Health Bulletin 20/ June/ 2024 - Video
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Overview
Here are the top health stories for the day:
Chennai doctor scammed Rs 15 lakh in FedEx fraud
A city doctor was allegedly duped of Rs 15 lakh by cyber frauds who posed as FedEx officials. The accused, a 23-year-old man from Rajasthan has been apprehended following a detailed probe by the East Zone Cyber Crime police.
The victim received a call from an individual claiming to be from FedEx's Mumbai office in mid-March. The caller informed the doctor that a parcel allegedly sent to Taiwan in his name contained illegal substances and he would have to face an investigation for the same, reports DT Next. The doctor was then connected to another individual who posed as a Mumbai police officer and threatened him with immediate arrest.
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Online trading scam: Delhi CMO loses Rs 2 Lakh
The Chief medical officer (CMO) of Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital fell prey to a share market investment scam, losing Rs 2 lakh to three cyber-criminals. Delhi Police officials announced the arrest of the cyber-criminals from Haryana on Tuesday.
Police identified them as Yajuvender Singh (38) of Gurugram and Hisar residents Gaurav Jain (36) and Amit Garg (38).
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NMC's new norms: Avoid antibiotics before diagnostic tests to curb anti-microbial resistance
In its recently released National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR) Module for Prescribers 2024, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has advised doctors to treat patients with antibiotics in the presence of diagnostic reports and cases of severity. "The decision to treat with antibiotics should be made by the presence of severity and laboratory report of sputum and culture examination," the Commission stated in the module, adding that the empiric antibiotic therapy must be limited to seriously ill patients.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that NMC released the Module for Medical students, Doctors (Residents. Faculty, Medical officers etc.) and allied health professionals (Nurses, Pharmacist, Technicians and other allied health professionals) and administrators, while considering the emerging threats of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which is now one of the top global public health threats facing humanity.
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New study finds connection between weakening sense of smell and heart failure risk
In a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers from Michigan State University found that a declining sense of smell may predict the risk of developing heart failure.
Heart failure, a condition affecting around 64 million people globally, occurs when the heart cannot pump sufficient blood throughout the body. It can result from various diseases that weaken the heart muscle, such as coronary heart disease, and from unhealthy lifestyle factors like smoking and heavy alcohol consumption.
Reference: Keran W. Chamberlin, Yaqun Yuan, Chenxi Li, Zhehui Luo, Mathew Reeves, Anna Kucharska‐Newton, Jayant M. Pinto, Jiantao Ma, Eleanor M. Simonsick and Honglei Chen; Olfactory Impairment and the Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older Adults; Journal of the American Heart Association. 2024;13:e033320; https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.033320
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Anshika Mishra is a dedicated scholar pursuing a Masters in Biotechnology, driven by a profound passion for exploring the intersection of science and healthcare. Having embarked on this academic journey with a passion to make meaningful contributions to the medical field, Anshika joined Medical Dialogues in 2023 to further delve into the realms of healthcare journalism.