Relationship between the behavior change model and salt intake in hypertensive patients: a single non-specialized hypertension clinic prospective observational study.

We investigated whether changes in salt reduction readiness are associated with changes in estimated daily salt intake and blood pressure (BP). We divided 86 hypertensive patients into groups with high and low readiness for salt-reducing behavior [an up (UP) and a down (DN) groups, respectively] based on the transtheoretical model (TTM) over a 12-month observation period. We then investigated the relationships between changes in the TTM stage and changes in daily salt intake and BP over 12 months.

Overtime work is related to nonrestorative sleep independently of short sleep time among a Japanese occupational population.

Objective: The symptoms of insomnia are defined as difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, and early awakening. Although also a symptom of insomnia, nonrestorative sleep (NRS) is clearly more associated with objective indices than other insomnia symptoms. However, the link between NRS and overtime work duration is poorly understood.

Relationship between nonrestorative sleep and heartburn among a Japanese occupational population.

Background: Nonrestorative sleep (NRS) is a symptom of insomnia and is clearly more associated with objective indices than other insomnia symptoms. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and insomnia are known to be strongly related. However, the link between NRS and heartburn, a main symptom of GERD, is poorly understood.

Relationship between nonrestorative sleep with short sleep duration and diabetes mellitus comorbid among a Japanese occupational population.

Objective: Nonrestorative sleep (NRS) is one of the symptoms of insomnia and is clearly more associated with objective indices, such as sleep stability, sleep fragmentation, and inflammatory responses, than other insomnia symptoms. However, the link between NRS and diabetes mellitus is poorly understood. Therefore, the prevalence of NRS in workers and the relationships between NRS and diabetes were investigated.

Relationship between salt reduction readiness and salt intake in hypertensive patients: a single nonspecialized hypertension clinic case study.

This is the first report about the association of readiness for salt reduction with daily salt intake or the salt check sheet score in hypertensive patients at a nonspecialized hypertension clinic. We investigated whether salt reduction readiness as evaluated based on the transtheoretical model (TTM) is associated with estimated daily salt intake or the salt check sheet score. The TTM allows evaluators to easily assess a subject's level of readiness for health-related according to five stages.

Disability, quality of life, productivity impairment and employer costs of migraine in the workplace.

Background: Migraine is the leading cause of days lost due to disability in the world among people less than 50 years of age. There is a paucity of evidence on the impact of migraine and other headache disorders and the cost and productivity losses in the workplace.

Methods: Employee population survey assessed prevalence, characteristics, and disability of headache disorders at a Japanese information technology company.

Relationship between Snoring and Lifestyle-related Diseases among a Japanese Occupational Population.

Objective Snoring is a common physical condition in active workers. However, the link between snoring and health problems is poorly understood. Therefore, the prevalence of snoring in Japanese workers and the relationships between snoring and lifestyle-related diseases were investigated.

Vancouver Declaration II on Global Headache Patient Advocacy 2019.

In 2017, the International Headache Society convened a Global Patient Advocacy Summit (GPAS-1) to begin a collaborative effort involving patients, patient advocates, patient advocacy organizations, healthcare professionals, scientists, professional pain, neurology, and headache societies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and regulatory agencies to advance issues of importance to patients affected by headache worldwide. In September 2019, the second Global Patient Advocacy Summit (GPAS-2) was convened to revisit issues from the inaugural meeting, assess the progress of the International Headache Society Global Patient Advocacy Coalition (IHS-GPAC) in meeting the goals set forth therein, and discuss strategies for achieving established goals and supporting future development. Short- and long-term mandates from the first Summit were realized, including publishing the Vancouver Declaration on Global Headache Patient Advocacy 2018, determining the governing and operational structures of the IHS-GPAC, and helping to facilitate the first World Federation of Neurology World Brain Day dedicated to migraine.

Relationship Between Asymptomatic Intracranial Stenosis and Extracranial Arteriosclerotic Findings in Workplace Health Checkups: A Pilot Study.

Background: Intracranial arteriosclerotic disease (ICAD) is common in Asians and has been presumed to be largely associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS), but the risks for asymptomatic ICAD detectable in examinations of the brain, among other tests, are not well known. The present study is aimed at identifying the risks for asymptomatic ICAD using data on risk factors obtained in health checkups, including data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), chest computed tomography (CT), and neck echography.

Methods: Subjects comprised 103 examinees more than equal to 40 years old (56.

The Relationship Between Premature Ventricular Contractions and Lifestyle-Related Habits among the Japanese Working Population (FUJITSU Cardiovascular and Respiratory Observational Study-1; FACT-1).

Background: Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are often found in healthy workers at medical checkups. In this study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of PVCs recorded during medical checkups in Japanese office workers without heart disease or other known contributing factors.

Methods: Participants in this study were 17,641 office workers, who underwent an electrocardiogram examination during a regular medical checkup between April 1 2015 and March 31 2016 and had no known heart disease.

Visualization of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Dynamics during Cortical Venous Occlusion using Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging in a Rat Model.

Background: Cerebral venous ischemia (CVI) is a rare but potentially significant complication of neurosurgical procedures. However, it is still unclear how cerebral venous occlusion (VO) affects regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) dynamics. To elucidate its pathophysiology in detail, we examined the real-time perfusion dynamics during adjacent vein occlusions using laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) in a rat 2-vein occlusion model.

Prevalence and characteristics of headaches in a socially active population working in the Tokyo metropolitan area -surveillance by an industrial health consortium.

Objective: The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of headaches among socially active people working in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Methods: We cross-sectionally surveyed 7,917 individuals. The survey assessed demographic characteristics, the prevalence and characteristics of headaches and physician attendance.

Courtship patterns in the Drosophila montium species subgroup: repeated loss of precopulatory courtship?

During precopulatory courtship, male Drosophila typically produce wing vibration to generate species-specific songs before mounting females. Three species in the lini clade of the montium species subgroup have been found to produce species-specific sine song only after mounting and during copulation. Here we investigated and analyzed the courtship behavior of 29 species in the montium subgroup from video and song recordings and measured the duration of wing vibration.

Post-ischemic administration of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor in a rat model of cerebral venous infarction.

Cerebral venous ischemia can result in severe brain edema. Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) activity by a neutralizing antibody can completely block the hypoxia-induced increase in vascular permeability. VEGF, which induces angiogenesis, also acts as a vascular permeability (VP) factor.

Neuroprotection with intraventricular brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rat venous occlusion model.

Background: The increasing number of neurosurgical procedures for elderly patients and the development of skull base neurosurgery have increased interest in cerebral venous injury that might occur in a neurosurgical setting. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) may have neuroprotective effects against cerebral venous ischemia.

Objective: To investigate the intraventricular effects of BDNF infusion on infarct size, suppression of apoptosis, and regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in cerebral venous ischemic lesions in a rat 2-vein occlusion model.

Enhanced cerebral ischemic lesions after two-vein occlusion in diabetic rats.

The two-vein occlusion (2VO) model is known to be useful for ischemic penumbra studies in vivo. It was applied here to examine sequential changes of regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral venous infarction in normal (Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka, LETO) and diabetic (Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty, OLETF) rats. The aim of our study was to examine and compare the ischemic pathogenesis related to regional changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) induced with 2VO in diabetic OLETF and non-diabetic LETO rats.

Overtime work and stress response in a group of Japanese workers.

Background: Working long overtime hours is considered a cause of mental health problems among workers but such a relationship has yet to be empirically confirmed.

Aim: To clarify the influence of overtime work on response to stress and to assess the role of other stress-related factors on this relationship.

Methods: The study was conducted among 24 685 employees of a company in Japan.

Molecular phylogeny of the Drosophila auraria species complex and allied species of Japan based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences.

We studied the phylogenetic relationships among the six species of the Drosophila auraria species complex and three species of the montium species subgroup endemic to Japan. To do this, we examined the DNA sequences of the nuclear ITS1 and the mitochondrial COII of these species. Intraspecific variation in ITS1 was observed for most of the species studied.

Relationship between chest X-ray findings and pulmonary function tests in dust workers.

Occupational injuries are decreasing due to the improvement in occupational management in the workplace in recent years. However, pneumoconiosis and its complications remain important occupational diseases. Based on the report 'survey on classification for supervision of pneumoconiosis in Japan' performed in 1994, this study compared age, number of years at the job and pulmonary function tests among work types, and examined the characteristics of cases in which pulmonary function results were worse than expected from the chest X-ray findings.

[Minitracheotomy in treating upper airway obstruction after anterior cervical fusion].

Respiratory disturbance occurs sometimes after anterior cervical fusion. This is often a result of upper airway obstruction due to prevertebral soft tissue swelling. Therefore we used cricothyrotomy tubes (Mini-Trach) in two patients with postoperative upper airway obstruction and performed assist-ventilation via the tubes.

[A survey of utilization of and problems with the MSDS in chemical substances management at workplaces in Kanagawa Prefecture].

Kanagawa Occupational Health Promotion Center conducted a survey on how the MSDS is utilized at workplaces with more than 50 employees handling chemical substances, and what measures are taken to help employees to thoroughly understand information in the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). Questionnaires were sent out to 265 enterprises in Kanagawa prefecture, putting questions to industrial physicians and industrial hygiene supervisors. The objective of the survey was to find out how MSDS is adopted in the system to manage occupational health, what improvements the survey respondents want in MSDS and what expectations the respondents have of our center.