Review

• Alocasia odora poisoning due to calcium oxalate needle crystals in Japan
  Youichi Yanagawa, Hiroki Nagasawa
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 126–130

Original Articles

• Perspectives of persons in charge regarding support for the health and daily lives of female technical intern trainees who migrate to Japan: a qualitative study
  Aya Shinohara, Noriko Kuwano, Yoshimitsu Shinagawa, Ryoko Kawasaki, Mayumi Ohnishi
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 131–140
• Service provision conditions for foreign residents in municipalities in Japan
  Mayumi Ohnishi, Megumi Kisu, Mika Nishihara, Yasuhide Nakamura, Rieko Nakao, Satoko Kosaka, Ryoko Kawasaki
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 141–149
• Stretching exercises for growing children: evaluation of obesity, flexibility, pain and injury of musculoskeletal organs before and one year later
  Maiko Ohtaka, Masayo Saito, Yukiko Ito
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 150–157
• Consideration points in the decision making in chronic respiratory diseases
  Wakae Maeda, KM Saif-Ur-Rahman, Tsukasa Muraya, Yoshihisa Hirakawa
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 158–165
• Labor shortage of physicians in rural areas and surgical specialties caused by Work Style Reform Policies of the Japanese government: a quantitative simulation analysis
  Yoshiki Numata, Masatoshi Matsumoto
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 166–173
• Gait analysis using three-dimensional motion and ground reaction force systems in patients with hemiplegia treated with botulinum toxin type A in ankle plantar flexors
  Masato Murakami, Tsuneo Okada
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 174–180
• Histological differences in cartilage layer growth at various tendon and ligament insertions in rabbits
  Hirotaka Mutsuzaki, Hiromi Nakajima
  Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 181–185
• Association between sTREM2, an immune biomarker of microglial activation, and frontal lobe function in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study
  Ryuzo Orihashi, Yoshiomi Imamura, Yoshito Mizoguchi
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 186–191

Field Report

• Effect of reduced daily magnesium oxide doses on laxative effect: a single-center retrospective study
  Norio Watanabe, Akira Itano, Motozumi Ando, Masami Kawahara
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 192–195

Case Reports

• Spontaneous migration of a dedicated plastic stent after endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy in a patient with surgically altered anatomy: a case report
  Kei Yane, Takayuki Imagawa, Masahiro Yoshida
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 196–198
• Acute pancreatitis complicated with diabetic ketoacidosis following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination: a case report
  Yusuke Watanabe, Eisei Akaike, Yuki Tokunaga, Kozue Murayama, Mari Segawa
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 199–203

Conference Report

• The Congress of the International Association of Rural Medicine (IARM 2023)
  J Rural Med. 2024 Jul; 19(3): 204–214