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Sep 28 2012
Can exercise be a treatment for depression?
Sep 21 2012
Detection of at-risk drinking – beliefs and attitudes of Australian GPs
This is a poster that will be presented at the UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine Annual Research Symposium on 21 September 2012.
The authors are:
- Dr Michael Tam (School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, and the New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry)
- Prof Nicholas Zwar (SPHCM, UNSW)
- Dr Roslyn Markham (NSWIOP)
Video recording of the presentation:
Both the poster and handout are in PDF format and hosted by Google Drive.
Aug 29 2012
Building e-learning modules with free Web 2.0 services
This short presentation will be given at the AMEE (Association for Medical Education in Europe) 2012 Conference in Lyon, France, on 29 August 2012.
The authors are:
- Dr Michael Tam (School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales)
- Dr Anne Eastwood (GP Synergy Ltd)
Video recording of the presentation:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8G7S2cdWts]
The abstract is in PDF format and is hosted on Google Drive.
Aug 13 2012
Monday’s medical myth: warts aren’t contagious
The following article was published on The Conversation.
Monday’s medical myth: warts aren’t contagious
By Michael Tam, University of New South Wales
As a general practitioner (GP), I see a lot of warts. They’re a common skin complaint that most people experience at least one in their lives. Common warts are small dome-shaped lumps on the surface of the skin, typically on the back of fingers, hands, toes, and the front of the knee.
Patients who come in with common warts have usually guessed the growths on their skin are “warts”. But I’m often asked whether they’re contagious and whether any of the old wives’ tales work as cures.
The classic myth that warts are caused by touching toads is, of course, untrue. There are many folk remedies for warts that range from the magical (blacksmith’s water – the water that hot iron has been plunged), to the bizarre (taking a dead cat to a graveyard at midnight), and the gruesome (dripping the blood from the head of a decapitated eel onto the skin).
Aug 03 2012
Does warming LAs reduce the pain of injection?
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Jun 08 2012
Antibiotic drops for conjunctivitis in children
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