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Puducherry: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) has released the counselling schedule for INI CET (MD/MS/MDS/INTEGRATED 6-YEAR MCH) July 2023 Session. Detailed schedule - Date Time Venue 24.06.2023 (Saturday), 26.06.2023 (Monday), 27.06.2023 (Tuesday) & 28.06.2023 (Wednesday) 9.00 AM – 10.00 AM Lecture Hall – 3, 3rd Floor, JIPMER Academic Centre (JAC), JIPMER. For candidates who choose Option 1 in the first counselling (accepted the seat): (Admission process will span over a minimum of two working days.) a. Tasks to be completed before reaching the admission venue: 1. Complete the Health-Care Professional ID Registration: NDHM / ABDM (Health-Care Professional ID Registration) is mandatory for all newly joined Junior Residents. Steps for registration in NDHM / ABDM (Health-Care Professional ID Registration: Step 1: Click the below mentioned link to Register 'Professional Healthcare ID' https:...

Maharashtra: Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has issued a notification about the Submission of Students' Photographs, Marathi Name and other details for the upcoming Additional (Mini) Convocation ceremony dated 13.7.2023. As per the notice, the online system to submit Student details (Passport-size Photograph, Marathi Name and other details) is made available on the University website. All are, therefore, requested to submit the above details on or before 29.6.2023 positively for the smooth functioning of Convocation-related activities. In case of unavailability of a Photograph of any student at college, colleges are requested to get it from the concerned student by email or any other electronic mode for uploading. Please follow the below-mentioned steps/guidelines for submission of student detail online - 1. Visit website www.muhs.edu.in 2. Click "Student Profile Management" -"Update Student Profile" 3. Enter Dean/Principal/College's...

New York:   Pfizer Inc. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LITFULO (ritlecitinib), a once-daily oral treatment, for individuals 12 years of age and older with severe alopecia areata. The approved recommended dose for LITFULO is 50 mg.  “While patients may start to develop symptoms of alopecia areata at any age, most people start showing signs in their teens, twenties, or thirties,” said Dr. Brittany Craiglow, Associate Professor Adjunct – Dermatology at Yale School of Medicine. “LITFULO is a particularly important treatment option for younger patients with substantial hair loss, who often struggle with such a visible disease.” LITFULO is a kinase inhibitor which inhibits Janus kinase 3 (JAK3) and the tyrosine kinase expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (TEC) family of kinases. “LITFULO is an important treatment advancement for alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that previously had no FDA-approved options for adolesce...

Pune: Many patients in India undergo liver transplant yearly, and approximately over thousands of people are added to the donor waitlist as per a recent survey. Almost all (95%) liver transplants are whole livers that are secured from deceased donors.  Partial transplants from living donors, on the other hand, are also on the rise. Jehangir Hospital, Pune is one of the hospitals that is currently approved for liver transplantation and has performed numerous successful operations. Also Read:Advanced technologies enhance safety, success of liver transplants at Jehangir Hospital A liver transplant at Jehangir Hospital is typically performed in four stages: pre-transplant evaluation, donor search, surgery, and lastly post-surgical care. 1.Pre-transplant evaluation: Prior to a liver transplant, patients undergo a comprehensive evaluation involving blood tests and imaging. It takes 3-7 days based on their condition. The evaluation assesses liver disease extent and other medical con...

Haryana: Department of Medical Education & Research (DMER Haryana) has released the procedure for admission to ANM, GNM & MPHW (M) courses in government and private institutes for the academic session 2023-24. In the Government Nursing/MPHW (M) Schools, all seats shall be assigned as State Quota Seats. It is further notified that in Private Nursing/MPHW (M) Schools covered under this notification, 50% of the seats will be assigned as State Quota seats and 50% of seats as Management Quota seats. The candidates applying under the PWD category shall have to get the disability certificate issued by the Medical Board from the Civil Hospitals/Government Medical College. Admissions to this category shall be made as per INC/State Government guidelines. Any vacant seats in this category shall be filled up as per State Reservation Policy. All State Quota seats in Government/Private Nursing/MPHW (M) Schools shall be filled up as per State Reservation Policy. Reservation for the EWS cat...

A team led by researchers at Harvard Medical School has developed a new tool that promises to improve the way pathologists see and evaluate a tumor by providing detailed clues about cancer. The tool, called Orion, combines histologic with molecular information and offers deeper insight into a tumor’s type, behavior, and likely response to treatment. Orion consists of a powerful digital imaging platform that integrates information gained through traditional histology with details revealed by molecular imaging on a tumor sample. The researchers used Orion on tumor samples from 74 patients with colorectal cancer organized into two groups. They found that the information provided by the tool allowed them to identify a biomarker of outcome or a specific combination of features that predicted which colorectal cancers were likely to progress and which were not. In the context of a tumor, a biomarker often factors in how many and what types of immune cells and other cells are present in di...

The newly authorized respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccinations should be given to persons aged 60 to 64 and 65 and older, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) vaccine advisory panel. Regarding usage in the two age categories, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practises (ACIP) had separate votes. A single dosage of the vaccine may be given to persons 65 and older with shared clinical decision-making, according to the first vote, which was approved 9 to 5. Using shared clinical decision making, they said that individual persons ages 60 to 64 may get a single dose of the RSV vaccination in the second ballot, which passed with 13 yes votes and 1 abstention. According to the CDC, 60,000 to 160,000 older persons are admitted to hospitals with RSV infections each year, and the virus is responsible for 6,000 to 10,000 fatalities. The elderly, those with ongoing heart and lung conditions, and those with compromised immune systems are at the largest...