Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and commentator. #ScienceUpFirst
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Timothy Caulfield
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Why is there a supplement craze if they don’t even work? www.npr.org/2026/06/05/n... @planetmoney.bsky.social
Little evidence effective. Possibly harmful.
Disagree with Marion Nestle. Supplement industry exploitive & normalizes health misinformation.
Placebo effects can't justify this BS.
Timothy Caulfield
⚠️ Another problem with AI: makes us worse at spotting bunk!
The consequences of relying on AI for accurate news news.mit.edu/2026/consequ...
"...participants who relied on AI systems to verify facts actually got worse at detecting misinformation on their own when their chatbots were taken away."
How much has the far right capture wellness woo grifters?
This much...👇
Paltrow Just Goopified Drone Warfare
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... @hurwitz.bsky.social
So now making death machines for profit is just humans being, um, "complicated"? Death robots so "mystical".
Sum: Paltrow is evil.
Increasingly, the "raw milk" trend is about politics & personal identity.
This science-free & demonstrably harmful trend is (yet another) example of the power of influencers & distrust mongers (government "overreach"!) to do harm.
Ugh.
www.propublica.org/article/mark... @anniewaldman.bsky.social
One reason the $70 billion supplement industry is set to double in the next seven years? Lax regulation.On today's show, we tell the story of a century-long battle between the U.S. government and … yo...
Is the #peptide craze backed by science? [Spoiler: NOPE] www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Evidence it works in people (i.e., not mice) "is lacking."
“...completely unregulated industry”
“I’m very concerned about this whole trend. The more people use them irresponsibly, the more issues I predict.”
🚨 Whether you are an elitist music nerd or an aggrieved Alberta separatist, assume you are being manipulated.
Is fake content winning?
My new piece: A PR Hoax Created the Year’s Hottest Rock Band. Imagine What It Can Do in Politics thewalrus.ca/a-pr-hoax-cr... via @thewalrus.ca
At 92, she’s as fit as someone half her age wapo.st/4alUS3c by @gretchenxreynolds.bsky.social
Love this. Ain't no magic. Exercise! #Move! 💪
Sum: Less sickness. Less Death.👇 #VaccinesWork
"...influenza vaccination was associated with decreased likelihood of laboratory-confirmed influenza and influenza-associated deaths..."
"40% lower odds"
Influenza Vaccine and Associated Infection & Death jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Raw milk a good idea❓ NO‼️
MY TAKE: U of A research pushes back against unpasteurized milk advocates www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
The math is pretty simple here:
ZERO evidence of health benefits ➕ LOTS of evidence of harm 🟰 BAD IDEA!
This case-control study evaluates the association between current season influenza vaccination and laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infection and, among persons with laboratory-confirmed influenza...
Tim Caulfield, research director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta, discusses an online push for the sale of raw milk to be legalized in Alberta.
Research from the MIT Media Lab found that, over the course of a month, participants who relied on AI systems to verify facts actually got worse at detecting misinformation on their own when their cha...
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
