Tea aficionados gather in Japan for global festival
Source: Japan Times
Shimada :: Japan | updated 2013-05-15 09:40:24 -0700 | health-news
In the shadow of a giant kanji for tea written in living cypress trees, enthusiasts gather every three years in Japan to talk about one of the world's favorite drinks. The World Tea Festival this month celebrated the beverage in...
Clue to why women live longer
Source: BBC
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-15 08:37:27 -0700 | health-news
Biological clue to why women live longer than men BBC News Women outlive men by several years Women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly, a study suggests. As the body's defences weaken over time,...
Turmeric compounds improve heart health as much as exercise
Source: Natural News
Tsukuba :: Japan | updated 2013-05-14 02:17:38 -0700 | health-news
A chemical that naturally occurs in turmeric root appears to improve heart health as much as moderate aerobic exercise, according to a trio of studies conducted by researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Turmeric root has been an...
Doctors double heart attack survival time
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-13 23:41:07 -0700 | health-news
What we are trying to show is that instead of giving up you can put a patient on a heart-lung machine in the emergency department and prevent brain damage by cooling the brain at the same time." With the most...
Nine women register with Japan's first ‘ovum bank'
Source: Japan Times
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-13 22:48:54 -0700 | health-news
Nine women have registered with Japan's first ovum bank to donate their eggs to help infertile women, paving the way for fertility treatment to begin within the year at the earliest, a private group said Monday. The Oocyte Donation Network,...
Can coffee help you live longer?
Source: Kevin M.D. Medical Blog
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-13 12:36:54 -0700 | health-news
May 13, 2013 If you drink coffee, I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is that the more cups of coffee you drink, the higher your risk of dying early. The good news is that...
Another Big Genome Disparity (With Bonus ENCODE Bashing)
Source: In the Pipeline
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-13 07:16:53 -0700 | health-news
Posted by Derek I notice that the recent sequencing of the bladderwort plant is being played in the press in an interesting way: as the definitive refutation of the idea that "junk DNA" is functional. DNA, the famous "80% Functional,...
Suspicions Raised About Another Japanese Cardiovascular Researcher
Source: Forbes
Matsubara :: Japan | updated 2013-05-10 14:27:34 -0700 | health-news
Last year a Nature paper on which Komuro served as a co-author was corrected because several images were mistakenly switched or duplicated during preparation of the artwork. The Nature correction states that the corrections do not alter any of the...
Carter's, Inc. Announces Capital Return Initiatives
Source: The Motley Fool
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-09 16:24:23 -0700 | health-news
the largest branded marketer in the United States of apparel exclusively for babies and young children, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a $300 million share repurchase authorization and instituted a quarterly dividend as part of the...
No 'superbug' gonorrhea detected
Source: China News
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-09 10:56:59 -0700 | health-news
No antibiotic-resistant strains of gonorrhea have been detected on the Chinese mainland, which has long been covered by a nationwide surveillance system targeting varied kinds of sexually transmitted diseases, a senior specialist said. STD Control and Prevention, made the remarks...
Nocebo Mass Delusion
Source: NeuroLogica
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-09 05:57:03 -0700 | health-news
May 09 2013 Expectation bias cuts both ways, for positive and negative expectations. Expectation bias, the tendency to perceive and accept data that reinforces your expectation, is one of the m any contributors to placebo effects (the illusion of a...
Renesas Electronics Reports Financial Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2013
Source: The Motley Fool
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-09 00:51:34 -0700 | health-news
Information regarding the implementation of audit procedures These financial statements are under the audit procedures based upon the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act at the time of issuance of this report. Cautionary Statement The statements with respect to the financial...
Limits of planning good health
Source: Japan Times
Kumamoto :: Japan | updated 2013-05-08 08:47:51 -0700 | health-news
Chris Flynn (May 2 letter, Australia's declining smoking rate ) seems to believe I'm a shill for the local agricultural interests here in rural Kumamoto based on my opposition to tobacco restrictions. First, let me dissuade anyone of that opinion...
Sydney Based Cellmid Acquires Japanese Advangen
Source: The Motley Fool
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-08 02:51:01 -0700 | health-news
today announced that it will acquire Advangen Inc., Japan (Advangen), the Company that owns the FGF-5 inhibitor hair growth technology. Cellmid already markets the successful evolis® hair product range, which was originally derived from this technology, outside of Japan on...
Crime › Psychiatric patient dies after being assaulted by male nurse
Source: Japan Today
Tomioka :: Japan | updated 2013-05-08 00:03:19 -0700 | health-news
A patient at a psychiatric hospital has died after being assaulted by a male nursing assistant, police said Wednesday. The 69-year-old patient, admitted for psychiatric care at Seimo Hospital in Tomioka, was reportedly left unconscious after being repeatedly punched, TBS...
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