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HEALTH 3

WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 9, 2017
Studies find worrying misuse of medicine worldwide
Up to 70 percent of hysterectomies in the United States, a quarter of knee replacements in Spain and more than half the antibiotics prescribed in China are inappropriate, over-used health care, researchers said on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 8, 2017
Japan's syphilis problem prompts ministry to bring in special team
The health ministry forms a special team to stop the spread of syphilis, which is up 77 percent from 2015 and seven-fold from a decade ago.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2016
U.K. aid body funding drone deliveries aimed at saving mothers, babies in Tanzania
Drones delivering blood and medicine to rural areas of Tanzania could help to save the lives of many mothers and newborn babies in a country where one of the biggest causes of maternal deaths is blood loss during childbirth, the U.K. aid department said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 28, 2016
Hong Kong's first bird flu patient this winter dies
An elderly Hong Kong man died on Christmas Day from bird flu, the government said on Tuesday, the first human infection in the city this winter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 23, 2016
Bad eyesight climbing among schoolchildren but obesity, cavities in decline
Eyesight worsened among elementary, junior high and high school students in fiscal 2016 but tooth decay and obesity continued to drop, the government's annual health survey says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2016
Cabinet OKs record-high ¥97.45 trillion budget as social security, defense outlays swell
The Cabinet stamps a record-high u00a597.45 trillion budget for fiscal 2017 despite the government's swelling social security costs and precarious finances.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2016
Drug prices in Japan will get annual review amid rising health care costs
The government said Tuesday it will start reviewing drug prices every year, instead of every two years, in a bid to reduce mounting health care costs — a move that reflects growing resistance to rising drug prices around the world.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 12, 2016
South Korea temporarily bans movement of poultry as it ramps up fight against bird flu
South Korea's agriculture ministry said Monday it will issue a temporary nationwide ban on the transportation of poultry to contain the spread of bird flu, with 43 outbreaks recorded in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2016
France and the 'right' to be spared from guilt
A French court is censoring a video that says Down syndrome children can be happy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 5, 2016
It’s time to address the lifestyle challenges affecting health in Asia
Poor nutrition and obesity pose a severe public health challenge across large parts of Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2016
Niigata culls 540,000 chickens to combat bird flu at two infected farms
The Niigata Prefectural Government completed the culling of 540,000 chickens at two poultry farms Sunday to contain an outbreak of the highly virulent H5 strain of bird flu.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Dec 3, 2016
An adventure I'd rather not be having
The time had come. I checked into the Japan Red Cross Medical Center in central Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov. 7 and was shown to the eighth floor, where my airy private room has a shower and a sofa beneath the big picture window and a wonderful, multi-adjustable bed I'd love to have at home. Add a minibar...
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 2, 2016
Rural Cambodia uses guppy to fight dengue
In the backyards of rural Cambodia, a tiny weapon is being deployed to fight dengue fever, the world's fastest-spreading tropical disease, which causes debilitating flu-like symptoms and can develop into a deadly hemorrhagic fever.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2016
Dutch destroy 190,000 ducks in first bird flu cull
Some 190,000 ducks were destroyed on Saturday at six farms in the Netherlands following an avian flu outbreak, the country's first cull of an epidemic sweeping northern Europe.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 25, 2016
Gut microbes may play role in yo-yo dieting, obesity
Scientists studying yo-yo dieting in mice say the tendency for people to regain excess weight rapidly after successfully slimming may well be due to their microbiome — the trillions of microorganisms in the gut.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 24, 2016
Has Zika circulated quietly in Asia for decades?
Zika's rampage last year in Brazil caused an explosion of infections and inflicted a crippling neurological defect on thousands of babies — an effect never seen in a mosquito-borne virus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 24, 2016
Scientists develop skin patch with a sweat-monitoring app
Scientists in the United States have developed a flexible microfluidic device that easily sticks to the skin and measures sweat levels to show how the wearer's body is responding to exercise.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 23, 2016
South Korea raises bird flu alert as two more cases found at duck farms
South Korea raised the country's bird flu alert status Wednesday to its second-highest level as two more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu occurred after the first cases were confirmed last week.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 15, 2016
Health ministry poll finds passive smoking risk still high at Japan's eateries and workplaces
The risk of exposure to passive smoking in restaurants and workplaces remains high in Japan despite the government's aim of catching up with international standards in preventing such health hazards toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, a survey showed Monday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2016
Cutting down on passive smoking
The government needs to get more serious about steps to protect people from passive smoking as it prepares for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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