レスリング選手の海外合宿時におけるコンディショニングに関する事例的研究

　　Globalization of sports has rapidly advanced, leading to various challenges for conditioning during competitions and camps in other countries. This study conducted a survey to collect basic data about the conditioning of student wrestlers in Japanese and international camps. The subjects were 18 student wrestlers who were scheduled to compete in the All- Japan Student Championship Tournament and participated in both international and Japanese training camps at the Korea National Sport University (Seoul Special City, Republic of Korea, March 2014) and Agatsuma-gun, Gunma prefecture. We conducted a questionnaire-based survey at Japanese and international (Korea) camps. The results showed that body weight was significantly reduced during the last half of the Japanese camp, compared to that in the Korean camp. The dietary survey also showed that much spicy food was served during the camp in Korea, resulting in abnormal bowel movements. The results of our survey showed that it is important to provide prior education about dietary management and the use of supplements during international training camp

Imaging of Glucose Metabolism by 13C-MRI Distinguishes Pancreatic Cancer Subtypes in Mice

Metabolic differences among and within tumors can be an important determinant in cancer treatment outcome. However, methods for determining these differences non-invasively in vivo is lacking. Using pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma as a model, we demonstrate that tumor xenografts with a similar genetic background can be distinguished by their differing rates of the metabolism of 13C labeled glucose tracers, which can be imaged without hyperpolarization by using newly developed techniques for noise suppression. Using this method, cancer subtypes that appeared to have similar metabolic profiles based on steady state metabolic measurement can be distinguished from each other. The metabolic maps from 13C-glucose imaging localized lactate production and overall glucose metabolism to different regions of some tumors. Such tumor heterogeneity would not be not detectable in FDG-PET

Valsartan in a Japanese population with hypertension and other cardiovascular disease (Jikei Heart Study): a randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint morbidity-mortality study. Lancet 369

Summary Background Drugs that inhibit the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system benefi t patients at risk for or with existing cardiovascular disease. However, evidence for this eff ect in Asian populations is scarce. We aimed to investigate whether addition of an angiotensin receptor blocker, valsartan, to conventional cardiovascular treatment was eff ective in Japanese patients with cardiovascular disease