[NBC-1TVユクヒェジョン記者]第16回国際東洋医学会学術大会が、厚生省主催、国際東洋医学会(ISOM)および韓国韓医学会(AKOM)の企画により、ソウルのCOEXで9月14日(金)~16日(日)の3日間にわたって開催されます。 東洋医学の中心として、韓国が東洋医学の地位確立を目指す ICOMでは、伝統医学の科学体系化と、エビデンスベースの医学としての東洋医学に関する啓もうという目標を掲げて、1976年にソウルで開催された第1回学会以来、2~3年ごとに学会を開催しています。この学会は、伝統医学分野では、世界でももっとも長い歴史を誇っています。 特に韓国の東洋医
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Taeyeon Medical (CEO Gil-Woon Choi, www.tymedical.com), specialized Orthopedic implant, is promoting establishment of a joint venture with the Harbin city government of China and Ling Ju Li Group for Chinese market. Taeyeon Medical announced that “[We] have agreed to establish a factory in China for efficient Chinese market entry and medical certificate, preparing to sign an agreement with the vice mayor and chairman of Harbin Economic and Technological Development Zone and Ling Ju Li Group in charge of sales and marketing.” Once establishment of the joint venture is comp
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]World-renowned female electrophysiologists Professor Ellen Hoffmann and Professor Jeanne E. Poole are scheduled to chair the BIOTRONIK supported EPIC Alliance (Electrophysiologist International Community) scientific session at the Cardiostim 2012, 18th World Congress in Nice, France, on June 15. The session will include electrophysiology-related presentations made by leading female physicians and researchers from around the world. Topics will include “Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Beyond Pulmonary Vein Isolation” and "Controversies in Lead Extractions for Noninfectious Ind
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), an international organization devoted to research in vaccine development and introduction for the developing world, will hold its “Annual International Advanced Course on Vaccinology in the Asia-Pacific Region” during May 14-19, 2012 at its headquarters in Seoul, Korea. Now in its 12th year, the popular week-long course was the first-ever vaccinology course of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region. The course aims to build capacity of health professionals, especially those from developing countries, in all areas of the vaccine spect
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Fovia Medical, Inc., a world leader in volume rendering technology, and Teikyo University School of Medicine, one of the leading centers for medical research and patient care in Japan, today announced a collaboration to bring High Definition Volume Rendering® on the iPad to the operating room. Fovia's HDVR® Connect software, now available for the iPad, delivers critical information in real time, giving surgeons the ability to significantly enhance surgical outcomes. With HDVR on the iPad, physicians and surgeons have access to advanced visualization on a mobile, multi-tou
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Dental medical equipment manufacturer Maruchi CEO Seong-Wook Chang revealed that “for the busy modern people, we will develop dental medical treatment device that is simpler, safer, and quicker to open the one-day clinic market.” Maruchi turned to a corporation in 2008, and constructed a clean room at the Wonju headquarters in order to provide high-quality dental medical device through consistent production process for all products, and founded annexed research institute in Hongneung Venture Complex under Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology in 2010. Its re
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Medical equipment specialized company Maruchi(CEO Sung-Wook Jang, www.endocem.com) released Endocem which improves the weaknesses of the nerve medicine auxiliary material MTA (Mineral Trioxide Aggregate). Mostly used for dental nerve treatment, MTA forms a paste-like compound by reacting with water and hardens quite firmly such that it is used as the material hardening within the teeth, and after hardening, it slowly forms chemical bond with dental surface to seal the treated area of the teeth. Although MTA is a certain replacement material for dental constituent, its low
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]During the change of seasons like these days, it is easy to break the skin balance and cause trouble. Such trouble is a nuisance to anyone, regardless of gender and age. Accordingly, many look for products effective for skin trouble during the change of seasons. Introduced by GreenSolutions, pure hypoallergenic brand Raclia ‘3W Spot Night Care’ is drawing attention for containing patented ingredients helping pimple improvement such as male fern and hairy agrimony. Male fern (patent no. 10-0780666) has been verified for trouble alleviation efficacy, and was patented as cos