【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 ...

conclusions it was demonstrated that, considerable percentage of uti existed in the gastroenteritis diseases. early treatment of uti in patients would reduce uti complications. objectives the current study aimed to investigate uti in patients with diarrhea. patients and methods this case-control study was conducted on 200 participants, 100 were patients with acute gastroenteritis and the other ...

We previously identified 9 genes and chromosomal region 3q28 as susceptibility loci for Japanese patients with myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, or chronic kidney disease by genome-wide or candidate gene association studies. In the present study, we investigated the possible association of 13 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at these 10 loci with the prevalence of hypertension or th...

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 ...

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 ...

The differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal mass includes liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, neurofibroma, stromal tumor, teratoma, and lymphoma. Leiomyosarcoma is rare with poorer prognosis than other soft tissue sarcomas. Soft tissue sarcoma of retroperitoneal origin often remains asymptomatic until tumor enlargement, leading to diagnosis at advanced stages.

Despite the ongoing prevalence of marital distress, very few couples seek therapy. Researchers and clinicians have increasingly been calling for innovative interventions that can reach a larger number of untreated couples. Based on a motivational marital health model, the Marriage Checkup (MC) was designed to attract couples who are unlikely to seek traditional tertiary therapy. The objective o...