In preparation for this conference,I enlisted cooperation from many officials of the Cuban embassy in Japan, especially Counselor Tania Dominguez, whom I appreciate and would like to thank from the bottom of my heart. Moreover, we will be holding the Health and Aging International Workshop on the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Cuba, although I am a president of the International Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy, I serve as the co-chair of IBRC 2009.

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The International Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy (IBRA) is a growing international body devoted to innovative rehabilitation medicine. The literary meaning of the word 'biophilia' is 'love' for 'life'. That is actually the essence of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation, in the past, was most often associated with neuro-musculo-skeletal recuperation after trauma or various somatic diseases. This meaning has considerably evolved in recent times. We now talk about organ, like the lung, or system, like the respiratory system, rehabilitation. Psychological and anti-stress rehabilitation has moved to the center stage of late, which, in particular, concerns counteracting of the aging process. Since the aging process is not a pathological condition, the latter area of rehabilitation is not related to a disease - quite a change from the original concepts of medical rehabilitation.

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On behalf of Cuban Pharmacology Society, it is a real pleasure for us to be a co sponsorship of IBRC 2009. This is the first time that our society will exchange about this subject, we expect the participation of our specialists in this meeting and the participants will know the development of Cuba in this topic.

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On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I am privileged to welcome you to the Seventh International Biophilia Rehabilitation Conference and to the City of Havana, Cuba. The International Biophilia based in Japan, the Cuban Society of Pharmacology and the Medical Research Center in Warsaw, Poland and on the context of the 80th Anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Japan and Cuba, are proud to be the hosts of this interesting scientific event.

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It is a great pleasure to extend this message of support to the 7th INTERNATIONAL BIOPHILIA REHABILITATION CONFERENCE (IBRC 2009) and Cuba JAPAN-CUBA HEALTH AND AGING INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

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I am very pleased to learn that "Japan-Cuba Health Aging International Workshop (Biophilia 2009)" and "7th International Biophilia Rehabilitation Conference(IBRC 2009)" are held in Havana in this memorable year of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Cuba.

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I congratulate all of you on your opening of Biophilia 2009 and IBRC 2009.

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The society of population pyramid inverted comes due to human beings' longevity by progress of science and technology. Japan had the highest rates of life expectancy in 2003, which is 81.8 years old in the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The elderly population as of October 1, 2007 is 27,440,000 people, which exceeding the 870,000 corresponding periods of last year (26,600,000: the previous year). An aging rate reaches to 21.5%, and both became the highest ever. Disabled elderly will increase this appearance of population.

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One of the most widely accepted theories proposed to explain ageing is the free radical theory, according to which oxygen-derived free radicals cause age-related impairment through oxidative damage to biomolecules, with mitochondria being the main target of free radical attack. Since oxygen radicals are needed for many metabolic and physiological processes, an equilibrium between radical production and their antioxidant-linked inactivation is required to preserve health.

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When we discuss advances in longevity research during lectures and seminars, the question of the deciding factor for longevity often comes up. Even without looking at examples of research in molecular biology research, it is obvious to most that genetics play a major factor in longevity. The longest-lived human recorded was a French woman named Jeanne Calment, who died at age 122. All her family was long-lived. The quest for the identification of longevity genes by studying centenarian families has been explored for a decade, but no bona-fide longevity gene was identified.

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Meditation is thought to have positive effects on psychosomatic health and thus is an attractive form of rehabilitative strategies. Dependency of such effects on the type of meditation is unclear. In this study we examined the effects of two fundamentally different meditative disciplines, Zazen whose practitioners calm the body and mind in the sitting lotus-like posture and Tai Chi which advocates soft, but energetic, marital art techniques. We compared the effects of both disciplines on emotional intelligence, mood, and coping with stress. We also asked a question of whether the decision to mediate might be underlain by a specific personality pattern. The study was one of questionnaire survey.

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Japanese Government declared the strategy to reduce medical fee and also bed-ridden patients in 2007. It was the Projects to target several definite diseases. So called 4 diseases and 5 enterprises. In 4 diseases, they consist of cancer, diabetes mellitus, acute myocardial infarction, and stroke.

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We have been dealing with a measuring device to improve. The points of the improvement are "extension of timing", "improvement of the measurement data display", and "adding a voice function to announce the number of the practice".

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The future research guide of Motivative Exercise is shown in the following researches.

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I would like to show the data from Japan about the mortality and morbidity related in anesthesiology.

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Insulin therapy, dietary management and physical activity constitute essential elements in blood glucose regulation for individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

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Nasal hypersecretion and cough characterize respiratory allergies, and precede infective airway inflammation. Cough exerts detrimental effects on psychosomatic health. Rehabilitative strategies in cough are ill-defined. Here, we examined the potential antitussive effects of a pharmacological mixture of the flavonoid rutin and vitamin C, both having antioxidant, antiinflammatory, and immune-enhancing properties.

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To present the latest scientific evidences in the field of pulmonary rehabilitation and the experiences in the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service at the reference National Center "Julio Diaz".

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Evaluation of effectiveness pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has not yet been presented in medical literature. The objective of the study is to analyze the influence of inspiratory muscle training on dyspnoea (BDI), quality of life, results of 6 MW test and maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) in pts. with IPF.

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The incidence of cancer in Developed Countries as well as in Cuba is high; and it will continue increasing due to the cumulative probability related to the increase in life expectancy. Improvements in early diagnosis and treatment have significantly increased survival rates in recent years. Nowadays, many cancers can be considered as chronic diseases as diabetes mellitus or arterial hypertension are because they are related to senescence processes, they have no spontaneous regression or cure, they have slow but continuous progress, the outcome depend on the rate of progression, they are compatible with good quality of life (QOL) for a time, they are depending on the continuous care and the medical intervention aiming is to slow the progression rate, to improve the QOL and to prevent complications.

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