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Newer oral contraceptives and the risk of venous thrombosis

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

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Summing it up – could it be rheumatoid arthritis?

This article was published in Australian Doctor in the “Grand Rounds” segment. Authors: Michael Tam and Joel Rhee This article is also available on the Australian Doctor website (registration required).

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Health Check: can you treat the common cold?

Health Check: can you treat the common cold? By Michael Tam With symptoms including a runny nose, sore throat, sneezing, cough, headaches and fever, the common cold can leave you feeling rotten for up to two weeks. As the name suggests, they’re annoyingly common, with the average adult likely to get two or three colds …

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Interview with NineMSN

I was interviewed today by Kimberly Gillan, a journalist and writer for NineMSN on a Health & Wellbeing article on alcohol drinking.  This was in response to the rather controversial claim by Dr Kari Poikolainen that drinking is only dangerous once you go above the equivalent of a bottle of wine a day.

Major inconsistency in AHPRA/National Boards guidelines on social media

AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) recently announced a number of revised guidelines/codes/policies for health practitioners, which came into effect on 17 March 2014. The new social media policy, and more specifically, how a part of Section 133 of the National Law (relating to the use of testimonials for advertising) has been interpreted in the Guidelines …

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Mediterranean diets in type 2 diabetes

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

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