Mitsubishi Chemical to ban employees from smoking during work hours, wherever they are
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. said Tuesday that it will ban employees from smoking during working hours, an unusual move for a major Japanese chemical company. The ban, slated to go into effect from next April, is aimed at protecting employees from secondhand smoke, said the core ...
U.S. research on children's health risks in doubt due to EPA funding cut
Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy or shutting down because the Environmental Protection Agency will not commit to their continued funding, researchers say. The projects being targeted make ...
I walked the line: Getting reacquainted with Tokyo on the Yamathon
Riding the full length of Tokyo's central Yamanote railway line takes about an hour, but walking it has its own rewards.
Migrant child death in U.S. custody is fourth since December
A Guatemalan official says a 2½-year-old migrant child has died after crossing the border, becoming the fourth minor known to have died after being detained by the Border Patrol since December. Tekandi Paniagua, the consul for Guatemala in Del Rio, Texas, said Wednesday that the ...
Researchers have created a way for a smartphone to "hear" a warning sign of ear infections — fluid buildup behind the eardrum. If it pans out, parents might one day check their tots' ears at home simply using a phone app and "stuff you have ...
It's as if Mick Jagger is saying "Start Me Up." The 75-year-old rocker tweeted a video Wednesday of him dancing around a studio in front of a mirror weeks after he underwent medical treatment, reportedly for a heart valve issue. The treatment forced the Rolling ...
Health insurance in Japan to cover new cancer therapy that costs ¥33 million
The anti-cancer drug Kymriah will be produced by a Tokyo-based unit of Novartis AG and is expected to carry the highest price tag of any single drug in Japan.
Mexico City declares pollution alert over smoke from brush fires
Mexico City declared a pollution emergency Tuesday because of smoke from brush fires that has cast a pall over the city of 9 million people. The extremely small particles that are choking the city reached over 1½ times acceptable limits. The emergency declaration is not accompanied ...
New U.S. liver transplant rules begin amid fight over fairness
Wilnelia Cruz-Ulloa spent the last months of her life in a New York City hospital, waiting for a donated liver that never came. Doctors had urged the 38-year-old to move to another state that has more organs to go around. But she couldn't afford ...
Japan health ministry issues alert about libido-enhancing and slimming products on foreign websites
Most of the so-called supplements for sexual enhancement or slimming sold on overseas websites for Japanese consumers contain medical substances that may damage the user's health, according to tests performed in a recent study by the health ministry. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said ...
Swinging swords and drumsticks: Personal fitness draws on tradition
Shindo and taikobics give personal fitness regimes a Japanese twist with kendo moves and taiko drumming.
'Heartbeat bills' are wholesome provocations in abortion debate
Why should "viability" be the dispositive criterion for abortion?
