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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu…
Atsuko Satoh, Chikako Kishi, Megumi Tomita, Masumi Saitoh, Miwako Hirakawa, Miki Kumasaka, Jinich Sasaki, Sangun Lee, Hidetada Sasaki
To investigate factors related to resumption of smoking by women after childbirth, the smoking habits of 241 postnatal women, who initially had stopped smoking after pregnancy, in a rural city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, were studied at 5 - 6 days, 1 month,…
Alpha Oumar Bah, Mamadou Saliou Balde, Oury Baïllo Diallo, Oumou Kimso
Context and Object: Late nephrology case management for patients with chronic renal failure is consistently associated with high morbidity rate. The objectives of this study were to determine the factors associated with late nephrology case management and to…
Vasilios Frankos, Raushanah Najeeullah, Joel Morgan
The objective of this review is to highlight the continued exclusion of discussion in the literature regarding alternative causes and proper causality assessment of cases of hepatotoxicity when use of dietary supplements is reported. Though independent expert…
Rie Wakimizu, Keiko Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Fujioka
The number of children with Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities (SMID) receiving medical treatment/recovering at home is rising yearly. Although benefits of this care are emphasized, the stress and duties of family members in the household are extremel…
A. Hanno, D. Elwazzan, M. Ibrahim, R. Hafez
Background and Aims: Treatment with a combination of the nucleotide polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir and NS3A (non-structural protein 3A) protease inhibitor simeprevir resulted in high rates of sustained virological response in chronic hepatitis C Genotype 4.…
Floris-Willem Enzerink, Christiaan Lako
Since the introduction of the Health Insurance Act in the Netherlands in 2006, insurers are incen-tivized to compete on price for basic health insurance, and on price and quality for supplementary insurance. It is possible for health insurers to implement a d…
Mayumi Watanabe, Chikako Tomiyama, Toru Abo
Body temperature is an important clinical indicator of health and illness. Many studies of human body temperature have been conducted; however, there are no studies that compare the body temperatures of humans and other homeothermic animals. Twenty-six homeot…
Mayumi Watanabe, Shigeharu Koboshi, Hiroshi Yoshimoto, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Chikako Tomiyama, Toru Abo
The objective of this study was to determine how traditional Japanese style bathing could promote good health. Using healthy volunteers, we assessed body temperature (core and cutaneous), red blood cells, white blood cells (WBCs), venous blood gas parameters…
Junji Miyazaki, Hiroshi Kuge, Hidetoshi Mori, Eriko Izumi, Hideaki Tanaka, Mayumi Watanabe
The moxa therapy is a popular traditional hyperthermia therapy in East Asia. The moxa is made from dried mugwort ( Artemisiaargyi ). The moxa is usually put on a meridian point and then is burnt on to obtain a hyperthermic stimulation to the skin. However, ve…
Koichi Isawa, Masanori Shukuya
We analyzed the relationships between the human body exergy balance and behavioral adaptations induced by undesirable cold storage by a building envelope under an unsteady-state thermal environment in winter. The complex interaction of the warm exergy product…
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