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The Korean Healthcare Accreditation System began to be applied to most Korean hospitals this year, yet it remains unfamiliar to us. There has been much criticism regarding the Hospital Evaluation...
The prevalence of atopic diseases seems to be increasing worldwide. Climate change induced by global warming has been reported to increase allergic respiratory diseases such as asthma and allergic rhinitis...
There is a firm consensus that Earth's climate has been changed and will be changed in further future due to increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change affects human health and...
Climactic changes are key environmental issues affecting allergic diseases. Temperature and CO2 content have been found to be increasing together with climate changes, which could increase pollen production, extend the...
Despite the recent increase in the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among the general population and patients, little is known about Korean physicians' attitudes about and interest in...
The average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and the oceans has increased 0.74 +/- 0.18degrees C over the last century. Climate change can cause sea levels to rise, change...
Climactic changes, especially global warming, are potentially the largest global threat to human health and the source of the greatest number of cases of disease. If current emissions and land...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has become an epidemic. Compared to Western countries, Asian T2DM occurs in patients with a lower body mass index, due to central obesity and decreased...
Opioids are widely used as painkillers and anesthetics. Though we use opioids to relieve pain, these drugs can induce mood elevation, dependency, and withdrawal symptoms. This is why opioids are...
Since the elderly population has been increasing recently in our country, old male patients with testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS) with a significantly decreasing quality of life are becoming increasingly common....
Primary care lays the foundation of national healthcare systems, but it has been weak in playing its role correctly because of legal and environmental attributes surrounding the healthcare industry in...