Health Bulletin 27/December/2022

Here are the top health stories for the day:

DIY air filter can effectively filter out viruses, air pollutants: Study 

A team of researchers from Brown University's School of Public Health, Brown's School of Engineering and Silent Spring Institute found that simple air filtration devices called Corsi-Rosenthal boxes are effective at reducing indoor air pollutants.

Reference: 

Dodson, R. E. el at, Using Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission Also Reduce Indoor Air Concentrations of PFAS and Phthalates?, Environmental Science & Technology, DOI 10.1021/acs.est.2c05169.

Govt mandated training of MD emergency medicine medicos at corporate hospitals sparks debate

Tamil Nadu is recently experiencing the war between Private and Government medical Institutes after the State Health Department decided to send all the MD Emergency Medicine Postgraduate students for training in Corporate Hospitals.

Strongly opposing the move, already the Service Doctors and Post Graduates Association (SDPGA) and Tamil Nadu Government Doctors' Association (TNGDA) have pointed out that the corporate hospitals lack the adequate infrastructure including the availability of experienced faculties, which is available in the Government institutes.

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Govt Mandated Training Of MD Emergency Medicine Medicos At Corporate Hospitals Sparks Debate

Lady Hardinge Medical College assesses MBBS aspirant's disability as 100 percent, HC seeks response from centre, NMC

The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre and the National Medical Commission (NMC) on a medical aspirant's plea challenging the disability certificate issued by Lady Hardinge Medical College which assessed his disability at 100 percent.

According to the petitioner, he has 60 per cent locomotor disability and the assessment of his disability to the extent of 100 percent is untenable "especially when the disability board has itself observed that the petitioner is not using any assistive devices".

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Lady Hardinge Medical College Assesses MBBS Aspirant's Disability As 100 Percent, HC Seeks Response From Centre, NMC

Some guts are better than others at harvesting energy

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that a portion of the Danish population has a composition of gut microbes that, on average, extracts more energy from food than do the microbes in the guts of their fellow Danes. The research is a step towards understanding why some people gain more weight than others, even when they eat the same.

Unfair as it, some of us seem to put on weight just by looking at a plate of Christmas cookies, while others can munch away with abandon and not gain a gram. Part of the explanation could be related to the composition of our gut microbes. This, according to new research conducted at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports.

Reference:

Boekhorst, J. el at, Stool energy density is positively correlated to intestinal transit time and related to microbial enterotypes, Microbiome, DOI:10.1186/s40168-022-01418-5.