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SUICIDES CLAIM MORE LIVES THAN MURDERS

Suicides claim more lives than murders, globally and in India

Latin America & Conflict Zones Are Exceptions

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Governments spend lots of money, energy and time in trying to minimise murders, but the truth is the number of people who die by suicide is several times the number of murder victims.

This is true both globally and in India, an analysis of data from 113 countries with populations of over 5 million each shows. Among the world’s regions, Latin Ame- rica is an exception to the rule with murder rates several multiples of suicide rates in many countries there. Within India too, the suicide rate is significantly higher than the murder rate in almost all states, Bihar being the sole exception among the larger ones.

Med students can change colleges in middle of session

Med students can change colleges in middle of session

Debashis.Konar@timesgroup.com

Kolkata : West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) has decided to allow transfer of students from one college to another. If there is a vacancy the students can opt for colleges of their choice in the middle of the session too.

WBUHS notified this week that the decision was taken in the interest of the students with MBBS, BDS, BSc (nursing), BPT, BMLT, BHA students and other paramedical graduate courses likely to gain from it, said an official.

The WBUHS notification issued on March 29 stated: “It is hereby informed to all the concerned students that ‘transfer from one college to another college’ within the state of West Bengal may be allowed. ” However, there is a precondition that the students after taking NOC from the college concerned where he/she is presently studying needs to get clearance from the college where he/she seeks admission. Moreover, the student will have to get clearance of the Director of Medical Education (DME). He/ She also needs to take prior permission of the council or board concerned and submit the necessary fees for transfer.

An education official whose son studies in a medical college on the outskirts said that instead of issuing such a notice the WBUHS should check the infrastructure and ensure that quality education is imparted so that students would not want to leave the colleges where they are studying.

“WBUHS must release the vacancy list online to maintain transparency so that students can understand where to apply, otherwise it will be a futile exercise,” the official said.

Jagannath Gupta, chairman, Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital, felt this will create unnecessary problems. “Students wanting NOC will face many hurdles and colleges won’t be eager to issue NOCs. Moreover, students from private medical colleges will always try to get admission into government colleges, so there should be proper guidelines for it. ”

The principal of a city medical college refused to comment, calling it a policy decision. Even DME Dr Debasish Bhattacharya refused to comment, calling it an internal matter.

PENSION PLAN OS SOME STTES WORRY BABUS

Pension plan of some states worry babus

New Delhi : Several top bureaucrats, during their interaction with PM Narendra Modi on Saturday, flagged their concerns over freebies announced by parties during assembly elections. Officials said the announcements made by state governments like Punjab, Delhi, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal are unsustainable, and some solutions need to be found. Several parties are offering free power, burdening the state exchequer, as such doles must be provided for in the Budget. It also limits their ability to allocate more funds for crucial social sectors like health and education.

Even BJP promised free LPG connections and other sops for voters in UP and Goa during the recent polls, reports Dipak Dash.

Central government officials are worried over the “unsustainable” impact of the shift to the old pension system in states like Chattisgarh and Rajasthan, although it was not specifically mentioned in the meeting.

HEALTH

Adding mushrooms to your diet is good for the gut health

Next time you order a pizza or whip up a creamy risotto, go ahead and load on the mushrooms. Adding more of the edible fungi into your diet may be one way to counteract the health risks associated with the Western-style diet (WSD), which often features an abundance of fatty foods and added sugars.

Fatty and sugary foods contribute to obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers and a host of other chronic health issues.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst investigated how modifiable factors such as diet and lifestyle and their metabolically related gene variants interact to influence the development of chronic diseases.

The team focused on identifying metabolic targets to prevent or treat obesity and insulin resistance.

“Intestinal dysfunction is thought to be one of the underlying mechanisms that contribute so significantly to the development of WSD-related diseases,” said nutritionist Zhenhua Liu, Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the varsity.

In a previous research, the team found that a rarely studied bacterium, Turicibacter, is almost completely depleted by high fat diet-induced obesity, but not genetic obesity.

But they found that sundried oyster mushrooms, found throughout most of the world, possess a unique dietary composition rich with multiple nutrients lacking in the Western- style diet, such as dietary

fibre and vitamin D.

“It’s a perfect supplement as a natural whole food to improve the quality of Western-style diets, with the added benefit of improving our overall gut health,” Liu said.

Liu’s study will examine the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which these mushrooms improve gut health.

Specifically, the team will examine the mushroom’s interaction with Turicibacter in Westernstyle diet-related intestinal dysfunction and the effect it may have on reshaping gut microbiome.

“We hope this study will provide the mechanistic understanding of the role of Turicibacter in dietary obesity and gut health,” said.

“It will also provide important insight into mushrooms as a whole-food approach to improve the quality of WSD and gut health. ”

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