Iodine requirements increase during pregnancy and lactation due to increased maternal thyroid hormone production and iodine excretion, fetal iodine requirements, and loss of iodine in breast milk. Seaweed preparations are a source of dietary iodine. Korean and many Korean-American women traditionally consume brown seaweed soup (Undaria pinnatifida) daily during the early postpartum period (Supp...

BACKGROUND Understanding how individuals make decisions about Pap tests concerning their personal values helps health-care providers offer tailored approaches to guide patients' decision making. Yet research has largely ignored decision making about Pap tests among immigrant women who experience increased risk of cervical cancer. OBJECTIVE To explore decision making about Pap tests among Kore...

BACKGROUND Death from uterine cervical cancer could be preventable by an active participation of women at risk in a screening program such as the Papanicolaou test. In order to examine the presence of socioeconomic disparity in preventable deaths, we evaluated the time trends of cervical cancer mortality by socioeconomic status in Korean women. METHODS We selected level of educational attainm...

OBJECTIVE We used data from the 2010 to 2012 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys to investigate whether the age at menopause is related to age at last delivery. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of the data for 714 women who became menopausal within the 3 years preceding the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. RESULTS Smoking, exercise, drink...

PURPOSE The efficacy and safety of denosumab was compared with placebo in Korean postmenopausal women with osteoporosis in this phase III study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Women aged 60 to 90 years with a T-score of <-2.5 and ≥-4.0 at the lumbar spine or total hip were randomized to a single 60 mg subcutaneous dose of denosumab or placebo for the 6-month double-blind phase. Eligible subjects enter...

PURPOSE We evaluated the performance of the Gail model for a Korean population and developed a Korean breast cancer risk assessment tool (KoBCRAT) based upon equations developed for the Gail model for predicting breast cancer risk. METHODS Using 3,789 sets of cases and controls, risk factors for breast cancer among Koreans were identified. Individual probabilities were projected using Gail's ...

There has been a confrontational structure to the relationship between Korea and Japan for several years, as South Korean government reneged on Japanese military “comfort women” agreement, Supreme Court’s ruling compensation forced laborers led restrictions exports. In tandem with these developments, anti-Japanese sentiment in society growing stronger, have anti-Korean attitudes society. This a...

BACKGROUND As women go through menopause, serum estrogen decreases and ferritin increases. Decreased serum estrogen is well known to cause detrimental effects on bone health; however, data on the associations of serum ferritin with BMD before and after menopause are still lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the association between serum ferritin levels and BMD in premenopausal a...

OBJECTIVES Obesity consistently predicts depression risk, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Body concerns are proposed as key. South Korean society is characterized by extremely high levels of explicit weight stigma, possibly the highest globally. Using cross-sectional Korean 2014 National Health Examination Survey (KNHANES) data, we test this proposition in a nationally repr...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the differences in religiosity, spirituality, and quality of life (QOL) between Korean American and Korean breast and gynecologic cancer survivors and investigate the effect of religiosity, spirituality, and social support on QOL. DESIGN Cross-sectional design. SETTING Participants were recruited from hospitals and community-based support groups in the areas of...