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Here are the top health stories for the day:Doctors urge Health Minister to expedite delayed NEET PG 2025 counsellingAmid the growing frustration among the aspirants regarding the lack of clarity on the National Eligibility-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2025 Counselling schedule, the doctors have requested the Union Health Ministry's intervention to expedite the admission process.Writing to the Minister, the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) has highlighted how the systemic delay in commencing the admission process undermines both the medical education and healthcare delivery across the nation.For more details, check out the full story on the link mentioned below:Expedite NEET PG 2025 counselling! Doctors demand Health Minister's intervention5 arrested in crackdown on illegal sex determination racket in MysuruAn illegal sex determination and female foeticide racket has been busted in Mysuru district, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the health department officials, along with the police, raided a farmhouse in Hunaganahalli village, where the illegal activities were being carried out.The gang operated in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s Varuna constituency in Mysuru district.According to health department officials, they received a tip-off about the sex determination tests and foeticide. They raided a farmhouse in the village of Hunaganahalli on Bannur Highway in Varuna and nabbed the culprits on Wednesday evening, news agency PTI reported.For more details, check out the full story on the link mentioned below:Illegal sex determination racket busted in Mysuru, 5 arrestedDermatologists urge Maharashtra Medical Council to act against unqualified aesthetic practitionersExpressing concern over the increasing number of dermatological and aesthetic procedures being conducted by unqualified and unregistered individuals across Maharashtra, the doctors recently sought the Maharashtra Medical Council's intervention into the matter.Recently, highlighting the issue, a delegation led by the Vidarbha Dermatological Society (VDS) president, Dr. Asra Khumushi met with Dr. Vinky Rughwani, the administrator of the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC), and submitted a memorandum.For more details, check out the full story on the link mentioned below:Dermatologists urge Maha Medical Council to crackdown on unqualified practitioners performing aesthetic proceduresIndia launches global study to explore diabetes' impact on brain healthAn international collaboration has been launched to explore how diabetes impacts brain health and contributes to cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease—marking the first major initiative of its kind in India. The Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), Chennai, has partnered with the Centre for Brain Research (CBR) at IISc, Bengaluru, and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) for this multidisciplinary study. Researchers will integrate clinical, imaging, genomic, and proteomic data to identify pathways connecting diabetes with cognitive impairment and early brain ageing, the New Indian Express reported.Dr. V Mohan, Chairman of MDRF, highlighted that dementia appears to occur earlier and progress more rapidly in individuals with diabetes, who are twice as likely as non-diabetics to develop the condition. The study aims to find new biochemical markers, detectable 10–20 years before overt symptoms, and to determine if diabetes control can slow brain changes. The collaboration will leverage global expertise, with CBR’s focus on neurodegeneration and UK DRI’s leadership in dementia research, to drive early detection, prevention, and new therapies for those at risk of diabetes-related cognitive decline.
