Adverse or fluctuating weather conditions can negatively affect health, causing symptoms known as weather-related pain. Although pharmacological treatments, including painkillers, are commonly used, they frequently provide only symptomatic relief and may cause side effects. Therefore, interest in non-pharmacological and dietary interventions is increasing. While inner ear sensitivity to barometric pressure fluctuations—activat...

Charrs ( Salvelinus ) reach their southernmost distribution in Japan, and are uniquely adapted to the short, steep streams of this island archipelago. Southern Asian Dolly Varden ( Salvelinus curilus ) occur only in Hokkaido Island, whereas white-spotted charr ( Salvelinus leucomaenis ) range to southern Honshu. Both species diverged from an ancestral lineage during the late Pliocene/early Pleistocene, when lowered sea levels...