Publications by authors named "N Miyatake"
Objective: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is crucial, particularly for preventing cervical cancer. This study aimed to assess the perceptions of HPV vaccination among healthcare university students in Okayama City, Japan, with the goal of promoting HPV vaccination in the future.
Methods: The study enrolled 168 students (94 male students and 74 female students, median age: 20 (minimum: 18, maximum: 27)) from a healthcare university in Okayama, Japan.
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- The choroid plexus plays a vital role in producing cerebrospinal fluid and regulating circadian rhythms, which can be affected by neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
- A study analyzed brain samples from patients with Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, Parkinson's disease, and multiple system atrophy, focusing on the morphology of choroid plexus epithelial cells.
- Results showed no significant changes in epithelial cell measurements across the different disease groups, but age was positively correlated with cell size, suggesting that aging affects these cells regardless of neurodegenerative conditions.
Background: Previous studies have revealed that sedentary behavior, including quantitative and qualitative parameters, was associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients on chronic hemodialysis.
Objective: The present study examined the relationships between various parameters of prolonged sedentary bouts on non-hemodialysis days and HRQOL in patients on chronic hemodialysis.
Methods: A total of 110 patients (47.
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- This study investigates how air temperature affects mortality rates from the 10 leading causes of death in Japan, comparing Hokkaido (cold region) and Okinawa (warm region).
- Data from January 2008 to December 2022 revealed that Hokkaido had significantly lower temperatures and higher death rates (excluding aspiration pneumonia) from most leading causes than Okinawa.
- It was found that several causes of death, especially heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, were linked to temperature variations, with notable differences in the patterns observed between the two regions.
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- The CANPIONE study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of canagliflozin, an SGLT2 inhibitor, in slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in participants with early-stage CKD and type 2 diabetes.
- In a trial involving 98 participants, those taking canagliflozin showed a significant reduction in urinary albumin levels and a slower decline in their estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) compared to those receiving standard treatment.
- The study suggests that monitoring individual changes in eGFR slope could be a promising method for assessing the kidney-protective effects of new treatments in early CKD.