Health Bulletin 25/May/2023

Here are the top health stories for the day:

SC relief to medical teachers, slaps Rs 25 lakh compensation on medical college for terminating their service

In a recent order, the Supreme Court has awarded altogether Rs 25 lakh compensation to three lecturers of KJ Somaiya Medical College of Maharashtra, who had been terminated from their services as they were held to be not qualified.

The employments of the said three lecturers were terminated with effect from 21st June 2004 on the ground that their employment was void ab initio as they were not qualified. Issuing an order dated April 17, 2007, a Bombay High Court bench confirmed their service noting that three lecturers were duly qualified in terms of the Regulations existing at the time of their appointment.

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SC Relief to Medical teachers, slaps Rs 25 lakh compensation on Medical College for terminating their service

Woman gets pregnant twice in 28 days delivers both babies on same day

30-year-old woman got pregnant twice in a time span of 28 days and delivered both babies on the same day. The woman initially believed the two were twins but later came to know that babies were conceived about a month apart due to superfetation, a phenomenon where a second pregnancy occurs shortly after the first one.

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DNB doctors to get refund of GST paid with course fees: Delhi HC order

The Delhi High Court bench has recently held that the GST collected from the candidates pursuing Diplomate National Board (DNB) against the course fee paid by them has to be refunded.

With this observation, the Delhi High Court division bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan has asked the National Board of Examinations (NBE) to file an affidavit and disclose the names of all the candidates from whom the course fee and the GST had been collected.

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DNB doctors to get refund of GST paid with course fees: Delhi HC order

Multivitamins may help slow memory loss in older adults, study shows

Few effective strategies have been shown in randomized clinical trials to improve memory or slow cognitive decline among older adults. Nutritional interventions may play an important role because the brain requires several nutrients for optimal health, and deficiencies in one or more of these nutrients may accelerate cognitive decline. The COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS), a large-scale nation-wide randomized trial directed by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), a founding member of Mass General Brigham, included two separate clinical trials (COSMOS-Web and COSMOS-Mind) testing multivitamin supplementation on changes in cognitive function. 

Reference:

Multivitamin supplementation improves memory in older adults: a randomized clinical trial. (2023). ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.05.011