【目的】仙台市乳がん超音波検診の現状と問題点を把握することを目的に、検診医師と検診医療スタッフおよび検診受診者を対象とした自己記入式質問調査を実施した。

は じめに C型 慢性肝炎は肝病変の進展は非常に緩徐ではあるが 確実に進行性であ り,肝 硬変か ら肝細胞癌に進展す る例 も多い.ま た,ア ルコールとの相互作用 も指摘 され てい る1).こ のため, C型 肝炎 ウイルス感染者を早期発見 し, 飲酒指導等を行 うことが健康管理上重要 であると考 えら れる. 1988年 にはC型 肝炎 ウイルスの遺伝子 が 解明さ れ,そ れを遺伝子 クローニングで発現 させた蛋 白に対す る抗体測定系が開発,実 用化された.近 年,こ のHCV 抗体検査は献血血液のス クリーニングや臨床において, C型 肝炎の診断に幅広 く用い られ るようにな っ て き た が,こ れに伴いHCV抗 体陽性率の地域差 も明 らかにな りつつある2,3).一方, 1989年 に労働安全衛生規則が改 正 され,職 域の定期健康診断においても35歳 以上に対...

A 57-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a pelvic mass and left ovarian tumor. Twenty-one years ago, she had surgery for torsion of the right teratoma salpingo-oophorectomy appendectomy. Two found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which suspected be foreign body granuloma, but complained no symptoms, so instructed follow up. However, tumor additionally during her annual medical ...

We have developed a long-term cardiorespiratory sensor system that includes a wearable sensor probe with adaptive hardware filters and data processing algorithms (Choi & Jiang, 2006, 2008). However, the data processing algorithm proposed for the R–R interval (RRI) information extraction did not work well in the case of ECG signals with baseline shifts or muscle artifacts. Furthermore, many fals...

PURPOSE To develop and validate a new clinical screening tool to identify primary osteoporosis by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in two elderly Han Chinese male populations. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted, enrolling 1,870 community-dwelling and 574 hospital-checkup elderly Han Chinese males aged ≥50 years. All subjects completed a structured questionnaire and had their ...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is potentially effective measures to identify individuals at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes. To verify the hypothesis that smoking cessation may increase the risk of MetS, a follow-up study taking drinking habit into account was conducted for the examinees at one health checkup institution. METHODS Subjects were the examinees who ...

OBJECTIVES Community-acquired pneumonia is a common cause of hospitalization, and pneumococcal vaccinations are recommended for high-risk individuals. Although risk factors for pneumonia have been identified, there are currently no pneumonia hospitalization prediction models based on the risk profiles of healthy subjects. This study aimed to develop a predictive model for pneumonia hospitalizat...

New technologies Philips is continuing to expand its solutions in population health management. By o ̧ering enterprise telehealth, home monitoring, personal emergency response systems, and personal health services that address multiple groups within a population, from intensive ambulatory care for high-risk patients, to prevention and personal health programs for the general population. Through ...