NISTEP Honors Hisayama-machi Research
The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) has selected a Kyushu University Medical School project of conducting epidemiological surveys into 50 years of medical diagnosis in Hisayama-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture, for the NISTEP Researchers Award for 2011. Research has been conducted in that municipality since 1961 to elucidate the factors for stroke. Hisayama-machi was selected because it approximates the national average for age and occupational breakdown. The research found a relationship between high blood pressure and stroke and identified ways to prevent them.