Timothy Caulfield
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Timothy Caulfield is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, Professor at the Faculty of Law and School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Research Director of the Health Law and Science Policy Group and author of the book The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness.

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Don Cherry Should Stick to Hockey, Not Health

(40) Comments | Posted January 21, 2012 | 11:08 AM

Apparently, Don Cherry believes that when it comes to healthcare decisions we "shouldn't pay any attention to scientists or people like that." He is "not interested in scientists" and thinks that the evidence provided by clinical trials and independent biomedical researchers is "garbage."

This classic Cherry hyperbole...

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Want to Lose Weight? Stop Looking For the Fat Gene

(1) Comments | Posted January 3, 2012 | 9:47 AM

January is the start of the self-improvement season: a time to push the reset button and embrace healthy habits. In fact, it turns out that weight loss is the number one New Year's resolution.

Almost 60 per cent of us can be categorized as

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Stem Cell Research Won't Lead to Cloned Monsters. Seriously.

(3) Comments | Posted December 13, 2011 | 3:02 PM

Time magazine recently declared a cloning technique used for stem cell research to be the number one medical breakthrough of 2011. The research was done in New York. And that's a good thing. If it were done in Canada, the researchers would be criminals. They could even be...

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Food Labels Don't Discourage Fat People

(2) Comments | Posted December 7, 2011 | 10:47 AM

Canadians are among the most overweight in the world. I was going to say "fat," but that term seems unnecessarily mean-spirited and stigmatizing, especially when you consider that children are a significant part of the overweight demographic.

Delicacy aside, fat we are.

A study released last week from...

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Do Stem Cells Really Offer a Miracle Cure?

(4) Comments | Posted November 24, 2011 | 12:09 PM

Quarterback Peyton Manning has used it. So has New York Yankee pitcher Bartolo Colon. Ditto Texas Governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry. You can get it to combat wrinkles and reverse the aging process. You can even get it to improve your sex life.

What is this miracle cure,...

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