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MEDICINE

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 7, 2015
South Korea reports 14 more MERS cases and fifth death
South Korean health officials on Sunday reported 14 more cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome, bringing the total in the country's outbreak to 64, and said a fifth person infected with the virus had died.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2015
Texas doctors perform historic skull and scalp transplant surgery on man with cancer
A man whose cancer left him with severe damage to the top of the head has received what his doctors in Houston describe as the first skull and scalp transplant, the MD Anderson Cancer Center said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2015
South Korea reports third MERS death as alarm grows
South Korea on Thursday confirmed that a man who died a day earlier had been infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the third fatality in a virus outbreak that has caused growing alarm in the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 2, 2015
Some experts doubt shift to generic drugs is best prescription for health care system
In a desperate bid to stem the rise in health care costs, the government is reining in one of its biggest medical outlays: prescription drugs.
EDITORIALS
May 29, 2015
The risks of medical deregulation
A new system by which patients can request drugs and treatments not yet approved in Japan carries significant risks.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2015
Surgery can help stem the tide of pain and poverty
A surgical repair that costs as little as $500 can prevent a lifetime of disability that costs more than $200,000.
COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2015
Life-saving drugs for all can be achieved
With the right incentives, drugmakers could be induced to develop medicines that save lives in the Third World as well as the First.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 14, 2015
How DNA sequencing is transforming the hunt for new drugs
Drug manufacturers have begun amassing enormous troves of human DNA in hopes of significantly shortening the time it takes to identify new drug candidates, a move some say is transforming the development of medicines.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 21, 2015
First infant MRI study finds babies' brains feel pain 'much like adults'
The brains of babies "light up" in a similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, suggesting they feel pain much like adults do, researchers said on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 31, 2015
China plan aims to double number of doctors
China will almost double the number of general doctors by 2020, trim its public sector and improve technology as it seeks to fix a health care system plagued by snarling queues and poor rural services, its main administrative authority has said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 27, 2015
White House crafts first-ever plan to fight superbugs
The White House is due to issue an ambitious plan to slow the growing and deadly problem of antibiotic resistance over the next five years, one that requires massive investments and policy changes from a broad array of U.S. government health agencies, according to a copy of the report reviewed by Reuters....
WORLD
Mar 22, 2015
Nine British medical students believed to have traveled to Syria
Nine British medical students have traveled to Syria, apparently to work in hospitals controlled by Islamic State, Britain's Observer newspaper reported Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2015
Appalling surgical negligence
Gunma University Hospital's final report on the death of eight patients following laparoscopic liver surgery gives an appalling picture of what happened at the institution.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 14, 2015
South African doctors perform world's first penis transplant
South African doctors have successfully performed the world's first penis transplant on a 21-year-old man whose organ had been amputated three years ago after a botched circumcision.
WORLD / Society
Mar 8, 2015
Small Washington town becomes first to open government-run pot shop
A small town in southern Washington on Saturday opened the state's first recreational marijuana store that is both owned and operated by the local government, officials said.
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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