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Report Highlights Importance Of GPs, Australian Medical Association
A new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare/University of Sydney report on General Practice highlights the critical role GPs play in keeping the Australian community healthy, AMA Federal President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today.

American Society Of Hematology Awards Grants To Encourage Novel Medical Training Programs
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) announces that Ellis J. Neufeld, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, Thomas Shea, MD, of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Alvin Schmaier, MD, of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, will each receive ASH"s Alternative Training Pathway Grant this July. The grant is awarded to selected training program directors to encourage the development and implementation of novel hematology-related training programs in recognition of the need for more clinicians and clinical/translational researchers in hematology-related disciplines.
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Inoperable Colon Cancer Responds To New Treatment
With an extensive, inoperable colon cancer and few options available, a Tennessee patient is seeing his cancer steadily regressing on a new outpatient treatment. Individuals from 26 U.S. states and four other countries have been among the first to use NeoPlas Innovation"s new protocol. The Tennessee patient"s early results mirror their successes in battling colon cancer and other very aggressive malignancies.
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Reluctancy In Canadian Men To Consult Mental Health Services

Between 20 and 70 percent of Canadians affected by mental illness shun medical treatment. Such avoidance of services provided by doctors and psychologists is particularly acute among men, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. In Canada, less than 10 percent of the population utilizes mental health services for problems ranging from depression to schizophrenia. But this number isn"t representative of the real number of people suffering from mental illness, according study author Aline Drapeau, a researcher at the Universitçİ de Montrçİal"s Department of Psychiatry and Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin of the Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital. According to data from the Statistics Canada Canadian Community Health Survey, women are 1.5 times more likely than men to turn to psychiatric services, twice as likely to consult a psychologist and 2.5 times more likely to turn to a general practitioner. While these numbers might suggest that more women suffer from mental illness, Drapeau disagrees. "In comparable circumstances, women consult more often than men," she says. The discrepancy, says Drapeau, shows how men and women do not perceive symptoms in the same way as programmed in their social anchorages. "Social anchorages is an enculturation mechanism by which a person learns his or her social roles," says Drapeau. "Men and women don"t always have the same cultural reference points because socially acceptable attitudes and behaviors can vary for both sexes." For instance, parental obligations aren"t perceived equally in the workplace. For women, it is perceived as positive to attend to maternal duties. For men, forgoing work to take care of the kids is perceived more negatively. The same parallels exist in mental health. "If mental disease is seen in a negative light in the workplace, a man will be more reluctant than a woman to use the services available to treat their disease," says Drapeau. Other factors, such as tight finances or even type of employment, can influence whether men use mental health services. But the root of the problem, Drapeau stresses, is that men have greater difficulty acknowledging and accepting their symptoms. Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins University of Montreal


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