Eight healthy babies have been born in the U.K. using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/science-health/ivf-trial-baby-diseases/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #parenthood #children #uk
Researchers at the University of Osaka Hospital conducted surgeries last year to reduce the number of fetuses in 10 cases of multiple pregnancy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/science-health/multifetal-pregnancy-reduction-surgeries/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #pregnancy #osaka #hospitals #abortion
A team of researchers in Japan found a key biological component that may help explain why women tend to burn more calories from fat than men, which could help lead to new treatments for obesity and related diseases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/science-health/japan-research-women-metabolism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #instituteofsciencetokyo #universityoftokyo #obesity
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say they have discovered how a previously unknown group of gut bacteria can boost the efficacy of a class of anticancer drugs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/science-health/japan-anticancer-drugs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #cancer #medicine #drugs
A team led by a professor at Osaka University's Bioinformatics Center has replicated the mouse embryo implantation process in laboratory equipment with a high success rate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/science-health/mouse-embryo-implantation-reproduced/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #osakauniversity #invitro #pregnancy #medicine #ips
Japan is expected to lower the price of lecanemab, an Alzheimer's drug, following a health ministry panel's report citing its low cost-effectiveness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/science-health/lecanemab-price-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #lecanemab #alzheimer039s #medicine #health #dementia
Content moderators from the Philippines to Turkey are uniting to push for better mental health support to help them handle the psychological effects of being exposed to a rising tide of disturbing images online. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/world/science-health/content-moderators-mental-trauma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #socialmedia #mentalhealth #meta #facebook
The World Health Organization is pushing countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50% over the next 10 years through taxation to help tackle chronic public health problems. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/world/science-health/who-health-taxes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #who #softdrinks #smoking #alcohol #health
About half of people who died of cancer in Japan in 2021 are seen to have consulted with doctors about where they wanted to spend the end of their lives, the National Cancer Center has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/japan/science-health/japan-cancer-place-of-death-wishes-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #cancer #surveys #health#covid19
Anyone who lights up on a beach or in a public park in France will be breaking the law from Sunday under new rules aimed at protecting children from the dangers of passive smoking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/30/world/science-health/france-smoking-ban-beaches-parks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #france #smoking
Japan’s flagship H2A rocket lifted off for the final time early Sunday, successfully concluding a 24-year run that has defined the nation’s space capabilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/japan/science-health/japan-h2a-rocket-retired/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #jaxa #rockets #satellites #h3 #space #h2a
Eight American researchers have arrived at a university in southern France, as the country pushes to offer "science asylum" to U.S. academics hit by federal research spending cuts under U.S. President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/world/science-health/science-refugees-french-university/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #france #universities #us #education #donaldtrump #science #immigration
Marine active faults off Japan's Kinki western region and Hokuriku central region are projected to trigger a large earthquake at a probability of 16% to 18% within the next 30 years, according to a government panel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/japan/science-health/central-japan-earthquake-projections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #earthquakes #ishikawa #notoearthquake
All hypotheses on how the COVID-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said Friday, following an inconclusive four-year investigation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/world/science-health/who-covid-origins-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #who #diseases #health#covid19
The number of mental illness cases recognized as being work-related in Japan reached 1,055 in fiscal 2024, exceeding 1,000 for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/science-health/work-mental-illness-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #powerharassment #health #mentalhealth #customerharassment
The heat wave that hit Japan last week would not have happened without human-induced climate change, according to an analysis from a nascent center focusing on weather attribution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/science-health/june-heat-climate-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #heat #climatechange
New research provides fresh evidence for killer whales' exceptional intelligence, documenting how these marine mammals use stalks of seaweed as tools to groom each other. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/science-health/killer-whales-seaweed-tools/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #killerwhales #whales #oceans #mammals
Japanese startup Ispace has concluded that a hardware anomaly in a laser-based landing sensor caused the failure of its Mission 2 lunar landing earlier this month, the company announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/science-health/ispace-crash-cause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #startups #moon #ispace #space
Tropical storm Sepat is expected to weaken to a tropical depression by Tuesday night and bring heavy rainfall to the Kanto-Koshin region, Japan’s weather agency has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/science-health/typhoon-sepat-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #typhoons #rainyseason #tropicalstormsepat
A series of earthquakes has been shaking the seas near the Tokara islands in Kagoshima Prefecture since Saturday, with Japan’s Meteorological Agency warning that seismic activity could continue for some time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/science-health/tokara-earthquakes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #earthquakes #kagoshima