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Is folate effective for methotrexate side effects?

This article was published in Medical Observer. The article is also available on the Medical Observer website (may need registration).

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Australian general practitioner perceptions of the detection and screening of at-risk drinking, and the role of the AUDIT-C: a qualitative study

This article was preliminarily published in BMC Family Practice on 20 August 2013.  The final web and PDF versions were published on 3 September 2013. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-121 BMC Family Practice is an open access publisher and the full online and PDF versions are available from the above link.  You can contact the corresponding author, C W Michael …

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What is stomach flu?

The following article was published in The Conversation. Explainer: what is stomach flu? By Michael Tam Nausea, vomiting, tummy pain and cramps, watery diarrhoea … We’ve all had acute gastroenteritis at some stage. As a general practitioner, my patients usually refer to their condition in more colloquial terms – “gastro”, “the runs”, “the trots”, “stomach flu”, …

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Does zinc reduce the symptoms of the common cold?

This article was published in Medical Observer. The article is also available on the Medical Observer website (may need registration).

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Detection of at-risk drinking – beliefs and attitudes of Australian GPs

Tam M, Zwar N, Markham R. Detection of at-risk drinking – beliefs and attitudes of Australian GPs. Presented at: Primary Health Care Research Conference; 2013 July 10; Sydney, Australia. Download abstract (PDF): click here Download poster (PDF): click here

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99 & Counting: Medical Myths Debunked

My articles published in the Monday Medical Myth series on The Conversation were included in a paperback and e-book publication, “99 & Counting: Medical Myths Debunked”, edited by Helen Sykes & Fron Jackson-Webb. This series of articles was brainchild of Fron, who engaged with field experts to write on a commonly believed myth, explain where it might …

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