From April 1983 through March 1993, 10, 767 women underwent health examinations at the Health Care Center in Obihiro Kosei Hospital. Cervical smears were taken from theuterine cervix for cervical cancer screening. One hundred and six women had abnormal results, greater than class III. Those patients who were diagnosed as having carcinoma numbered 10 (0.09%). Of the cervical carcinomas found, 1 was frankly invasive (adenocarcinoma Ib); 3, microinvasive (2; squamous cell carcinoma and 1; co-existence of adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma); and 6, carcinomas in situ (squamous cell carcinoma).

From January 1981 through December 1986, 27, 513 individuals consisting of 17, 918 males and 9, 595 females underwent health examinations at Health Care Center in Obihiro Kosei Hospital. 14.2% of healthy and asymptomatic men and 29.1% of healthy and asymptomatic women had microscopic hematuria (one or more RBCs per HPF).
To evaluate the clinical significance of microhematuria, about one third of patients with asymptomatic microhematuria who had undergone complete urological examination were reviewed.
Genitourinary neoplasms were found in 0.21%(8 bladder cancers, 2 prostatic cancers and 1 renal cell cancer). The incidence of cancers increases proportionate to increase in age, furthermore, lesions were found more commonly in men than in women. We could find no relationship between the degree of hematuria and the cause. The results suggest that patients with asymptomatic microhematuria should undergo urological examinations.

We aimed to clarify the significance of using Kampo therapy centered on kamishoyosan and tokishakuyakusan together with general infertility treatment. The subjects were 41 women who visited a Kampo outpatient clinic for infertility and received general infertility treatment with Kampo therapy (Kampo group). The control group was 781 women who received only general infertility treatment at the same time (non-Kampo group). In comparing both groups, we conducted a retrospective survey on the pregnancy rate by cycle and the pregnancy rate by prescription. The pregnancy rate in the first cycle was 24.4% in the Kampo group and 8.5% in the non-Kampo group, and the pregnancy rate was higher in the Kampo group (P = 0.003). There was no difference in pregnancy rates after the second cycle. The pregnancy rate by prescription was 26.7% for kamishoyosan, 22.2% for tokishakuyakusan, and 8.5% for the non-Kampo group. In the comparison between the first cycle pregnant group and the non-pregnant group, the qi counter flow score was clearly higher in the first cycle pregnant group (P = 0.012). It is suggested that combined use of Kampo therapy including kamishoyosan and tokishakuyakusan may be effective from an early stage. Meanwhile, if pregnancy does not occur even after the combined use of Kamp therapy, it would be an opportunity to consider stepping up as Western medical therapy.

In 1952, the Japanese Society for Hygiene had once passed a resolution at its 22nd symposium on population control, recommending the suppression of population growth based on the idea of cultivating a healthier population in the area of eugenics. Over half a century has now passed since this recommendation; Japan is witnessing an aging of the population (it is estimated that over 65-year-olds made up 27.7% of the population in 2017) and a decline in the birth rate (total fertility rate 1.43 births per woman in 2017) at a rate that is unparalleled in the world; Japan is faced with a "super-aging" society with low birth rate. In 2017, the Society passed a resolution to encourage all scientists to engage in academic researches to address the issue of the declining birth rate that Japan is currently facing. In this commentary, the Society hereby declares that the entire text of the 1952 proposal is revoked and the ideas relating to eugenics is rejected. Since the Society has set up a working group on the issue in 2016, there have been three symposiums, and working group committee members began publishing a series of articles in the Society's Japanese language journal. This commentary primarily provides an overview of the findings from the published articles, which will form the scientific basis for the Society's declaration. The areas we covered here included the following: (1) improving the social and work environment to balance between the personal and professional life; (2) proactive education on reproductive health; (3) children's health begins with nutritional management in women of reproductive age; (4) workplace environment and occupational health; (5) workplace measures to counter the declining birth rate; (6) research into the effect of environmental chemicals on sexual maturity, reproductive function, and the children of next generation; and (7) comprehensive research into the relationship among contemporary society, parental stress, and healthy child-rearing. Based on the seven topics, we will set out a declaration to address Japan's aging society with low birth rate.
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