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MEDICINE

Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Aug 20, 2016
An awakening gives birth to modern medicine
Illness we share with our ancestors. Diagnosis and remedies set us and them apart.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 20, 2016
Zika spreads to Miami Beach; U.S. expands travel warning
Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 19, 2016
Drones to be tested for use by ambulance crews
Drone tests will begin on Kyushu this fall to see whether unmanned aircraft can be used to deliver emergency medical assistance faster than normal means.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 17, 2016
Kyoto University team produces quality stem cells from umbilical blood
A research institute produces stem cells for stockpiled use in regenerative medicine from the umbilical blood of a newborn.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 13, 2016
Expensive new drugs put strain on Japan's health system
Expensive drugs like Opdivo, a lung cancer treatment that costs a whopping ¥1.33 million a dose, are asking difficult questions of Japan's health insurance system.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 12, 2016
Canada to let medical patients grow own medical cannabis or let someone else do it for them
Medical marijuana patients in Canada will be allowed to grow a limited amount of cannabis for their own use or designate someone to grow it for them, the government said Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 11, 2016
U.S. set to allow more marijuana research
The U.S. government was to announce on Thursday that it will allow more research into marijuana but has rejected requests to relax the classification of the substance as a dangerous drug with no medical use, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2016
Japan firms ramp up efforts to help female workers trying to conceive
Around 30 female employees from Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. in Osaka are listening intently as Sakae Goto, a fertility specialist, gives a presentation at the drugmaker's first in-house seminar on the topic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 30, 2016
Florida resists federal help in investigating Zika outbreak
Florida, the first state to report the arrival of Zika in the continental United States, has yet to invite a dedicated team of the federal government's disease hunters to assist with the investigation, health officials say.
EDITORIALS
Jul 29, 2016
Dispute over HPV vaccinations
The controversy over HPV vaccinations highlights the need for Japan to develop a better research mechanism for drug side effects.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2016
Inside Hitachi's growth machine: tubes, patents and petri dishes
With its network of tubes and petri dishes, Hitachi Ltd.'s latest gizmo may look more like a mini laboratory inside a refrigerator than the growth engine the technology company envisages.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2016
Cervical cancer vaccine suit filed over side effects
Sixty-three women and girls who reported side effects from cervical cancer vaccines sued the government and drugmakers on Wednesday as a sharp divide remained over the risks the medicine poses.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2016
China launches nationwide vaccine inspections
Chinese health authorities have started a nationwide inspection of vaccinations four months after a scandal broke involving nearly $90 million worth of illegal vaccines that were suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2016
Chinese plan first human test with CRISPR gene-editing tool
Chinese scientists apparently are embarking on the first human trials with the CRISPR gene-editing tool, the latest effort by the country's researchers to master a technology that might someday be a potent tool in developing therapies worldwide.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 22, 2016
Scientists hunt 'anti-evolution' drugs in new cancer fight
Scientists are opening a new front in the war on cancer with plans to develop "anti-evolution" drugs to stop tumor cells from developing resistance to treatment.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 13, 2016
Views from Kyoto: What does the future hold for hemp in Japan?
Attendees at the International Hemp Forum, which was held at the Kyoto International Convention Center earlier this month, speak about their hopes for hemp in Japan.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 7, 2016
Flu drug Avigan tested against fatal tick-borne disease
Japanese researchers have recently begun a clinical study of the flu drug Avigan to see if it can cure a tick-transmitted infectious disease that has a relatively high fatality rate and no effective treatment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2016
Tokyo professor's medicine-making molecules bring new tool to pharma
When he realized he was not going to make it as a guitarist, Hiroaki Suga set out to find the origin of life, and ended up creating a new way to develop medicines.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2016
Fujifilm signs deal to license Avigan ingredient with China drugmaker
Fujifilm Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a patent license agreement for an effective ingredient in its anti-influenza drug Avigan Tablet with Chinese pharmaceutical company Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 17, 2016
Neurosurgery theater in Japan embraces cutting-edge 'smart' tech, robotics
Even in the highly technical world of brain surgery, the success of an operation still depends largely on the experience and ability of surgeons.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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