Tag - disease

 
 

DISEASE

Lawyers representing plaintiffs of a lawsuit demanding damages after being rejected from a special Minamata disease relief program as sufferers of the disease hold up signs in front of the Osaka District Court on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 27, 2023
Court recognizes 128 plaintiffs as Minamata disease sufferers
Presiding Judge Yuki Tatsuno ordered that ¥2.75 million in damages be paid to each of the 128 people who sued the central government.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 31, 2023
Retired people have lower risk of heart disease, study finds
The study found that the risk of developing heart disease was 2.2 percentage points lower for retired people than for working people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2023
In a health system in crisis, Britain's heart care suffers
The British Heart Foundation charity says full treatment after a heart attack should begin within 18 weeks but a third of patients are currently not being seen within that time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2022
Hand, foot and mouth disease cases still high in Japan
Hand, foot and mouth disease causes skin rash on the hands and feet, as well as in or around the mouth. It also causes fever, and, in rare cases, complications such as brain fever.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 2, 2022
Does moderate drinking protect your heart? A genetic study offers a new answer.
The risk of heart disease is small if people have an average of seven drinks a week when compared with none. But it increases quickly as the level of alcohol consumption rises.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2022
The silver lining hidden in the battle against long COVID
Long COVID-19 research could reveal clues to help fight Alzheimer's, Lyme Disease and other illnesses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 10, 2022
U.S. man with transplanted genetically modified pig heart dies
The patient, David Bennett, "wasn't able to overcome what turned out to be the devastating debilitation" caused by the heart failure he experienced before the transplant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2022
U.S. man recovering after 'breakthrough' pig-heart transplant
The surgery is among the first to demonstrate the feasibility of a pig-to-human heart transplant, a field made possible by new gene editing tools.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 19, 2021
Tokyo hospital succeeds in fetal surgery for serious heart disease
The baby, who underwent the surgery in July this year when the mother was 25 weeks pregnant, was born later in the year and is making good progress.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 2, 2021
‘Minamata Mandala’: An unfinished battle for accountability
Documentary film director Kazuo Hara chronicles the ongoing struggles of Minamata disease victims to hold the state responsible in one of Japanu2019s worst cases of industrial pollution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 17, 2021
Long work hours are a killer, WHO study shows
The study showed that people living in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific region u2014 a WHO-defined region which includes China, Japan and Australia u2014 were the most affected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2020
Can humanity grow up?
Whether humanity survives this critical period is ultimately up to us. Because the greatest risks are not from nature but from our own action.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2020
Minamata disease victims struggle to find closure
More than 60 years after first raising awareness about a neurological disease caused by industrial mercury poisoning, photojournalist Aileen M. Smith still wants answers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Oct 9, 2020
People with Minamata disease offer life lessons for Oita students
School students learn about mercury pollution and related stigma that are associated with the illness.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2020
Pediatrician who discovered Kawasaki disease dies at 95
While treatments for Kawasaki disease have been mostly established, its cause has yet to be determined.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
May 18, 2020
Can Japan's laws adapt to pandemic-era privacy needs?
Identity-based discrimination is a part of Japanese law, but could our own experiences with the new coronavirus become part of our identity?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 17, 2019
Stents are no better than drugs for many heart patients, major study finds
Many patients with severe but stable heart disease who routinely undergo invasive procedures to clear and prop open clogged arteries would do as well by just taking medications and making lifestyle changes, U.S. researchers reported on Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2019
Relief on the way for kin of Hansen's disease patients
Only when a correct understanding of the disease has been established through various efforts will the dignity and human rights of the former Hansen's disease patients and their relatives be fully restored.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2019
Biogen and Eisai revive plans for Alzheimer's drug aducanumab, but prospects still shaky
Biogen Inc. revived plans on Tuesday to seek U.S. approval for the Alzheimer's treatment aducanumab and said data from more patients in two discontinued studies showed the drug reduced the decline of patients.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2019
Over half of Wisconsin vaping samples tested by FDA contain marijuana ingredient THC
Vaping product samples from Wisconsin linked to a rash of serious lung injuries tested by U.S. health regulators showed that more than half contained THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, according to a summary of a preliminary report seen by Reuters.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world