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Feb 26, 2009 High Protein, Low Carb Diet Helps Reduce Weight Decreasing calories while increasing protein intake can help people lose weight, suggests a study of 75 obese patients with metabolic syndrome by Cho Be-long of SNU Hospital's Department of Family Medicine. (Picture on the left)

Feb 26, 2009 Seoul To Build 'English Village' Nearby SNU Campus The City Government of Seoul announced that the 3rd 'English Village' will be established near SNU Gwanak campus.

Feb 25, 2009 [Faculty Essay] 'Welcome To 22nd Century!' Compared to three decades ago, Korea has remarkably changed and vastly improved. So these days I welcome my former students who return to Korea upon completion of their study in the United States by proudly proclaiming: "Welcome to the 22nd century!"

Feb 24, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Be Grateful And Return Favors If you still want to be a stout anti-Americanist, that's fine. But you should be grateful at least to the 16 countries that dispatched their young men to die for the freedom of South Korea during the Korean War.

Feb 24, 2009 Alumnus Park Ji-min To Play Romeo at La Scala Alumnus PARK Ji-min of vocal music, has been cast to play the leading role in a La Scala Theater production.

Feb 24, 2009 Fat Consumption May Increase Chance of Breast Cancer YOO Keun-Young, professor of preventive medicine, said on Feb. 17 that inadequate consumption of fat increases the chance of breast cancer.

Feb 24, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Korea`s Guiding Light A true elder makes everyone, even those who hold hatred and rage in their hearts, look inside themselves.

Feb 17, 2009 SOH'62 Honored by University of Illinois at Chicago SNU Alumnus SOH Jin-Moon was chosen as the Distinguished Dental Alumnus by The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Dentistry.

Feb 17, 2009 Videofluoroscopy May Aid Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Professor LEE Chul Hee at College of Medicine found that, for patients with obstructive sleep apnea, videofluoroscopy may help guide treatment by classifying the severity of the disorder and identifying the nature of the obstruction.

Feb 17, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Life Without a Gallbladder Are those animals that lack a gallbladder sillier than those that have one?

Feb 17, 2009 Professor Shin Became New Regional Director of WHO Doctor Shin Young-soo, a former SNU professor of College of Medicine, took over as the new Regional Director of the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region, based in Manila, the Philippines.

Feb 17, 2009 Professor Seol Found a New Tumor Mechanism Professor Seol Jae-hong, Dept. of Biological Sciences has found how the function of a gene, called CHFR, is linked to the development of human cancers, adding details to the complex picture of how tumors are caused and grow.