Health Bulletin 7/December/2022

Here are the top health stories for the day:

NEET SS counselling 2022: MCC notifies on registration, fees, counselling process

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the details regarding the registration, application process, and counselling procedure for all the candidates seeking admission to NEET SS courses this year.

The candidates are advised to take note the following details and FAQs while applying for the NEET SS counselling 2022.

For more details, check out the link given below:

NEET SS Counselling 2022: MCC Notifies On Registration, Fees, Counselling Process, Check Out Details, FAQs

Resident doctor commits suicide at BJ hostel in Ahmedabad

In an unfortunate incident, a third-year MD (medicine) resident doctor of BJ Medical College (BJMC) in Ahmedabad allegedly died by suicide in his hostel room after injecting a poisonous substance. This is the fourth case of doctor suicide reported from the BJMC Ahmedabad in 2022.

The doctor has been identified as a 26-year-old, third-year MD (Medicine) student from Noblenagar. After completing his MBBS from another medical college in Ahmedabad city, he took medical admission for MD (Medicine) course at BJ Medical College on the Civil Hospital campus in Asarwa.

For more details, check out the link given below:

4th Case Of Doctor Suicide Reported From BJMC Ahmedabad In 2022, This Time A 3rd Year MD Medicine

Disciplinary action will be taken for conversion therapy of LGBTQIA+ community: Medical Council tells Doctors

Complying with the directions issued by the Madras High Court and the National Medical Commission (NMC), the State Medical Council of Tamil Nadu has informed all the registered medical practitioners in the State that disciplinary action will be taken against doctors for taking part in "Conversion Therapy" of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual plus (LGBTQIA+) community.

For more details, check out the link given below:

Disciplinary Action Will Be Taken For Conversion Therapy Of LGBTQIA+ Community: Medical Council Tells Doctors

Aging in eye can predict kidney failure risk, finds study

There is a pressing need to identify early predictive biomarkers of kidney failure, given its associated substantial morbidity and mortality. Ageing biomarkers have been associated with kidney failure but their clinical application has been challenging. In this study recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD), retinal age gap (retina-predicted age minus chronological age), a clinically validated and artificial intelligence-powered ageing biomarker based on retinal imaging, was associated with the future risk of kidney failure among UK residents. This non-invasive and ageing biomarker may hold promise to assist in the identification of people at elevated risk for kidney failure.

Reference:

Zhang Sh el at, Association of Retinal Age Gap and Risk of Kidney Failure: A UK Biobank Study, (2022/Dec 5), American Journal of Kidney Diseases, DOI

10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.09.018