Timothy Caulfield
@CaulfieldTim
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Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and TV host. #GoScience #ScienceUpFirst Linktree: https://t.co/84fx65j5Gw
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Joined November 2011
We are in the middle of a knowledge production crisis! Science, opinion, & “goodness” are weaponized for profit, politics, & personal gain. In my new book, I lift the curtain on the forces contributing to this chaos & look for a path forward. ORDER:
penguinrandomhouse.ca
In a world where there is so much conflicting information about how we are supposed to live, what can we really know?
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Another day, another step toward making U.S. full dictatorship. Way to go, SCOTUS. https://t.co/880JJe6cGa
washingtonpost.com
A ruling in favor of Trump’s position has been expected by legal experts because the justices have been chipping away at a precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor.
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My take on detoxes...👇 Sum: BUNK-O-RAMA!!! ‘Major red flag for pseudoscience bunks’: Tim Caulfield warns of detox fads https://t.co/LkdEYXBaVv via @ctvedmonton
ctvnews.ca
As we head toward the new year, you may have the urge to rid bad habits. There are some online encouraging a detox for food, for metal and even for vaccines. Author and professor of health law and...
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Dear Celeb Universe, You can't "clean" your blood to make yourself younger. Seriously. No, no, no. Sigh. At 66, Simon Cowell Says He’s 'Ageing Backwards' After Trying This Controversial Blood Treatment
menshealth.com
The music mogul claims a blood-filtering procedure, plus diet and lifestyle changes, has lowered his biological age
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AI is perpetuating unrealistic body ideals, objectification and a lack of diversity — especially for athletes https://t.co/JPdbeSz4qS via @ConversationCA by @sabi_catz et al. "AI learns body ideals from the same biased society that has long fuelled body image pressure." "...a
theconversation.com
AI-generated images reinforce narrow, unrealistic and exclusionary body ideals, which are harmful to our body image.
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Lowest Suicide Rate Is in December but Some in Media Still Promote Holiday-Suicide Myth https://t.co/uu0Tx09yi1 via @AnnenbergPenn "...media outlets that spread the false myth that suicides increase during the holidays."
annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org
Despite December's historically low suicide rates, some news accounts incorrectly link the holidays to increases in suicides, APPC data find.
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This is what antivaxxers and so-called 'truth tellers' want to reverse.
Science and medicine doubled life expectancy over the last century.
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Sum: Yikes! 😬 AI chatbots can sway voters with remarkable ease — is it time to worry? https://t.co/0jCynmoaU8 From study: "...highlight the potential for AI to influence voters and the important role it might play in future elections" (by @DG_Rand @GordPennycook et al. 🙏)
nature.com
Nature - Experiments involving real-world voters show how talking to a chatbot can shape people’s political opinions.
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President of the American College of Physicians and liaison to the HHS Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices, Dr. Jason Goldman: "I have spent two days dealing with Sec. Kennedy's vaccine committee. They are destroying our public health infrastructure.
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The antivaxx cult rolls on... RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots https://t.co/9diKPzJpyR via @statnews "...the arguments about US vaccination strategies overlook vast bodies of data that show shots are safe and effective..."
statnews.com
RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots.
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Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades https://t.co/7YBOJeJlMG "Immunizations 'remain the best buy in global health.'" "If funding cuts persist ... 12 million more children under 5 could die by 2045." Thx, MAGA.
washingtonpost.com
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
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Strong Links? Community-minded Canadians more satisfied with life, more trusting of institutions and others https://t.co/TGIQSxZn3w via @angusreidorg "The highly involved in Canada and the U.S. are much more likely to express confidence in key public institutions and leaders –
angusreid.org
Three-in-five say Canada’s current divisions can be overcome; more connected are most likely to agree December 4, 2025 – New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute in partnership with Cardus...
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AI + wellness BS + supplements = UGH! Reminder: - Sale of supplements = RED FLAG for BUNK! 🚩 - Sale of supplements = RED FLAG for BUNK! 🚩 - Sale of supplements = RED FLAG for BUNK! 🚩 AI Deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation
theguardian.com
Hundreds of videos on TikTok and elsewhere impersonate experts to sell supplements with unproven effects
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New study explains why people fall for fake news https://t.co/LXND7QGA40 "...fake news scratches an emotional itch. And in anxious, unstable times, that emotional itch is more powerful than truth" Study: "individuals are highly sensitive to tone & emotional appeal when deciding
phys.org
In a world where misinformation spreads faster than fact, a new study is offering insight into why so many people fall for fake news, even when they suspect it's false.
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Ostrich deepfakes and online threats forced agency to lock social media https://t.co/ZmVBoUVicM by @FawcettAtkinson Me: "...without a social media presence that presents facts and justification, spin and misinformation can shape public discourse."
nationalobserver.com
The onslaught came immediately after a federal court judge ruled in May the agency could cull a herd of ostriches in Edgewood, BC, to control an avian flu outbreak. That court ruling fueled a...
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Word DETOX one of clearest RED FLAGS for bunk!🚩 Detoxifying supplements, IV therapy, saunas, etc, all BUNK! But a Social Media Detox? Ok! https://t.co/Gotq1KdJgm "...reducing social media use for 1 week may improve mental health outcomes..." Soon: on @ctvedmonton!
jamanetwork.com
This cohort study evaluates the outcomes of a 1-week social media detox intervention on behavior and mental health symptoms.
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The congresswoman is mistaken. Fake MAHA ideologies to benefit a corrupt wellness industry for financial gain. This week’s action to withhold hepatitis B vaccine, our safest lowest cost American made vaccine will condemn a generation of kids to chronic hepatitis, liver cancer
ACIP’s vote to END the CDC’s recommendation of Hep B shots for all babies at birth is absolutely the right decision. But we still need to take away all vaccine requirements for children to attend school and other activities. Parents need the right to decline vaccines if they
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Crumbling health systems fuelling global surge in measles, scientists warn https://t.co/M2vrmf7B5v "The decline in vaccination rates has been blamed on growing levels of misinformation..." "#Misinformation is just being spewed from the highest political echelons of the U.S."
independent.co.uk
Experts say that a ‘generational decline in living standards’ could be behind waning rates of vaccination
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Does Creationism Have a Place in Classrooms? https://t.co/OyeYtz3ur8 via @McGillOSS Nope. Nope. Nope. "To quote Carl Sagan, science is a candle in the dark. We must not snuff it out."
mcgill.ca
A new poll shows that nearly half of all Canadians believe that creationism—the idea that living things on this planet were created by supernatural forces—should be taught in schools. More troubling,
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Science hype + celeb noise = confused messaging. #Kardashian’s brain scan shows ‘low activity’ and holes. I’m a brain expert and I have questions https://t.co/5Jd3lFizQv Reality: "...there is no scientific evidence to link these changes in blood flow to stress or functional
theconversation.com
Here’s what these brain ‘holes’ and the scans that found them really mean.
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HPV vaccine safe and reduces risk of cervical cancer, anti-misinformation review finds https://t.co/HvikdstIq4 "The phenomenon of misinformation is worldwide, and vaccine scares in other countries have had a massive impact on vaccination rates..."
bmj.com
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination reduces the incidence of cervical cancer by 80% in people vaccinated at or before the age of 16, according to two Cochrane reviews.12 The comprehensive system...
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