Health Bulletin 10/December/2022

Here are the top health news for the day:

KIMS doctors remove 12 Kg polycystic liver from 50-year-old woman

A liver weighing 12 kg is too preposterous a thought and hard to believe even by the best of medical brains. And if the patient is a woman with polycystic liver and kidney disease, then saving her life will present itself as a major challenge for surgeons.

A miracle, by way of simultaneous liver and kidney transplantations, was performed by a team of reputed surgeons, including three liver transplant surgeons and a kidney transplant surgeon, in the first week of November at KIMS Hospitals in Hyderabad.

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KIMS Doctors Remove 12 Kg Polycystic Liver From 50-Year-Old Woman

Treat patients first before initiating hospital admission process: Mamata Banerjee

Eighteen new AIIMS reeling under severe faculty shortage- up to 78 percent posts vacant, reveals Health Ministry data

The recent data by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has revealed that the eighteen new AIIMS are struggling with severe shortage of faculty with an aggregate of around 44 percent posts of faculties are lying vacant in these institutes.

In the newly constituted All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), altogether 4,026 posts have been sanctioned, whereas only 2,259 posts of faculties have been filled in these institutes.

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Eighteen New AIIMS Reeling Under Severe Faculty Shortage- Up To 78 Percent Posts Vacant, Reveals Health Ministry Data

Eating ultra-processed foods like hot dogs and cereal bars may increase your risk of dementia, study finds

Researchers found in this study that included 10,775 adults from an ethnically diverse sample that a higher percentage of daily energy consumption of ultraprocessed foods was associated with cognitive decline. These findings support current public health recommendations on limiting ultraprocessed food consumption because of their potential harm to cognitive function.

Reference:

Natalia Gomes Goncalves, Association between consumption of ultraprocessed foods, cognitive decline, JAMA Neurology, doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.4397