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MEDICINE 4

Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 4, 2019
Saitama woman tests negative for Ebola, health ministry says
A woman in her 70s from Saitama Prefecture who recently returned from a visit to Congo tests negative for a possible Ebola infection at a Tokyo medical institute.
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2019
The damage done to kin of Hansen's disease patients
The government needs to listen to what patients' relatives have gone through and explore what can be done to make up for the damage done.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 29, 2019
As dementia cases rise, so a nation's character changes
"Your mother is senile, senile, senile!"
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 24, 2019
Japan to expand study on egg test during fertility treatment aimed at detecting chromosomal abnormalities
The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG) has announced that it will expand the scale of clinical research on the utilization of PGT-A, or preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies, for fertility treatment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2019
Healthy living can't prevent cancer
But acknowledging the role of random bad luck should inspire more testing, research and treatments.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 20, 2019
Eroding trust in vaccines leaves populations vulnerable, global study finds
Trust in vaccines — one of the world's most effective and widely-used medical products — is highest in poorer countries but weaker in wealthier ones where skepticism has allowed outbreaks of diseases such as measles to persist, a global study released Wednesday has found.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 15, 2019
WHO panel decides not to declare an international Ebola emergency, citing economic harm
A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo's Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda earlier in the week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 11, 2019
As its drug firms consider move to Tokyo, does Osaka have a future as a modern city of medicine?
The Doshomachi area of the city of Osaka has been the home and birthplace of many pharmaceutical companies since the Edo Period (1603-1868), including some of the leading drugmakers such as Ono Pharmaceutical Co.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 11, 2019
U.S. measles outbreak spreads to Idaho and Virginia, hitting 1,022 cases
The worst U.S. measles outbreak in a quarter-century spread to Idaho and Virginia last week as public health authorities on Monday reported 41 new cases of the highly contagious and sometimes deadly disease.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 7, 2019
1 in 4 Ebola cases go undetected or are caught too late in Congo: WHO
Roughly a quarter of Ebola infections in eastern Congo are estimated to be going undetected or found too late, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 1, 2019
Keep the price of new drugs sane
The cost of new and expensive pharmaceuticals need to be reigned in to keep the national health care system solvent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 30, 2019
158 ethics violations found in research by Japan's NCVC medical institute
The National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center said Thursday it has found 158 cases of research that was conducted in violation of the country's ethical standards.
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.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
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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