Aug 21 2013
The following article was published in The Conversation.
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”, as well as other colourful names that are too indecent to publish.
Jul 12 2013
This article was published in Medical Observer.
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Jul 06 2013
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.
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Jul 05 2013
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 have originated, and to debunk it with evidence.
Jun 24 2013
vitualis’ Medical Rants – Collections 2003-2013 is a collection of articles, essays, letters and comments that I have written over the last 10 years.
The book is divided into 10 parts – each section having a different flavour and style of writing. The historical context of my experiences links the separate sections together.
This book is available as a free PDF eBook, published and available through Lulu.
A hardcover with dust-jacket edition is also available.
May 24 2013
This article was published in Medical Observer.
The article is also available on the Medical Observer website (may need registration).