The changing career paths of doctors
Masahiro Kami, M.D., Ph.D. President, Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan Raising medical students is challenging. Their...
May 24, 2024
The State of Wajima City Following the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. ～Department of Radiation Health Management, Fukushima Medical University～
Toshiki Abe, Physical Therapist, Department of Radiation Health Management, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine I am writing...
May 10, 2024
The Difference Between Japanese and American Physicians Felt Through the Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Issue: The Critical Background of the Medical Community's Silence on Health Food Damages
Masahiro Kami, M.D., Ph.D. President, Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan The Kobayashi Pharmaceutical red yeast rice issue has sparked discussions about the safety of health foods, highlighting that Japan is following a trend already established in the U.S. two decades ago. Part of Abenomics, the functional food labeling system initiated in April 2015, was modeled after the U.S.'s Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) established in 1994. This
May 5, 2024
