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HEALTH 3

WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 6, 2014
Drugmakers look to push the boundaries of healthy old age
Google's ambition to defy the limits of aging has fired up interest in the field, drawing in drug companies that are already quietly pioneering research despite the regulatory and clinical hurdles that remain.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 1, 2014
New tech brings cinema to the deaf and blind
The lights dimmed inside the theater at the Tokyo International Film Festival and the audience quieted down. As Masayuki Suo's film "Maiko wa Lady (Lady Maiko)" began, the viewers were ready — with glasses-shaped head-mounted displays and earpieces designed to make cinema accessible to the deaf and...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 31, 2014
In Guangdong, nervy Chinese ramp up Ebola watch
Chinese authorities have identified the southern province of Guangdong, home to Asia's biggest African population, as a front line in their efforts to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from entering mainland China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 31, 2014
Teen cancer patient asks Aichi governor to arrange schooling in hospital
A 17-year-old boy being treated for kidney cancer has appealed to the governor of Aichi Prefecture to set up a high school education program in his hospital.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 28, 2014
Organizational flaws, collusive ties taking a toll on the WHO
Critics of the World Health Organization say its inability to fight Ebola thus far can be traced not only to its own organizational problems but also to its 'collusive relations' with the pharmaceutical industry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 27, 2014
Ebola gives U.S. 'preppers' another reason to prepare for worst
With the closest known U.S. cases of Ebola diagnosed about 160 miles away in Dallas, Cary Griffin is taking no chances.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 25, 2014
Two U.S. states to quarantine health workers returning from Ebola zones
New York and New Jersey will automatically quarantine medical workers returning from Ebola-hit West African countries, and the U.S. government is considering the same step after a doctor who treated patients in Guinea came back infected, officials said on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 24, 2014
WHO voices confidence no wider spread of Ebola in Africa
The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was still trying to slow the rate of new infections but had "reasonable confidence" that the Ebola virus plaguing three West African countries had not spread into neighboring states.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 23, 2014
Paraguayan plant stevia upends sugar market
The maker of America's top sugar brand, Domino Sugar, is launching its first no-calorie "natural" sweetener extracted from the stevia plant in Paraguay, the strongest sign yet that the upstart product is threatening to eat into demand for sugar.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 22, 2014
Canadian company starts limited manufacturing of drug for Ebola
Canadian drugmaker Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. has begun limited manufacturing of a drug targeting the Ebola-Guinea virus.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 21, 2014
Cell transplant allows paralyzed man to walk again
A Bulgarian man who was paralyzed from the chest down in a knife attack can now walk with the aid of a frame after receiving pioneering transplant treatment using cells from his nose.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 20, 2014
Nigeria declared Ebola-free after containing virus
The World Health Organization declared Nigeria to be free of Ebola on Monday after a 42-day period with no new cases, in a success story with lessons for countries still struggling to contain the deadly virus.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2014
Big Pharma, world leaders not cut out for Ebola battle
Scientists at leading universities, rather than Big Pharma, are fighting the battle against Ebola and other tricky diseases, while the response of Western leaders has been to try to keep Ebola out of their backyards.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2014
How Obamacare kills jobs and boosts deficits
An 'Obamacare' critic says America's Affordable Health Care law discourages employers from hiring more than 50 employees while encouraging employees to work less or not at all because they can get federal subsidies to buy health insurance outside the workplace.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Oct 18, 2014
Suicidal cells and the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks
You may not have heard of Henrietta Lacks — an African-American woman from Baltimore who died of cervical cancer in 1951 — but you have benefited from her.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2014
Ebola-themed plush toys doing brisk sales
It may be the only time you will find these words in the same sentence: "Ebola" and "Add to Wishlist."
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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