Tiny new pseudoscorpion from Tsushima Island reveals hidden diversity across Japan
The description of Mundochthonius tsushimaensis adds a notable chapter to the ongoing reassessment of pseudoscorpion diversity in East Asia, a ...
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Denser, More Walkable Neighborhoods Tied to Lower Fracture Risk in Older Japanese Adults
A five-year study of nearly 40,000 older adults in Japan found that denser, more walkable neighborhoods were associated with lower ...
Remote Island Nurses Learn Ultrasound Through Tele-POCUS Training Program
A training program on a remote Japanese island significantly improved home care nurses' basic ultrasound interpretation skills and confidence, though ...
Parents Who Ask AI Chatbots for Health Advice May Be More Likely to Vaccinate Their Children
A large Japanese survey study finds that parents who regularly use generative AI for health advice have children with higher ...
Living Kidney Donors in Japan Face a Roughly One-in-a-Hundred Dialysis Risk Within 20 Years
A nationwide Japanese registry analysis estimates that about 1.1% of living kidney donors start dialysis within 20 years of donation, ...
Why Young Adults Suddenly Stockpile Unused Pills: Huge Study Reveals Age-Specific Drug Risks
A five-year analysis of more than 36,000 Japanese outpatients shows that the risk factors driving leftover medications shift dramatically with ...
Six Weeks of Encouragement: Robots and Humans Uplift Older Adults in Different Ways
A six-week Japanese study found that encouragement from both a human partner and the social robot RoBoHoN was linked to ...
Once-Daily Tapinarof Cream Shows Strong 60-Week Results in Young Children With Eczema
A 60-week phase 3 trial found that once-daily tapinarof cream 0.5% significantly outperformed vehicle and maintained efficacy and safety in ...
COVID-19 May Leave a Lasting Mark on Allergy Risk, Massive Japanese Study Finds
A matched cohort study of more than 778,000 people in Japan found that COVID-19 was associated with a 21 percent ...
Japan’s Five-Decade Hepatitis Campaign Reshapes the Nation’s Liver Cancer Burden
A Hiroshima University review published in The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific shows that nearly five decades of national ...
Hairy Bittercress Conquers Japan’s Temperature Gradient With Four Genetic Clusters
A genomic study of the invasive plant Cardamine hirsuta in eastern Japan reveals four genetic clusters with distinct climatic associations, ...
Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Eases Nerve Pain in Breast Cancer Survivors
A single-arm Japanese study found that a multimodal program of acupuncture and moxibustion significantly reduced persistent taxane-related nerve pain in ...
Robotic Surgery Comes of Age in the Most Radical Operation for Rectal Cancer
A multicenter Japanese study of 135 patients shows robot-assisted pelvic exenteration for advanced rectal cancer achieved 98 percent complete resection ...
Tsunami-Forced Fish Hybrids Purge Foreign Genes in Just a Decade, Revealing Speciation in Action
Nine years of genomic monitoring of a tsunami-created hybrid stickleback population in Japan reveals that foreign marine alleles were purged ...
Erratic Meal Times May Weaken Daily Tooth Brushing Habits, Study Finds
A large Japanese cross-sectional study of 4,840 adults found that irregular meal timing, especially on weekends, was associated with roughly ...
Natural Tritium Traces the Hidden Water Sources of Temperate Forest Trees
Researchers in northeastern Japan show that natural tritium gradients in near-surface soil water can reveal the depths from which humid ...
Nationwide Tick Map Reveals How Snow Depth Shapes Disease Risk Across Japan
A twelve-year nationwide survey and species distribution modeling have produced the first comprehensive habitat maps for sixteen tick species in ...
Who do we trust when we trust AI? New study reveals the surprising answer
A survey of over 3,200 people in Japan and the UK shows that trust in artificial intelligence flows mainly from ...
Organizational Influences on Care Robot Adoption in Japan
In an increasingly aging society, the integration of technology into healthcare services has emerged as a crucial focal point. The ...
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