National Apr 27, 2019
Japan's hospitals scramble to secure doctors during 10-day Golden Week
Rural areas are chronically short of staff and have struggled to find replacements.
Business Apr 18, 2019
'White-coated drug dealers': 60 people charged in illegal prescription opioid crackdown
Federal authorities said Wednesday they have charged 60 people, including 31 doctors, for their roles in illegally prescribing and distributing millions of pills containing opioids and other dangerous drugs. U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman of Cincinnati described the action as the biggest known takedown yet of ...
National Mar 13, 2019
A total of 14 percent of medical students said they were asked personal questions on topics including marriage and childbirth during their entrance examination interviews, a survey showed Tuesday. Some female students were asked whether they thought being pregnant was an advantage or a disadvantage, ...
Business / Corporate Mar 5, 2019
Japan's Itochu invests in Singapore operator of doctor-focused social networking service
Major trading house Itochu Corp. is investing in Docquity Holdings, a Singapore-based operator of a specialized social media network for doctors, to expand its health care business in Southeast Asia. By investing $6 million through private share placements, Itochu became a "major" investor in Docquity ...
National / Crime & Legal Feb 28, 2019
Two doctors arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of raping woman after giving her drug-laced drink
The police detected traces of a sleep-inducing drug in the woman’s body and suspect the men obtained it by exploiting their position as doctors.
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Feb 12, 2019
AI system made in China spots childhood disease as well as or better than doctors
An artificial intelligence program developed in China that combs through test results, health records and even handwritten notes diagnosed childhood diseases as accurately as doctors, researchers said Monday. From the flu and asthma to life-threatening pneumonia and meningitis, the system consistently matched or out-performed primary ...
Editorials Jan 31, 2019
Why should a different overtime standard be applied to doctors than to workers in general?
National / Social Issues | Regional voices: Chubu Jan 28, 2019
Clinic founder aims to show Japan's hospitals how to become better workplaces for women
Many female doctors at large hospitals operating around the clock have no choice but to put their careers on hold when they become pregnant or give birth, and eventually end up quitting without being able to gain further experience. To change this, Chizuko Kuwae, 66, ...
National Dec 28, 2018
Number of maternity hospitals in Japan at lowest level in over four decades, health ministry says
The number of maternity hospitals in Japan has fallen to 1,313, its lowest since 1972 when comparable data became available, as the country's population rapidly greys and maintains a low birthrate, a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry survey showed Thursday. As of October last year, ...
World / Politics Dec 25, 2018
Sudan president vows 'real reforms' after deadly street protests
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir vowed "real reforms" on Monday after days of deadly protest that pose one of the biggest challenges he has faced during decades in power. As demonstrations sparked by a hike in bread prices entered their sixth day, doctors went on strike ...
World / Science & Health Dec 14, 2018
Struggling Sierra Leone's sick go untreated amid paralyzing strike by doctors
Seven-year-old Carlos Kamara needs urgent surgery on a collapsed lung after he swallowed a toy whistle. Instead, all he can do is lie in pain in a half-empty hospital ward waiting to be seen. A doctors' strike in Sierra Leone has paralyzed an already threadbare ...
World / Politics Nov 15, 2018
Cuba to pull thousands of doctors from Brazil amid Jair Bolsonaro row: official
Cuba announced Wednesday it will pull thousands of its doctors out of Brazil in response to President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's "direct, contemptuous and threatening" remarks about its medical aid program. The far-right leader repeatedly criticized the communist-run island's "More Doctors" program — which sends thousands of ...