05-Sep-17 Japanese electronics manufacturer Kyocera is working with the University of Tsukuba to develop an artificial intelligence based image recognition system that can remotely detect melanoma and other skin diseases by analysing digital images using a smartphone. [image: HealthData Management]

05-Sep-17 Samsung, Gangnam Severance Hospital, and content maker FNI Co have joined forces to develop virtual reality tools to diagnose and treat mental illness. The companies plan to make the product available for hospitals, dementia centers and schools.

04-Sep-17 In 2017 Korea granted 1,560 medical institutions licenses to treat foreign patients, nearly half the 2,840 in 2016. 1,515 institutions did not seek a license because they failed to meet new strengthened safety requirements. [image: IMTJ]

03-Sep-17 Eyewear prices are rising in Japan as retailers cater to an increasingly glasses-needy population. Yasunori Kitagaito of retailer Jins Inc said "a growing number of customers in their 40s and 50s are buying bifocals and other high value-added lenses." [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

01-Sep-17 The Korean population aged 65 and over has exceeded the population aged 14 and under for the first time, marking a change in how healthcare services and facilities will need to be prioritised in the future. [image: Business Korea]