Michael Slezak

Journalist, blogger and philosophy teacher.

Some recent work


»» Features or reviews ««

The Facebook treatment for MS, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March, 2011

More than one shade of darkness, [jpg scanSydney Morning Herald, 26 August, 2010

Blue genes, Australian Doctor, 16 June, 2010

When science took a long, light look at itselfSydney Morning Herald, 29 October, 2009

[PDF] Theatre Review: ‘Avenue Q’The South Sydney Herald, September, 2009

The Vice Chancellor Wants to be My Facebook FriendNew Matilda, 11 August, 2009


»» News ««

A third of antidepressant users have no mental disorderPsychiatry Update, 3 March 2011
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Antidepressants harmful in aged care: studyPsychiatry Update, 31 March 2011
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Mental health screenings needed in police stations, Psychiatry Update, 4 November 2010
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Better data collection needed to stop poor colonoscopies, Gastroenterology Update, 26 October 2010

Who should be doing surveillance colonoscopies?, Gastroenterology Update, 25 October 2010

Buried antidepressant data prompts calls for regulationPsychiatry Update, 14 October 2010
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RANZCP resignations spark investigation, Psychiatry Update, 23 September 2010
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Hypochondria burden on general practice, Australian Doctor, 4 May 2010
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Botox serves an ace for tennis elbow, Australian Doctor, 28 April 2010
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Researcher closes in on freezing conundrum, ABC Science Online, 8 April, 2010
(Also on Discovery News.)

Fighting an earworm makes it worse: studyABC Science Online, 18 December, 2009

Study finds secret to retirees’ happinessABC Science Online, 18 November, 2009

Physicists detect ‘magnetricity’ABC Science Online, 22 October, 2009

Forget foreplay, size does matter: studyABC Science Online, 14 September, 2009
(Also on ABC News Online.)

Doubt cast on cannabis, schizophrenia linkABC Science Online, 1 September, 2009
(Also on ABC News Online and CBC News Online.)

[PDF] Diacetylmorphine improves outcome in refractory opioid addictionPsychiatry Update, 27 August, 2009

Bendy, stretchy iPods on the cardsSBS World News Online, 25 August, 2009

Anti-psychosis drugs ‘may fight cancer’SBS World News Online, 24 August, 2009


»» Analysis or opinion ««

BMJ punks journalists for a christmas laugh, On Line Opinion, 5 January, 2010

Blair fails Philosophy of Science 101, Pure Poison, 4 January, 2010

#Nuttsack sparks debate about science and societyCrikey, 13 November, 2009

The science of Chinese whispers gone wrongCrikey, 5 November, 2009

Is quantum mechanics messing with your memory? The Guardian Online, 27 August, 2009
(Republished on various websites including 3quarksdaily.)


»» Selections from Good, Bad, and Bogus ««

Doctors arguing badly: the ethics of placebos, 26 October 2010

Another day, another drug company cover-up, 15 October 2010

The problem with drug trials, 22 August 2010

Why you REALLY can’t trust small studies: the small-study effect, 20 July 2010


»» Media mentions ««

I predict no riot, by Rima Sabina Aouf, Concrete Playground, 10 May, 2010

Serious business of being happy, by Claire Harvey, The Daily Telegraph, 1 March, 2009


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