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Quotation in “Does a diet full of vitamin C really prevent you from catching a cold?”

Dr Michael Tam was interviewed and quoted by Stuart Marsh, a health journalist publishing an article in ninemsn Coach. (PDF)

Patients’ acceptance of SNAP assessment: An exploration

This paper looking at the variation in patient acceptance of SNAP risk factor enquiry by GPs was published in Australian Family Physician (PDF) Tam CWM, Zwar N, Hespe C. Patients’ acceptance of SNAP assessment: An exploration. Australian family physician 2016 5/01;45:340-1. Full results from extended analysis here: https://vitualis.com/?page_id=1148

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Ethical considerations in recruiting primary care patients to research studies

This paper on the ethics of recruiting primary care patients into research was published in Australian Family Physician. (PDF) Barton C, Tam CWM, Abbott P, Liaw S. Ethical considerations in recruiting primary care patients to research studies. Australian family physician 2016;45:144-8.

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Aspirin as DVT prophylaxis for high risk long-haul travellers

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

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Quotation in “Supplement vitamin D rather than test”

I was quoted in an article in MJA InSight, written by Cate Swannell, about my comments on a new short report published in the MJA (Vitamin D testing: new targeted guidelines stem the overtesting tide). Dr Michael Tam, a staff specialist in general practice and a conjoint senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales, told MJA …

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Busted myths: what spiders, chewing gum and haemorrhoids have in common

Busted myths: what spiders, chewing gum and haemorrhoids have in common Maggie Hardy, The University of Queensland; Michael Tam, UNSW Australia, and Vincent Ho, Western Sydney University As children, we believed our friends and parents when they told us disturbing tales of watermelon seeds growing in our stomachs and changes in the wind freezing our …

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