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  • The 'fifth taste,' umami, could be beneficial for health

  • Tokyo scientists aim to make body parts with 3-D printer

  • Flu cases surge beyond alert level, signaling pandemic

  • Ability to balance on one leg may reflect brain health, stroke risk

  • Spice up your memory: Just one gram of turmeric a day could boost memory

  • Diminishing Waistlines, a Japanese Health Problem

  • Japanese scared of smog from China.

  • Half of Fukushima children now have thyroid disorders: A study

  • Let old people die sooner so they are not a burden on govt: Japan's Dy PM

  • Jessica Michibata reveals: 'I do yoga, I go to the gym and I do triathlons!'
  • Kampo, Japan's Traditional Herbal medicine and Women
  • Japanese women are now getting fat
  • Secrets of Japanese women they do not get obese.
  • Only 3 percent of Japanese women take pain relievers during delivery
  • Cuddling leads to better sex life: A study
  • Japan's women lose longevity title to Hong Kong
  • Producing Artificial Bones from Fish Scales
  • Japan may no long be the world leader in longevity
  • Women who exercise a lot hit menopause earlier
  • Japan: Radioactive Elements Found in Children's Thyroid Glands
  • Radiation Discovered in Rice Near Tokyo
  • Japan Lifts Ban on Beef From Disaster Area
  • Japanese Women Don�t Get Old Or Fat: A Study by Naomi Moriyama
  • Japan's women average age of 86.4 : A study
  • Sushi Restaurants Drop Japanese Fish on Radiation Fears
  • Explosion Rocks 2nd Nuclear Reactor in Japan
  • Brown rice cuts heart risk, high BP
  • Aged suffer lack of mental health help
  • Folate and Vitamin B6 Lower Cardiovascular Risk
  • Green tea can make your teeth stronger
  • Fewer smoking, but lung cancer still on rise
  • More evidence for the benefits of eating fish
  • Sand bathing: a popular form of therapy in Japan
  • Lung-cancer risk Less For Non-Smokers and Soy Consumers
  • Health] 17% cancer: study
  • Prevent Breast Cancer with Vitamin D and a Vegan Diet
  • UPDATE 1-Japan to buy H1N1 flu vaccine from Glaxo, Novartis
  • Drinking lots of green tea could ward off stomach cancer in women
  • Higher estrogen levels can help stop breast cancer
  • Green tea cuts heart disease risk
  • Swine flu: Who will get vaccinated first?
  • Baked fish healthier than fried fish for heart
  • Strontium, Not Calcium, Builds Strong Bones
  • 41% of women going through pregnancy have had miscarriages
  • Probiotic supplements have 'no proven benefit for healthy people'
  • Green tea flavoured Coca-Cola to launch in Japan
  • Japan should do its utmost to keep birthrate rising
  • Beauty of healthy eating
  • Vitamin K helps strengthen bones
  • Treadmill tests could help predict heart disease risk, review suggests
  • Japan to tighten visa control for Mexicans, tries to block swine flu
  • Gene breakthrough to make smoking less addictive
  • Job stress 'doubles' your risk of stroke
  • Women�s heart disease risk : Living in multigenerational households ups women�s heart disease risk
  • Living With In-Laws Linked to Heart Risks in Japanese Women
  • Colorectal Cancer and Vitamin D, Calcium
  • Drinking coffee may raise risk of certain breast cancers
  • Keep working and live for longer
  • Living Well: Green tea brims with benefits
  • How skin lightening takes its toll on your health
  • Coffee protects women from cancer of the uterus: Study
  • Physical Activity Decreases Risk of Developing Cancer in Japanese Men and Women
  • Heavy drinking may effect genders differently
  • Japanese women are the longest living in world
  • Low-calorie meets high-convenience
  • Tooth loss strongly linked to risk of esophageal, head and neck, lung cancer
  • Health-conscious Japanese women are running in style
  • Mothers Pass Dangerous Toxins To Babies Through Breast Milk
  • Scientists say menstrual blood can repair hearts
  • Eisai Falls Most in Four Years on Drug-Filing Delay
  • Japan doctor says helped births through surrogacy
  • Could the pregnancy vitamin help men beat depression?
  • Japan's Hepatitis Victims Prepare Compensation Claims
  • Woman, 89, dies after dozens of hospitals in Japan refuse to admit her
  • Japan premier says government responsible for hepatitis from tainted blood
  • Japanese ruling bloc to submit bill to aid victims of tainted blood products
  • Breasts damaged by cancer surgery reshaped using stem cell injections
  • Menopause More Kind To Japanese Women
  • Dark Chocolate Fights Heart Woes
  • Breastfeeding May Prevent Heart Disease
  • Passive smoking increases sleep disturbance among pregnant women.
  • Boozing Old Women At Higher Risks Of Endometrial Cancer
  • New HIV/AIDS cases in Japan reach record high
  • Get off the sofa and go for a walk!
  • Japan to check more flu drugs for side effects
  • Women's pre-pregnancy weight linked to risk of birth defects
  • Japanese women have lower recurrence of breast cancer
  • Coffee and liver cancer
  • Japan's Obstetrician Shortage Leading To Remote Examinations Using Cell Phones, New York Times Reports
  • Mammograms Identify Only 20% Of Breast Cancer Cases In Japanese Women
  • Just how much is the hair extension market worth?
  • Heart Attacks Can Give Couples A New Lease Of Life, Says Study
  • Japanese Baby-Products Firm Is Reborn in Nine Months
  • Women's issues proposed in 2007 senatorial debates
  • Kidney transplants were unwise
  • H5N1 virus found in eagle's carcass
  • Mental health counselor recites pi to 100,000 decimal places
  • It should happen to you
  • Hungry? Scientists find appetite molecule
  • Japan tightens inspections on corn from U.S. after finding poisonous fungus
  • Woman loses left breast after error
  • Japan enters flu season
  • Japan's population declines by 19,000
  • Snowfall rewrites record books
  • Govt to establish conditions for level 4 bio-safety labs 
  • Forest with about 3,500 trees being moved from site of planned dam 
  • S. Korean researcher faked stem-cell data: investigating panel
  • Natural Serum Eyedrops Relieve Dry Eyes
  • Scientists Take to the 'Airways' to Find New Asthma Treatments
  • It's Fashionable to Care: Fighting Breast Cancer With Style
  • Smoking Ups Risk of Premenopausal Breast Cancer
  • Many factors affect region's troubled pregnancies
  • Drinking coffee may help protect against liver cancer, study shows
  • Under-active thyroid associated with reduced breast cancer risk
  • Lung Cancer Is a Woman's Disease
  • Faulty DNA Repair Linked to Breast Cancer Risk
  • Moderate Drinking May Ward Off Dementia
  • Obese Heart Failure Patients Fare Better Than Lean
  • Westernization Linked to Breast Cancer Rise
  • Hypertension, lifestyle link among blacks
  • Help ward off cancer with a Japanese diet
  • Most women would skip menstruation
  • Eat right fats and don't get fat yourself
  • Women with heart disease and fewer friends more likely to die
  • Physical Activity and Obesity among Premenopausal Women
  • Fruit, veggies linked to heart health
  • Japanese women seeking UK mates
  • Truancy a symptom of depression, Japan
  • Japan lifts ban on breast cancer ads
  • Low-dose estrogen therapy significantly reduced the progression of fatty buildup in the arteries leading to heart.
  • Tests find 9 diet products don't help in slimming down 
  • Study Of Flu Patients Reveals Virus Outsmarting Key Drug
  • Western diseases such as stroke and heart disease are a major problem in Asia
  • Sodas may raise cancer risk
  • Number of AIDS cases in Japan creeping up
  • Blueberry season off to bountiful start in state
  • Ethnic restaurants hit cultural barriers
  • 13% of sleep apnea sufferers have experienced car accidents
  • Number of newly infected HIV patients sets record
  • Radioactive homes pose rising threat, professor reveals
  • Cancer patients turn to Japanese faith healing
  • Japan Science Council Backs Human Embryo Cloning
  • TV 'linked to short-sightedness'
  • Japan to develop world's first malaria vaccine
  • JAPAN: Black vinegar becomes popular as a health supplement
  • New class of breast cancer drugs look promising
  • Rise in rubella cases in Japan may indicate outbreak
  • Smokers twice as likely to suffer cancer recurrence
  • Beijing claims 'victory' over SARS
  • Visudyne� launched in Japan for treatment of age-related macular degeneration
  • Woman dies after wrong injection in Kanagawa hospital
  • Mediterranean and Asian Diets Healthier and More Enjoyable than Low-Carb and Low-Fat Diets
  • Wife of ambassador to Japan asks ag secretary to allow mad cow tests
  • U.S., Japan to hold new talks on beef ban that followed mad cow case
  • USDA: Can't Say When Japan Will Take Beef
  • Pregnancy nutrition may be a source of allergic diseases in infants
  • Japan confirms second outbreak of bird flu
  • Japan confirms bird flu outbreak
  • Congress, Japan review USDA Mad Cow safeguards
  • Salt raises 'stomach cancer risk'
  • Cadmium exposure may be linked to bone loss among Japanese women
  • High levels of growth factor could be marker for metastatic breast carcinoma
  • An increased incidence of ovarian cancer in Japan caused caused by increase in carcinoma
  • Physical exercise reduces risk of breast cancer in Japanese women
  • Menopause Affects Japanese Women Less Than Westerners
  • Japanese diet fights menopause
  • Ethnic differences in breast cancer highlighted