1.Japanese family bereavement survey of diet and complementary and alternative medicine in terminal cancer patients followed at home
Yusuke Satoh ; Takuya Shinjo ; Akihiro Ishikawa ; Masahiro Goshima ; Masako Sekimoto ; Yuri Morimoto
Palliative Care Research 2015;10(1):162-167
The aim of this study is to clarify the diet and complementary and alternative medicine among terminal cancer patients followed at home. A cross-sectional survey of bereaved families of 200 cancer patients who were received home care by 5 palliative care clinics in Kobe in 2014. The response rate was 66%. The average age of the patients was 74 years old. The family members received the information about diets from books, magazines, and newspaper(48%)and medical staff(46%). The patients actively took in tea(64%), dairy(62%), and soy(60%). The patient avoided alcohol(49%), fat(31%), and salt(31%). The question asking the complementary and alternative medicine(CAM), 32% respondents answered using CAM, of which 28% took mineral supplements, and vitamins. Due to the paucity of the evidence about the diet and CAM for cancer patients, the patient and family tend to practice the general diet therapy.
2.Exposure to H1 genotype measles virus at an international airport in Japan on 31 July 2016 results in a measles outbreak
Aika Watanabe ; Yusuke Kobayashi ; Tomoe Shimada ; Yuichiro Yahata ; Ayako Kobayashi ; Mizue Kanai ; Yushi Hachisu ; Munehisa Fukusumi ; Hajime Kamiya ; Takuri Takahashi ; Yuzo Arima ; Hitomi Kinoshita ; Kazuhiko Kanou ; Takehito Saitoh ; Satoru Arai ; Hiroshi Satoh ; Hideo Okuno ; Saeko Morino ; Tamano Matsui ; Tomimasa Sunagawa ; Keiko Tanaka-Taya ; Makoto Takeda ; Katsuhiro Komase ; Kazunori Oishi
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