Akita University Article List

Japan's unique early dementia detection program to conduct large-scale empirical study on more than 41 elderly people in 1 municipalities nationwide

 The National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, six universities including Tohoku University, the National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology have jointly developed a unique Japanese […]

Akita University School of Medicine Establishing 10 new "Tohoku Region" positions and increasing the number of students admitted to the "Akita Prefecture Region" position 2025 Entrance Examination School Recommendation Type Selection II

 The Akita University School of Medicine will change the regional quota system for the School Recommendation Selection II in the 2025 entrance examination, aiming to further increase the number of doctors in Akita Prefecture.

No delays in gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis due to the new coronavirus pandemic in Akita Prefecture have been confirmed, Akita University releases final report

 The research group led by Professor Katsunori Iijima of Akita University has compiled data up to three years after the outbreak of the new coronavirus, and has determined the impact of the new coronavirus in Akita Prefecture […]

Elucidating the susceptibility to EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma in non-smokers

 A joint research group consisting of 19 institutions across the country*, including the National Cancer Center, has determined that individual differences in genes that determine susceptibility to lung adenocarcinoma are not […]

Psychiatric treatment guideline training, effective in correcting the gap with treatment

 The gap between recommended treatment methods and actual treatment methods in psychiatric medicine has become a problem, but seminars on clinical guidelines are becoming increasingly popular.

Akita University and others prove that you can really sleep well when you take a hot spring

 A joint research group from Akita University and others conducted an experiment to find out whether bathing in a hot spring really helps you sleep better.As a result, when entering the chloride spring and the carbonate spring […]

Akita University, Faculty of Science and Engineering Correspondence Course Completion Ceremony on 12th, 33 students completed

 On May 2023, 5, Akita University was the only national university in the Faculty of Science and Engineering in Tegata Gakuen-cho, Akita City, Akita Prefecture, to offer a social correspondence education course accredited by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Akita University.

Questionnaire survey of 962 doctors on their thoughts on choosing the type of sleeping pills to prescribe

 Among the many sleeping pills, benzodiazepine receptor agonists are widely prescribed around the world, but concerns about their safety have been pointed out […]

Proper Prescription of Sleeping Pills, Revision of Medical Fees, No Effectiveness Akita University Survey

 A total of three medical fee revisions were made in Japan from 2012 to 2018 in order to properly prescribe sleeping pills, which has become a major international problem.

Akita University Visits UAE University for Double Degree Program

 On November 2022, 11, Professor Hikaru Fujii, Dean of the Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Akita University, visited the UAE University in the United Arab Emirates and learned about the academic […]