Japan PM Abe arrives in Beijing for APEC Japan PM Abe arrives in Beijing for APEC A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) honour guard welcomes Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie (R) on their arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing on Nov 9 Nike Vapormax Flyknit Off White , 2014. TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday arrived in Beijing, where he is expected to hold his first summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping after presiding over two years of animosity between Asia's biggest economies.
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Abe heads to Beijing for APEC after Japan and China reached an accord on Friday to tone down tensions over territorial and historical disputes that had fuelled concerns of outright conflict.
Tokyo has long been pressing for a meeting.
Ahead of Abe's departure, the Japanese and Chinese foreign ministers held their first formal talks in more than two years on Saturday on the sidelines of APEC. The talks between Wang Yi and Fumio Kishida were the first at such a level since September 2012.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The combined physiotherapy and occupational therapy that are thought to be helpful in improving quality of life for patients with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease may not be as effective as the original thought.
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The University of Birmingham team behind the research said that it displays a need for the reallocation of resource towards more effective treatments for patients.
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, affecting approximately 7 million people across the globe and four percent of those aged over 80.
The disease causes problems with activities of daily living that are only partially treated by medication and occasionally surgery. Current national guidelines said that patients should have access to physiotherapy and occupational therapy later in the disease.
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Half of the patients were randomized to standard practice physiotherapy and occupational therapy and the other half received no therapy.
Compared to the control group Nike Vapormax Flyknit Black , the therapy intervention failed to meaningfully influence the activities of daily living or quality of-life measures.
The researchers concluded that it is possible that mild to moderate disease may not respond to therapies, whereas more severe disease may respond, "although this remains to be established."
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By Oliver Trust
BERLIN, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Germany's next 2018 World Cup qualifier against San Marino this Friday evening might not be an important game for coach Joachim Loew and many of his players as the 2014 World Champion is the big favorite against the minnow.
In the case of Ilkay Guendogan (Manchester City) though, things are different. The 26-year-old midfielder, who was transferred to the Premier League club for 27 million euro, is the man to watch at present in the German squad.
The player with Turkish roots is set to replace Sami Khedira (Juventus) alongside Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) in Germany' s midfield engine room.
German football fans are rubbing their eyes in disbelief when watching a man that seems to be revealing previously unknown talents.
Since leaving Borussia Dortmund last summer for Pep Guardiola's "Citizens", he seems to have gone through a metamorphosis.
The man until now seldom smiled after having to overcome serious injuries and always had to fight for his place in Dortmund's midfield. He seems to be in a good mood every tim.