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【New Knowledge in Medicine】Vitamin D and Osteoarthritis of the Knee

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【New Knowledge in Medicine】Vitamin D and Osteoarthritis of the Knee

A study published in June 2021 by Arthritis Care & Research focused on understanding whether vitamin D supplementation or maintaining sufficient vitamin D concentrations can reduce foot pain caused by knee osteoarthritis. This is an important topic because degenerative joints are a chronic, global disease characterized by pain and deformation of the joints. Foot pain is a very common musculoskeletal pain, often defined as pain that occurs in the foot and/or ankle. It affects about 1/5 of elderly patients in the community and seriously affects the quality of life.

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Japanese medicine through the past and present

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Japanese medicine through the past and present

The history of Japanese medicine is quite long. Many of the current pharmaceutical companies are brands that have been prosperous since World War I and World War II. This time, I came to Minami Furano, and in their small cultural center, they displayed the items of Japanese past life. There are many old advertisements for medicines, and it is very interesting to see the familiar names presented in ancient forms.

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Common blood-sucking mosquitoes in Japanese mountain forests

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Common blood-sucking mosquitoes in Japanese mountain forests
I used to think that Japan has a high latitude and is relatively cold, and there should be fewer mosquitoes. When I went to Hokkaido, I met a Taiwanese who was working and vacationing in a restaurant. The reason why he chose to work in Hokkaido is because there are no cockroaches in Hokkaido. Although it seems that there are really fewer mosquitoes in the high mountains and high latitudes, there are more mosquitoes in the low mountains of Japan than I thought, and some bugs I have never encountered in Taiwan. . . Here are some strange blood-sucking mosquitoes commonly found in Japan.

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Can I take fever and pain relievers after the vaccine?

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Can I take fever and pain relievers after the vaccine?
Now when everyone hears the vaccine, they think of various side effects. The most common ones are fever and sore muscles and bones. If I get the vaccine, can I buy medicine to eat? Alleviate this uncomfortable situation? If yes, what medicines can I choose? I think this is the question that everyone will think about before getting vaccinated. This article takes you to see what the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has to say.

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【Japan must buy】How to choose eye drops?

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【Japan must buy】How to choose eye drops?

There are many kinds of eye drops in Japan. It can be said that a hundred flowers are blooming, and the horses are galloping. There are hundreds of eye drops, how should we choose them?

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