

Reasons Why Many Discontinue Popular Weight-Loss Medications(3/3)
Mutsuko Ohnishi, MD Internal medicine physician in Boston, USA Following up on our previous article, we're diving back into the...
Apr 26, 2024


Is it cheating to lose weight with drugs?(2/3)
Mutsuko Ohnishi, MD. Internal medicine physician in Boston, USA Semaglutide: 40% Continue Prescriptions After One Year Researchers at the...
Apr 12, 2024


Is it cheating to lose weight with drugs?(1/3)
Mutsuko Ohnishi, MD. Internal medicine physician in Boston, USA "O-O-O-Ozempic..." a rhythmic and uplifting tune. This is the commercial...
Mar 29, 2024


Which is better: intramuscular or subcutaneous injections?
Yudai Kaneda Hokkaido University School of Medicine "Vaccination Error in 48 People: Nurse Mistakenly Gives Subcutaneous Injection...
Mar 14, 2024


A Productive Collaboration: Our Visit to Prof. Chen Yorong at Lanzhou University
Akihiko Ozaki, M.D., Ph.D. Physician at the Medical Governance Research Institute In October 2023, we visited Professor Chen Yaorong at...
Mar 1, 2024


Let's Thoroughly Prevent Influenza This Winter Season with Vaccination
Navitas Clinic Shinjuku Tamae Hamaki, M.D. (Director of Navitas Clinic Shinjuku, the Medical Corporation Association Tetsuikai) Recently,...
Feb 16, 2024


Field Report from Wajima City - Medical Assistance Amidst the Crisis
Michioki Endo, M.D., Mitoyo General Hospital The guy on the very left is Mr.Endo As a doctor usually working in a hospital in Kagawa...
Feb 2, 2024


The Struggle to Acceptance: A Young Doctor's Challenge
Michioki Endo, M.D., Mitoyo General Hospital In early August this year, two Correspondence I submitted to The Lancet Journal were...
Jan 19, 2024


Process Innovation at Station-Centric Clinics(Part 2 of 2)
Tetsuya Tanimoto, M.D. Physician, Medical Governance Research Institute In alignment with this innovative approach, "Collabo Clinic," a...
Jan 5, 2024


Process Innovation at Station-Centric Clinics(Part 1 of 2)
Tetsuya Tanimoto, M.D. Physician, Medical Governance Research Institute In June 2023, I had the honor of being named President of the...
Dec 29, 2023


Sexually Transmitted Infections in the Shadow of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019
Yudai Kaneda Hokkaido University School of Medicine The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems...
Dec 22, 2023


From the Ministry of the Interior to COVID-19: Japan's Healthcare Paradox (Part 3 of 3)
Masahiro Kami, M.D., Ph.D. President, Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan The Meiji government began its efforts to organize medical administration in the 7th year of the Meiji era by promulgating the "Medical Law" (Isei) — Japan's inaugural comprehensive health system. At the core of this initiative was Nagayo Sensai, who, alongside individuals like Ōkubo, was a member of the Iwakura Mission that traveled extensively overseas. Nagayo hailed from a lineage of
Dec 15, 2023


From the Ministry of the Interior to COVID-19: Japan's Healthcare Paradox (Part 2 of 3)
Masahiro Kami, M.D., Ph.D. President, Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan The Ministry of the Interior was established in the aftermath of the political upheaval in Meiji 6 (1873) that began with debates over the Korean invasion proposal. This political disturbance saw Saigo Takamori, a key figure of the Meiji Restoration, resign from his official position, which eventually led to the Satsuma Rebellion four years later. Okubo Toshimichi, who had returned from
Dec 8, 2023


From the Ministry of the Interior to COVID-19: Japan's Healthcare Paradox (Part 1 of 3)
Masahiro Kami, M.D., Ph.D. President, Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan Since 2022, I have been overseeing lectures at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. The subject at hand delves into the intricacies of gathering information. Specifically, I draw upon Japan's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study. A primary emphasis within my series of lectures is the importance of "learning from history." Both individuals and organizations possess their unique histor
Dec 1, 2023


Freedom from Desk Work - ChatGPT Transforms the Daily Life of Doctors
Yudai Kaneda School of Medicine, Hokkaido University Who knew being a doc was like, almost every day sitting in front of the PC?! This...
Nov 24, 2023




















