The following is a comment to an opinion piece, “Tarring complementary medicine is anti-choice” written by Kerryn Phelps in Medical Observer. My comments were published online on 21 March 2012. I concur with some of the statements in the comments and feel I must support my colleagues who are members of the Friends of Science in …
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Mar 15 2012
Comment: Homoeopathy, ethics and controversy
Comment to the article “Homeopathy isn’t unethical, it’s just controversial” by Jon Wardle, published in The Conversation. To be frank, it is really quite simple. Homoeopathy isn’t “controversial”. It does not work. There is no good empiric evidence that it does, plenty of empiric evidence that it doesn’t, and entirely lacks scientific plausibility. There is a …
Mar 12 2012
Monday’s medical myth: take an aspirin a day after you turn 50
The following article was published on The Conversation. Monday’s medical myth: take an aspirin a day after you turn 50 By Michael Tam, University of New South Wales Aspirin is a historical marvel. It’s been manufactured for more than a century and is still in widespread use. No other medication can claim as many different …
Feb 06 2012
Monday’s medical myth: mixing drinks causes hangovers
The following article was published on The Conversation. Monday’s medical myth: mixing drinks causes hangovers By Michael Tam, University of New South Wales As a general practitioner, I hear a lot of colourful advice from my patients about what they believe constitutes “safe” drinking and how to avoid a nasty hangover. Some of the more pithy sayings …
Dec 09 2011
How can we treat hangovers?
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Mar 23 2012
Comment: EBM vs CAM
Comment to the article, “Evidence-based medicine v alternative therapies: moving beyond virulence” by Kerreen Reiger, published in The Conversation: Health claims are empiric claims. They can be tested using empiric methods. Scientific frameworks allow use to gauge the reliability of evidence. For example, the narrative claim from an individual that they were helped by chiropractic is …
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