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Employment and health after retirement in Japanese men.
Conclusion: Our study found that being in employment past the current age of retirement had a positive impact on health. PMID: 30505030 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - December 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Okamoto S, Okamura T, Komamura K Tags: Bull World Health Organ Source Type: research

Preventive impact of social participation on the onset of non-communicable diseases among middle-aged adults: A 10-wave hazards-model analysis in Japan
Publication date: Available online 20 November 2018Source: Preventive MedicineAuthor(s): Takashi Oshio, Mari KanAbstractSocial participation (SP) is known to have a favorable impact on the health of older adults by reducing the risk of functional disability, psychological distress, cognitive impairment, and mortality. However, the preventive impact of SP on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among middle-aged adults is largely understudied. Using the dataset from a population-based, 10-wave longitudinal survey that started with Japanese adults aged 50–59 years in 2005 (16,290 men and 17,248 women), we estimated Cox propo...
Source: Preventive Medicine - November 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Television viewing time, walking time, and risk of type 2 diabetes in Japanese men and women: The Japan Collaborative Cohort Study
We examined the effect of television viewing and walking on the risk of type 2 diabetes among an Asian population. A total of 25,240 participants (9786 men and 15,454 women) aged 40–79 years, with no history of diabetes, stroke, coronary heart disease, or cancer at the baseline (1988–1990) and who have completed the 5-year follow-up questionnaire were included. During the 5-year follow-up, 778 new cases of type 2 diabetes were reported (397 men and 381 women). Television viewing time was positively associated with risk of type 2 diabetes (p for trend = 0.01). The multivariable OR (95% CI) for ≥5 h/day versus ...
Source: Preventive Medicine - November 6, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Evaluation of a novel classification of heat-related illnesses: a multicentre observational study (Heat Stroke STUDY 2012) - Yamamoto T, Fujita M, Oda Y, Todani M, Hifumi T, Kondo Y, Shimazaki J, Shiraishi S, Hayashida K, Yokobori S, Takauji S, Wakasugi M, Nakamura S, Kanda J, Yagi M, Moriya T, Kawahara T, Tonouchi M, Yokota H, Miyake Y, Shimizu K, Tsuruta R.
The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine Committee recently proposed a novel classification system for the severity of heat-related illnesses. The illnesses are simply classified into three stages based on symptoms and management or treatment. Stages I,...
Source: SafetyLit - September 14, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news

Water intake from foods and beverages and risk of mortality from CVD: the Japan Collaborative Cohort (JACC) Study.
CONCLUSIONS: Higher intake of fluids from foods and beverages was associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular mortality in both sexes and reduced risk of ischaemic stroke in women in Japan. PMID: 30107863 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Public Health Nutrition - August 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cui R, Iso H, Eshak ES, Maruyama K, Tamakoshi A, JACC Study Group Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research

Cardiovascular disease mortality in relation to physical activity during adolescence and adulthood in Japan: Does school-based sport club participation matter?
In conclusion, participating in sport clubs during adolescence might lead to a more pronounced risk-reduction for CHD mortality among men who also participate in sport activities during adulthood.
Source: Preventive Medicine - July 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Stroke prevention drugs may help reduce dementia risk for atrial fibrillation patients
(European Society of Cardiology) Patients with atrial fibrillation could reduce the risk of dementia by taking stroke prevention medications, according to recommendations published online today in EP Europace1, a European Society of Cardiology journal, and presented at EHRA 2018.2 The international consensus document was also published in HeartRhythm, the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), and Journal of Arrhythmia, the official journal of the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS) and the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 18, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

The problems of heat stroke in the aging society - 裕行, 康史.
According to the data of diagnosis procedure combination （DPC）, over 400,000 patients of heat stroke have been treated every year in Japan. And the number of the elderly patients suffering from heat stroke has been increasing in Japan. The characters o...
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news

Option price model and evaluation of time saving effect for emergency patient of heat stroke - Morisugi M, Mori R, Sakamoto N, Nakajima K, Ohno E.
Time saving for emergency patient like as a case of heat stroke is eagerly anticipated especially in recent society of Japan. Though implementation new arterial high-standard road may make a considerable contribution, however in practical management, the w...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Impact of financial incentives for inter-provider care coordination on health-care resource utilization among elderly acute stroke patients
ConclusionsOur findings suggest that a payment system for care coordination is inappropriate since it was not associated with a reduction in overall health-care resource utilization. Further, health-care system reform is necessary to improve care continuity across multiple health-care institutions in Japan.
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - May 9, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

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