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Consultant Psychiatrist - 🇵🇰 🇬🇧
MSc Medical Education - Bristol UK.
Interested in raising awareness of mental illness, fighting stigma & medical education.
United Kingdom linktr.ee/dr_raja Joined May 2013
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Global Burden of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, 1990 to 2023, With Forecasts to 2050

This 2023 analysis found that anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa contribute substantially to global nonfatal health loss.

These findings support the integration of eating disorders into mental health surveillance, prevention, and service planning worldwide.

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Police are searching for a man who gained access to hospital wards and patients' files for several weeks while pretending to be a medical student, after he failed to appear for sentencing.

The 22-year-old accessed the hospital while wearing medical scrubs, NHS branded clothing, a stethoscope and a pager.

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www.bbc.co.uk Man who posed as medical student at hospital fails to appear for sentencing Stephen Simpson was due to be sentenced after admitting carrying out the fraud at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
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New blood tests designed to check for multiple cancers in one go will be offered to NHS patients in some 200 GP surgeries in England as part of a trial.

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www.bbc.co.uk 'Multi-cancer' blood tests coming to some GP surgeries The aim is to detect hard-to-diagnose abdominal cancers, including liver, ovarian and pancreatic cancer, much sooner.