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If you are taking insulin injections for diabetes, it is easy to worry even before donating blood, wondering, "Am I not allowed to donate at all?" To start with the conclusion, blood donation is not uniformly restricted solely by a diagnosis of diabetes; however, blood sugar status, complications, treatment methods, and physical condition on the day of donation must all be considered together. According to the explanation released on September 9, 2026, if blood sugar is stable, there are no complications, and overall health conditions such as blood pressure and weight meet the criteria, not only those taking oral hypoglycemic agents but also insulin… Read more

If you develop hives, abdominal pain, and difficulty breathing after eating beef or pork a few days after a tick bite, it is difficult to dismiss it as a simple food allergy. Alpha-gal syndrome is a delayed allergy that occurs when antibodies produced after a tick bite react to certain animal-derived foods. In particular, it is easy to miss the cause because symptoms can begin about 3 to 5 hours after eating rather than immediately after. As reported in a study on September 11, 2026, alpha-gal related immune responses [in the arteries] … Read more

Concluding that you have depression simply because you feel down and have difficulty concentrating is not an accurate self-diagnosis. Conversely, dismissing it by saying, "I'm just tired," and continuing to pressure yourself for the changes you've noticed is also unhelpful. If your speech and actions slow down, meeting people becomes overwhelming, or you find it difficult to focus on books or videos, it is time to calmly examine your current state. In this article, we will review these changes from four perspectives, and [discuss] self-assessment and professional diagnosis… Read more

Are you eating fried rice after dakgalbi, potato salad, granola, and yogurt as if they were a full meal, even though you are concerned about your pancreatic health? The problem lies not in the fact that you ate a single food item, but in the combination of overlapping fat, sugar, carbohydrates, and calories, and the repetitive habit involved. From now on, I will summarize four high-fat and high-sugar food combinations that you should reduce to lessen the burden on your pancreas, along with realistic dietary control methods. Criteria for a diet that burdens the pancreas: The pancreas produces the digestive enzymes necessary for food digestion… Read more

While there is no need to immediately think of pancreatic cancer just because of swollen eyes, there have been actual reports of cases where eye swelling led to an unexpected cancer diagnosis. Grace Grant, a woman in her 20s, visited a hospital due to severe swelling in one eye and discovered a tumor in her neck. Following detailed examinations, she was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and lymph node metastasis. The key point of this case is not that eye swelling is a common symptom of pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer may not have distinct early symptoms… Read more

Just because you have suddenly started losing a lot of hair doesn't mean the first thing you should do is look for hair loss supplements. While supplementation can be helpful for those with nutrient deficiencies, taking more vitamins when you are not deficient will not resolve the cause of hair loss. The approach to hair loss varies depending on the cause, such as hereditary hair loss, telogen effluvium following stress, traction alopecia caused by strong stimuli, and scalp inflammation. What you need right now… Read more

If you suddenly feel dizzy and break out in a cold sweat, or if your vision goes black when you stand up, you might think of vagal hypofunction. However, you cannot definitively diagnose a specific disease based on these symptoms alone; vagal hypofunction is not a single confirmed medical term but rather a broad description of a condition related to autonomic nervous system function. In this article, I will organize the information step-by-step, covering everything from the role of the vagus nerve to symptoms, causes, medical tests, and how to manage fainting before it occurs. In particular, I will also distinguish between vagal hypofunction and vasovagal syncope. What is vagal hypofunction… Read more

You may have wondered if it is true that inflammation levels dropped after drinking just one beverage for a month, and whether it is safe to consume tomatoes and soy milk together. A study introduced on September 8, 2026, presented results showing a decrease in inflammation-related protein levels after consuming tomato-soy juice, which contains both lycopene from tomatoes and isoflavones from soybeans, for four weeks. However, the change mentioned here does not mean that all inflammation levels in the body dropped at once. This result indicates that specific … Read more

If the parents are Type A and Type B and the child is Type O, is it really an impossible combination? As the drama 'Love Comes' used blood types as a subject for questioning paternity, interest in re-examining parent-child blood type combinations has grown. To start with the conclusion, comparing only the four visible types is insufficient. The genes passed on to the child vary depending on whether Type A is AA or AO, or Type B is BB or BO. In this article, ranging from representative combinations to the limitations of paternity determination… Read more

What has truly changed since Skylab's listing on the KOSDAQ is not the stock price, but the speed of expansion in its overseas medical data business. Moving beyond the sale of ring-type blood pressure monitors, the company is expanding its scope into platform businesses targeting the European, Japanese, and U.S. markets, as well as pharmaceutical clinical trials and medical AI. Skylab entered the KOSDAQ market on September 4, 2026. This listing is part of a growth strategy to expand the overseas supply of its flagship product, CART BP pro, and to connect accumulated biosignals to the data business… Read more