Some recent work
»» Features or reviews ««
The Facebook treatment for MS, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March, 2011
More than one shade of darkness, [jpg scan] Sydney Morning Herald, 26 August, 2010
Blue genes, Australian Doctor, 16 June, 2010
When science took a long, light look at itself, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 October, 2009
[PDF] Theatre Review: ‘Avenue Q’, The South Sydney Herald, September, 2009
The Vice Chancellor Wants to be My Facebook Friend, New Matilda, 11 August, 2009
»» News ««
A third of antidepressant users have no mental disorder, Psychiatry Update, 3 March 2011
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Antidepressants harmful in aged care: study, Psychiatry 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 regulation, Psychiatry 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: study, ABC Science Online, 18 December, 2009
Study finds secret to retirees’ happiness, ABC Science Online, 18 November, 2009
Physicists detect ‘magnetricity’, ABC Science Online, 22 October, 2009
Forget foreplay, size does matter: study, ABC Science Online, 14 September, 2009
(Also on ABC News Online.)
Doubt cast on cannabis, schizophrenia link, ABC Science Online, 1 September, 2009
(Also on ABC News Online and CBC News Online.)
[PDF] Diacetylmorphine improves outcome in refractory opioid addiction, Psychiatry Update, 27 August, 2009
Bendy, stretchy iPods on the cards, SBS 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 society, Crikey, 13 November, 2009
The science of Chinese whispers gone wrong, Crikey, 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
