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By Travis J. Tritten Stars and Stripes, November 28, 2011 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Retired Master Chief Bruce Wright began having severe stomach pains in September. After two trips to a Philippine hospital near his home in Angeles City, doctors gave him a troubling diagnosis. His gallbladder had grown polyps and could become cancerous. Filipino doctors wante ...
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By Seth Robson Stars and Stripes, November 21, 2011 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Defense Department is preparing to release estimates of the amount of radiation that penetrated 14 areas in mainland Japan following damage to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant this spring, military officials announced. The plant, badly damaged when a massive earthqua ...
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By MALCOLM RITTER and MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press, Nov 20, 10:58 AM EST FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out. Looking back on those early days of radiation horror, that may sound implausible. But the ordinary rate of cancer is so high, and our understandi ...
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Nov 18, 1:11 AM EST TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's royal household says Emperor Akihito has been diagnosed with mild bronchial pneumonia and remains hospitalized for a 12th day. The Imperial Household Agency said in a statement Friday that the emperor is responding to antibiotics. His fever climbed to near 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) but is now fall ...
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Nov 17, 8:09 AM EST TOKYO (AP) -- Japan has banned shipments of rice grown near a tsunami-hit nuclear power plant for the first time after detecting radiation exceeding the legal limit. Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Thursday that a sample of rice from a farm contained 630 becquerels of cesium per kilogram. Cesium is among the radioactive mate ...
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By Dustin Perry, Torii Editor A health fair was held Friday for teachers and administrators at Camp Zama schools in an effort to promote wellness and provide them with on-campus information and resources, one representative said. The inaugural event included participation from several organizations throughout the installation and offered various heal ...
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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan 11/2/2011 Maj. Stacey Zaikoski, 374th dental Squadron pediatric dentist, gives a briefing of what to expect during a child's first dental visit at the dental clinic at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 28. Zaikoski said that the earlier the dental visit, the better the chance of preventing dental problems. (U.S. A ...
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By Patricia Kime - Staff writer, Saturday Nov 5, 2011 8:23:33 EDT Navy and NASA researchers are closing in on a formula for a nasal spray that would deliver a preventive dose of motion sickness medication just before it may be needed. Cmdr. Rita Simmons of Naval Medical Research Unit-Dayton, Ohio, and NASA pharmacologist Lakshmi Putcha are tweaking t ...
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