byun SS
- KMID: 2341011
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):98-106.
Prostate cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in Western countries and has been also one of the most rapidly increasing malignant diseases in Korean men. This disease shows... -
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- What Are Some New Developments in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis?
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Park SY, Lee HM
- KMID: 2341013
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):107-118.
The purpose of this article is to summarize up-to-date changes and policies in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The triads of DRE (digital rectal examination), serum PSA (prostate specific antigen),... -
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- Incidence, Epidemiology and Patterns of Progression of Prostate Cancer
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Kim SJ, Kim SI
- KMID: 2341010
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):92-97.
Prostate cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men worldwide. Its incidence and mortality vary widely between countries and ethnicities. In Korea, the incidence of prostate cancer was much... -
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- What's New in Hormone-refractory Prostate Cancer Treatment
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Hong JH
- KMID: 2341016
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):126-134.
Prostate cancer represents the most common cancer in men in US and the fifth in men in Korea. For the patients with advanced prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) remains... -
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- Radical Prostatectomy: Respective Roles and Comparisons of Robotic and Open Surgeries
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Choi YD, Chung JS
- KMID: 2341015
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):119-125.
Over the years, several surgical modifications have been incorporated into radical prostatectomy in order to improve the surgical outcome. Despite the rapid dissemination of robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) through the... -
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- Prevention of Prostate Cancer
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Chung JI
- KMID: 2341017
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2010 Feb;53(2):135-141.
Prostate cancer can be prevented more easily than other types of cancers, thanks to the following reasons: The presence of precursor lesions, longer doulbling time of cancerous cells, high incidence... -
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