Institute to boost Japan sequencing efforts

Insufficient efforts to boost maternal health.

Japan wildlife boost

Japanese primate researchers have always had an advantage: the world’s most northerly species lives in their backyard. For 60 years researchers based at Kyoto University have studied their native Japanese macaques on the island of Koshima. The work was begun by Kinji Imanishi and distinguished students have kept Kyoto at the forefront of primate research. The university’s primate research centr...

Allergic reactions to oxaliplatin in a single institute in Japan.

Allergic reactions to oxaliplatin can be severe and are an important cause of discontinuation of treatment. A retrospective review was performed for 105 patients who received FOLFOX regimens between May 2005 and June 2007. Twenty-five cases (23.8%) of allergic reactions were identified, including 9 late onset reactions (8.6%) and 16 immediate reactions (15.2%). Severe allergy (Grades 3 and 4) o...

Preventive Medicine Efforts in Japan Focusing on Metabolic Syndrome

Japan’s aging population and rapid advances in medical technology have caused an increase in the nation’s health expenditures, resulting in a rapid increase in the share of medical care costs borne by insured patients, a critical social issue that requires some sort of countermeasure. In this regard, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has recently extended its disease control measures to...

History of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine's efforts to keep ultrasound safe.

or more than 50 years, the goal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM; Figure 1) has been to advance the art and science of ultrasound in medicine and research through its educational, scientific, and professional activities. The AIUM has achieved numerous accomplishments in its quest to reach this goal. These accomplishments have helped cultivate the field of medical ultras...