Our health, our planet: a cross-sectional analysis on the association between health consciousness and pro-environmental behavior among health professionals.

One possible predictive factor that affects both pro-environmental behavior and health behavior is health consciousness (a psychological state where an individual is aware of and involved in his/her health condition). We examined the relationship between health consciousness and two pro-environmental behaviors (recycling and green purchasing) within health professionals in a Japanese large hospital. Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed a significant association between health consciousness and recycling behavior, while there was no association between health consciousness and green purchasing behavior.

[Pulmonary Sequestration Associated with Increased Serum Tumor Markers;Report of a Case].

A 51-year-old woman visited our hospital with chief complaints of cough and fever. A chest X-ray detected an abnormal shadow in the right lung field. A chest computed tomography scan showed solid consolidation at S10 of the right lung.

[An autopsy case report of adenosquamous cell carcinoma of the duodenal papilla with multiple liver and lung metastases].

A 63-year-old man was admitted to Saitama-Kyodo Hospital for the management of obstructive jaundice. Gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a tumor of the duodenal papilla, and tumor biopsy suggested adenosquamous cell carcinoma. Computed tomography revealed multiple tumors in both the liver and lung, and these were diagnosed as metastases using bronchoscopy-guided lung biopsy and ultrasound-guided liver biopsy, respectively.

[A 78-year-old woman who had an onset of seizure and right hemiparesis at the age 77].

We report a 78-year-old woman who had an onset of convulsion and right hemiparesis at the age 77. She had been well until October 28th of 1990 when she suddenly developed a seizure starting in her right face with secondary generalization. She was admitted to Saitama Kyodo Hospital where neurologic examination revealed confusion with slight right hemiparesis; deep reflexes were exaggerated on the right side; otherwise neurologic examination was unremarkable.