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EMDR as treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder

This article was published in the March 2019 issue of Medical Observer under the title “Eyeing the past to end trauma”, and online under the title “Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for PTSD”. (PDF)

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Oral cimetidine as the treatment of common warts

This article was published in the December 2018 / January 2019 issue of Medical Observer under the title “What works for warts?” (PDF)

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How doctors conceptualise P values: A mixed methods study

This paper on our study of how doctors (mis)conceptualised p-values was published in the October 2018 issue Australian Journal of General Practice. (PDF) Tam CWM, Khan A, Knight A, Rhee J, McLean K, Price K. How doctors conceptualise P values: a mixed methods study. Australian Journal of General Practice 2018 09/26;47:705-10.

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Mental health: no longer a lonely journey

I was interviewed by the RACGP Foundation for this article (link). Abstract There is no doubt that in the past, the perception of mental health in Australia has not been positive. For too long, Australians have often approached their mental health as something that could fix itself, or perhaps was not a problem at all. …

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We asked five experts: do I have to drink eight glasses of water per day?

The article was original published in The Conversation.  Authors: Hansen A, Dwyer K, Ho V, Tam CWM, Bartlett B, Mündel T. We asked five experts: do I have to drink eight glasses of water per day? Eight seems like a lot… from www.shutterstock.com Alexandra Hansen, The Conversation Everyone knows humans need water and we can’t survive without …

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What are school sores and how do you get rid of them?

What are school sores and how do you get rid of them? The usual culprit is the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, better known as “golden staph”. Shutterstock Michael Tam, University of Sydney Impetigo, or “school sores”, is a contagious infection of the very top layer of skin. It’s most common in children aged two to six, …

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