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Family Doctors: An Endangered Breed
"As more medical students shun primary care for higher-paid specialties, experts warn of a severe imbalance that could cripple the nation"s health care system," CNN Money reports. Luis Manriquez, a first-year student at the University of Washington School of Medicine wants to become a family doctor, an increasingly rare ambition. He will "probably make one-fourth the salary of a specialist while trying to pay down $140,000 on average in medical school debt." Manriquez says that "primary care physicians are considered to not do as much as specialists. ņ€¦ People have told me that generalists are less respected as doctors."
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The four-type (6,11,16,18) human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil®, has been chosen by the Norwegian authorities for the national vaccination programme after the assessment of a variety of criteria, including efficacy in the prevention of cervical cancer, safety and evidence of long-lasting protection. All available data was considered, including new data presented during the 25th International Papillomavirus Conference (IPC) in May in Malmē¶, Sweden.
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Prostate Cancer Gene 3 (PCA3): Development And Internal Validation Of A Novel Biopsy Nomogram
UroToday.com - In this paper, we investigated 809 prostate cancer patients subjected to >10 cores at initial or repeat prostate biopsy from two prospective, multi-center studies from Europe and North America It has been demonstrated that the urinary marker Prostate CAncer gene 3 (PCA3) represents a novel prostate cancer (PCa) detection marker capable of increasing accuracy of multivariable biopsy nomograms.[1] The paper reports the first PCA3-based nomograms which accurately identify individuals at risk of harboring PCa (AUC=0.73). If a PCA3 score in combination with established risk factors is available, this novel tool assists clinicians in deciding whether further prostatic evaluation is necessary.
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Alastair Campbell Gets Majority Vote! Mind Champion Of The Year 2009

Alastair Campbell has won Mind"s Champion of the Year Award for his significant contribution to raising awareness of mental health. He beat fellow nominee and chat show host Paul O"Grady, among other mental health campaigners, to the prestigious award announced yesterday evening. Winning 52% of the vote, Alastair has clearly won public confidence and support for speaking openly and candidly about his experience of mental health. His nomination for the award recognised his tireless campaigning to improve attitudes towards mental health. In the last year, as well as fronting the current major anti-stigma campaign Time to Change, Alastair produced a BBC2 documentary "Cracking Up" exploring his own experiences of a psychotic breakdown, and his book "All in the Mind", the semi-autobiographical story of a troubled psychotherapist. Mind Champion 2009 Alastair Campbell said "Change is happening, and I really feel we are close to the tipping point in terms of people"s greater understanding and society"s greater openness about mental illness. I am pleased and proud that people think I have played a part in that. This award recognises that I have used my voice, and taken it to the public platform that I can, to raise awareness of the fantastic work that charities like Mind carry out." Paul Farmer, Mind"s Chief Executive said: "I am very happy that we did not need to select the winner for this award and that it was down to a public vote! This year"s shortlist was of an exceedingly high level and saw a very eclectic mix vie for the accolade. Alastair has offered tremendous support through his public discussion of his experiences of mental distress. He has done so much for the mental health movement and this award expresses the appreciation of the public for his hard work." The other people on the shortlist were Anne Savage, who fought and won a historic legal battle for the rights of mental inpatients, MP Lynne Jones, co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health, and the Hearing Voices Network"s Chair Jacqui Dillon. Paul O"Grady, better known for his alter ego Lily Savage, was also nominated for dedicating an entire series of his talk show to mental health, and speaking out about his experience of depression. The award was given alongside the highly contended Book of the Year, which was given to Sathnam Sangera for his memoirs "The Boy with the Topknot". Journalist of the Year was won by Eleanor Harding from local newspaper Wandsworth Guardian, beating writers for national newspapers The Observer and The Daily Mail to the title. Nottingham University"s student newspaper "Impact" saw its journalist, Nicola Byrom, named Student Journalist of the Year. The Mind Awards are part of the annual Mind week, this year focusing on men and mental health. Mind"s new report Get it off your chest aims to get men to recognise the importance of talking about their problems and calls for a strategy on men"s mental health, to match the existing women"s mental health strategy. MIND


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