Health Bulletin 7/June/2023

Here are the top health stories for the day:

Scientists may have found exactly how LSD treats depression

AIIMS likely to conduct NEXT 2023: NMC awaits Health Ministry nod

The much speculated National Exit Test (NExT) is likely to be conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi this year and the National Medical Commission (NMC) has sought approval from the Union Health Ministry in this regard.

Confirming this, a senior official in the medical education division of the Union Health Ministry told The Print, “The NMC has written to us asking for allowing AIIMS to organise this year’s NEXT and a decision will soon be taken after weighing the options.” As per government estimates shared with the Daily, around 75,000 students are expected to appear for NEXT this year.

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AIIMS likely to Conduct NEXT 2023: NMC Awaits Health Ministry Nod

Alleged harassment from doctor, work pressure: MD Paediatrics student commits suicide, probe on

In a tragic incident, a post-graduate MD Paediatrics student allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a quarry pit filled with water near Kendatti, off Bengaluru-Chennai national highway, near Kolar. It is suspected that she took this extreme step after being harassed by a senior doctor at her college and also from depression.

According to the police, the brother of the deceased alleged that his sister was harassed by a doctor at the college and she had informed him and their parents about the incident. Moreover, she was facing extreme work pressure at her college and the college authorities refused to give her rest in her shifts. 

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Alleged harassment from doctor, work pressure: MD Paediatrics student commits suicide, probe 

Woman sat on toilet and her knee bone shattered. A shocking diagnosis followed

A woman from England shared a shocking diagnosis she went through after a fracture in her knee while siting on the toilet seat at her home. The girl had been experiencing knee pain for seven years, as per the New York Post report.

Study says AI better at predicting cancer risk

In a large study of thousands of mammograms, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms outperformed the standard clinical risk model for predicting the five-year risk for breast cancer. The results of the study were published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Reference:

 Vignesh A. Arasu , Laurel A. Habel, Ninah S. Achacoso, Diana S. M. Buist, Jason B. Cord, Laura J. Esserman, Nola M. Hylton, M. Maria Glymour, John Kornak, Lawrence H. Kushi, Donald A. Lewis, Vincent X. Liu, Caitlin M. Lydon, Diana L. Miglioretti, Daniel A. Navarro, Albert Pu, Li Shen, Weiva Sieh, Hyo-Chun Yoon, Catherine Lee,Comparison of Mammography AI Algorithms with a Clinical Risk Model for 5-year Breast Cancer Risk Prediction: An Observational Study, RSNA Radiology