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MEDICINE

WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 29, 2015
You probably have herpes, WHO says in global prevalence estimate
Two-thirds of the world's population under 50 have the highly infectious herpes virus that causes cold sores around the mouth, the World Health Organization said Wednesday in its first estimate of the global prevalence of the disease.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 29, 2015
MERS, Ebola, bird flu: Science's big missed opportunities
Anyone who goes down with flu in Europe this winter could be asked to enroll in a randomized clinical trial in which they will either be given a drug, which may or may not work, or standard advice to take bed rest and paracetamol.
WORLD
Oct 28, 2015
Nevada cryotherapy center where worker died is closed because it lacked insurance
Nevada officials on Tuesday ordered the closure of a cryotherapy center just outside Las Vegas where police say a worker was found dead last week in a chamber that exposes a person's body to extremely cold air.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 11, 2015
California adopts tough rules for antibiotic use in farm animals
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill that sets the strictest government standards in the United States for the use of antibiotics in livestock production.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 10, 2015
California gets first comprehensive regulations on medical marijuana
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law the state's first comprehensive regulations on medical marijuana, two decades after legalization fueled disparate local rules, a gray market in cultivation and concerns about the ease of obtaining the drug.
EDITORIALS
Oct 9, 2015
Nobels in medicine and physics
Japan can take great pride in its two Nobel Prizes this week, but the honor should also remind the government of the needs for robust support for basic research.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 8, 2015
Scientists call for urgent trials to judge flu drugs for pandemics
Scientists still don't know if two commonly used flu drugs — Roche's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza — really work in seasonal or pandemic flu outbreaks and say robust clinical trials are urgently needed to find out.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2015
Omura stunned by unexpected Nobel win
News that scientist Satoshi Omura had won the Nobel Prize came so unexpectedly that many people in Japan, including the winner himself, were stunned by the honor — but delighted as well.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 5, 2015
Japanese microbiologist Satoshi Omura shares Nobel Prize for medicine
Japanese microbiologist Satoshi Omura on Monday shared this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for his work on a therapy for debilitating diseases caused by parasitic worms.
EDITORIALS
Oct 3, 2015
Economizing on medical spending
Japan's medical expenditures are rising at an unsustainable pace and everyone is going to have to pitch in to keep costs down.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 2, 2015
Marijuana coming next year to Uruguay pharmacies
Marijuana pioneer Uruguay said on Thursday it had granted licenses to two companies to grow the plant for commercial distribution, adding that the pot should go on sale in pharmacies next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 23, 2015
Turing CEO will lower price of $750-a-pill antibiotic — but doesn't say how much
Martin Shkreli, chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, said he would lower the price of the drug Daraprim after being criticized for boosting it fifty-fold to $750 a pill.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2015
Putting Chinese medicine to the scientific test
Western doctors, elite medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies are starting to put traditional Chinese medicine to the scientific test.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 16, 2015
Study finds young people on antidepressants more prone to violence
Young people taking antidepressants such as Prozac and Seroxat are significantly more likely to commit violent crimes when they are on the medication, but taking higher doses of the drugs appears to reduce that risk, scientists said Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2015
Drug genes transferred from plant to plant
Researchers on Thursday said they have identified the genes that enable an endangered Himalayan plant to produce a chemical vital to making a widely used chemotherapy drug, and inserted them into an easily grown laboratory plant that then produced the same chemical.
EDITORIALS
Sep 5, 2015
The need for a high-level bio-lab
It's a positive move that Japan is authorizing its first facility to handle the deadliest pathogens, but the needs and concerns of the surrounding community must always be kept uppermost in mind.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 3, 2015
'Flesh-eating disease' cases on rise in Japan
The number of patients nationwide who contracted streptococcol toxic-shock syndrome (STSS) — a deadly condition popularly known as "flesh-eating disease" — reached 291 by Aug. 23, a record high, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 3, 2015
Regenerative medicine to get boost from deregulation in Japan
On a cloudy morning in the Tokyo suburb of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Yoshiyuki Sankai points excitedly to a slide of severed spinal cords. They belong to rats, and he has used cell technology to help reconnect the nerves.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 27, 2015
Global life expectancy rises, but people live sicker for longer
People around the world are living longer, but many are also living sicker lives for longer, according to a study of all major diseases and injuries in 188 countries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 20, 2015
'Female Viagra' seen more a pacesetter than moneymaker
The first U.S. treatment for low sexual desire in women, dubbed "female Viagra," is more likely to help build a market for better future rival drugs than achieve the sales seen for Pfizer Inc's famous little blue pill for men, industry experts said.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity
Kenshi Yonezu's “Iris Out” was an instant hit when it dropped in September. Its association with smash anime "Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc" has spread it to even more people.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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