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EPH214 The Effect of Exercise Habits on Reducing Medical Costs in Residents in a Japanese Rural Area
The Center of Healthy Aging program (CHAP) to raise health awareness in a rural population reduced the risk of coronary heart diseases (CHDs) and stroke and then medical costs in the long-term in a Japanese rural area, Hirosaki city. The aim of this study was to assess the association of daily habits with the reduction of medical and care costs in addition to the participation of the CHAP.
Source: Value in Health - June 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: A. Shoji, K.I. Kudo, K. Murashita, S. Nakaji, A. Igarashi Source Type: research
PCR241 Measuring Preferences for Stroke Rehabilitation Using a Discrete Choice Experiment
The purpose of this study was to determine patients' preferences for stroke rehabilitation programs in Japan.
Source: Value in Health - December 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: S Noto, T Murata, S Saito, M Kobayashi Source Type: research
Spatial-temporal analysis of cerebral infarction mortality in Hokkaido, Japan: an ecological study using a conditional autoregressive model
Accessibility to stroke treatments is a challenge that depends on the place of residence. However, recent advances in medical technology have improved health outcomes. Nevertheless, the geographic heterogeneit...
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - October 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kazuki Ohashi, Toshiya Osanai, Kensuke Fujiwara, Takumi Tanikawa, Yuji Tani, Soichiro Takamiya, Hirotaka Sato, Yasuhiro Morii, Kyohei Bando and Katsuhiko Ogasawara Tags: Research Source Type: research
Impact of the state of emergency on trends in the care of three major diseases at Showa University Hospital, Japan
Conclusions.This study showed a long-term decrease in cancer patient visits to Showa University Hospital since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the previous 3 years. It is also possible that medical care that would have been available may not have been provided due to the state of emergency, so it is necessary to follow up patients while keeping a close eye on measures other than infectious diseases.
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - July 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Akira Minoura Source Type: research
From Rags to Riches: Power and progress in Abu Dhabi
The Ethiad TowersBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Apr 20 2022 (IPS) I recently visited Abu Dhabi and my impressions became intermingled with worries about the war in Ukraine. I also happened to read Livy’s The Early History of Rome, written around the beginning of CE, coming across these lines:
The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find for yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things, rotten through and through, to avoid....
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Armed Conflicts Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Education Energy Headlines Health Labour Middle East & North Africa TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
A survey of solitary death by heat stroke in Yokohama City - Kakiuchi Y, Nagao R, Ochiai E, Kakimoto Y, Osawa M.
Background
Recent global warming and the progression of the heat-island phenomenon, mainly in urban areas, have increased the risk of heat stroke development throughout Japan. Consequently, the risk of solitary death due to heat stroke has increased, pa...
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
POSA199 Risk of Cardiovascular Events after Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infections: Life Study
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common cause of diseases such as community-acquired pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis across all age groups. In Japan, routine pneumococcal vaccinations are carried out for children aged ≤5 years and older persons aged ≥65 years due to their higher risk of infection. Acute S. pneumoniae infections are reported to elevate the risk of subsequent cardiovascular events such as coronary heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, and stroke. In order to generate evidence for the develo pment of optimal vaccination strategies, this study analyzed the effects of S.
Source: Value in Health - January 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N Nishimura, H Fukuda Source Type: research
Validity and risk factor analysis for helicopter emergency medical services in Japan: a pilot study - Yamada N, Kitagawa Y, Yoshida T, Nachi S, Okada H, Ogura S.
BACKGROUND: Some emergency departments use triage scales, such as the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale and Japan Urgent Stroke Triage Score, to detect life-threatening situations. However, these protocols have not been used for aeromedical services. Theref...
Source: SafetyLit - July 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
On-road driving assessment in a driving school course and the results of a cognitive function test after stroke in a depopulated rural area in Japan: case series of eight patients - Sakamaki K, Nishizawa S, Katsuki M, Kawamura S, Koh A.
Introduction Returning to driving after a stroke is a step toward independence and improving quality of life. Cognitive function after stroke is one of the essential factors that affect driving ability, and on-road driving assessment in driving school cou...
Source: SafetyLit - July 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Food as Prevention – Rising to Nutritional Challenges
Mothers and their children gather at a community nutrition centre in the little village of Rantolava, Madagascar, to learn more about a healthy diet. Credit: Alain Rakotondravony/IPSBy Gabriele RiccardiNAPLES, Italy, Nov 25 2020 (IPS) The risks factors contributing to the dramatic rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in recent decades have been known for a long time but the Covid-19 pandemic has brutally exposed our collective failure to deal with them.
Reporting on the findings of the latest Global Burden of Disease Study, The Lancet warns of a “perfect storm” created by the interaction of the highly infectious C...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gabriele Riccardi Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foun Source Type: news
Reliability and validity of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale-Japanese (ABC-J) in community-dwelling stroke survivors - Ishige S, Wakui S, Miyazawa Y, Naito H.
OBJECTIVE: In Japan, there were 1.17 million people with stroke in 2014; however, studies on community rehabilitation among stroke survivors are lacking. The Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale is used in many languages to evaluate patients ...
Source: SafetyLit - August 31, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Mechanical clot removal without clot busters may be sufficient stroke treatment
(American Heart Association) Mechanical clot removal alone may be as effective as combining it with intravenous (IV) clot-busting medications for stroke patients. Mechanical clot removal alone reduced the risk of brain bleeding in this Japanese study.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
‘Salty’ Concern: Tackling High Salt Consumption in China
Veena S. Kulkarni, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Sociology and Geography, Arkansas State University, USA; and Raghav Gaiha, (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, England.By Veena S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaNEW DELHI, India and JONESBORO, US, Oct 7 2019 (IPS) China’s almost meteoric transition from a being a low income to a middle income country within a span of four decades is often perceived as a miracle analogous to the post Second World War Japanese economic development experience. China’s GDP rose from $200 current United States dollars (US$ ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Veena Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Economy & Trade Food & Agriculture Food Sustainability Globalisation Headlines Health Labour TerraViva United Nations Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation (BCFN) Source Type: news
Associations between coffee consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a Japanese city: the Takayama study.
CONCLUSION: Drinking coffee, even 1 cup/d, was inversely associated with all-cause mortality and mortality from cardiovascular, infectious and digestive diseases.
PMID: 31107195 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Public Health Nutrition - May 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yamakawa M, Wada K, Goto Y, Mizuta F, Koda S, Uji T, Nagata C Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research
Hazard perception of stroke drivers in a video-based Japanese hazard perception task - Sasaki T, Nogawa T, Yamada K, Kojima T, Kanaya K.
OBJECTIVE: Hazard perception (HP) is the ability to identify a hazardous situation while driving. Though HP has been well studied among neurologically intact populations, little is known about the HP of neurologically impaired populations (in this study, s...
Source: SafetyLit - April 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
