Success or Failure of Health Care Reform in South Korea

In just 12 years, SOUTH KOREA established universal healthcare. The government first required medical insurance for employees and their dependents in large businesses with more than 500 employees in 1977, marking the modest beginning of this extraordinary achievement. The entire country was given...

America In Need of CareGivers

America is in dire need of care workers. According to a study conducted in 2021, the U.S. is short of 2.3 million care workers. Traditionally, women have been seen more often in the roles of caregivers for both children and the elderly but now the need of the hour is more than that.  

A TOWN IN JAPAN TO PROVIDE GIFT CERTIFICATE WHO RECEIVES COVID-19 VACCINE

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• A town in Japan to provide gift certificate who receives COVID-19 vaccine.
• Miyashiro town from Saitama prefecture has made the announcement for its residents.
• The municipal govt. aims to secure $570,000 for the scheme in ...

S. KOREA GOVT. TO GIVE SECOND CHANCE TO SUDENTS TO TAKE MEDICAL LICENSING EXAM

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• S. Korea Govt. to give second chance to students to take medical licensing exam.
• Around 2,700 fourth-year medical students had boycotted the exams last year in September.
• The govt. was asked to withdraw its plan to increa...

HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN JAPAN AFRAID OF STRAINING MEDICAL SYSTEM OVER COVID-19

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• Health care workers in Japan afraid of straining medical system over COVID-19 cases.
• The country is said to have been reporting over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases daily.
• Hospitals are said to be seeing high bed occupancies wit...

RESEARCH: TELEHEALTH MAY HELP REDUCE DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE

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• The use of telehealth raises concerns regarding the security of patient data
• Appointments that require physical contact will prove challenging

New research suggests that the COVID-19 crisis may help reduce disparities in h...

RANDOMLY ASSEMBLED TAIWANESE KIT TO RESCUE OF COVID-19 PATIENTS

• A creative answer in response to health care provider needs who stand a high risk of contracting the novel coronavirus.
• A global shortage of personal protective equipment, is attracting interest throughout the world, including in Japan.

The Aerosol Box, create...

WHY IS GOOD SLEEP IMPORTANT?

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• Poor sleep affects the bodyweight
• Adequate sleep improves brain function 

Adequate sleep has been identified as an important factor for good health. It has been considered as equally important as an exercise regime an...

HEALTH CARE TRENDS FOR THE EMPLOYERS

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• Mental health concerns are rising
• Management at the times of outbreaks shall also be taken care off

The healthcare cost incurred by the employer is continuously increasing. It has also been observed particularly for Asia P...

HEALTH CARE TRENDS FOR 2020

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• Self-care is the key
• Role of retail companies is important 

The health care trends are as follows

Self-care 

With the rising awareness ...

Japan’s approach behind the innovative medical innovation ecosystem

The health care system of Japan is already amongst the best in the world. Despite it, to adapt to a new demographic reality, it is looking to make major changes to spur innovation in this field.

The demographic reality is in the context of aging societies. The country leads the global t...

NTM infections on rise, elderly and women at higher risk

The incidence and prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease is increasing. As per the research published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society, the number of existing patients as well as the number of people newly infected each year is rising. Women and elder people of age 65 a...

Facts you never knew about daily life expectancy and US wellbeing treatment facts

A question was posed, do the American people live in a health and fitness hellscape? According to a report, the answer seemed that a lot believed so, but a first glance might look deceiving.

Posted by the JAMA, the medical journal, the report stated that US everyday living expectation w...

"Private hospitals to increase insurance programme's", Indian Court

NEW DELHI, Nov 22, India to offer private hospital subsidies to participate in the government's health care program, possibly the world's largest of its kind, a senior government official informed Reuters.

The scheme launched last year is critical to the plans of PM Modi to libe...

Finances are changing and can this help the insurance sector

The insurance sector of India has been suffering as the financial sector and the banking sector the nation is facing major issues. The frauds in banks and the financial firms have led to this situation where the nation of India is almost seeing the death of the insurance sector

The Entr...

Bernie Sanders misconception of the American and Canadian health care system.

The New York Times has explained how Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., came to be focused on Canadas health care plan. That obsession illustrated itself again while the Democratic presidential speech in Houston. It started with a disease that happened to his mother when Sanders was studying in high sch...