Composite dike from Kami-ina, Nagano Prefecture

Prevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B and C Virus Infection in Kami-Goto-Town, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Increase in incidence of elderly-onset patients with myasthenia gravis in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

OBJECTIVES In European countries and the United States the incidence of elderly-onset myasthenia gravis (MG) has recently been increasing. To investigate whether the incidence of the elderly-onset MG has increased in Nagano Prefecture of Japan, we divided the patients into young and elderly groups, and retrospectively examined their incidence. PATIENTS AND METHODS On the basis of two-step que...

Prevalence of enterovirus from patients with herpangina and hand, foot and mouth disease in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, 2007.

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Infectious Disease Group, Public Health Division, Nagano Environmental Conservation Research Institute, 1978 Komemura, Amori, Nagano 380-0944, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] Based on the results of the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Disease (NESID) project in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, conducted from January to October 2007...

A Case Study of Health Education from Nagano Prefecture in Japan: The Relationship between Health Education and Medical Expenses

Background: Health promotion is not only the responsibility of the health sector, but extends from healthy lifestyles to wellbeing. We developed an active health program acquired ISO9001 (the International Organization for Standardization) in 2014. This health education program desired to Asian countries in cooperation with Asian Universities with the aim of increasing the health longevity of t...

The Relationship between Attitudes toward Suicide and Family History of Suicide in Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Certain attitudes toward suicide may be a risk factor for suicide among the bereaved. To explore this possibility, we examined the relationship between attitudes toward suicide and family history of suicide. We focused on two specific attitudes indicating resignation in a survey: #1 "When a person chooses to die by suicide, the suicide is inevitable" (i.e., inevitability belief); and #2 "A suic...