tim caulfield

Health
What's Up With All The Sketchy Pseudoscience On Netflix?
"Down to Earth," hosted by Zac Efron, is just one new show on the platform to peddle pseudoscience about health.
Maggie Lange
7.30.20
Health
Wellness Trends Represent an Erosion of Critical Thinking
Tim Caulfield explores our attraction to detoxes and other alternative health practices in ‘A User’s Guide to Cheating Death.’
Shayla Love
10.1.18
Tech
Stem Cells are Dangerously Overhyped, Warn Researchers
Sometimes a story is too good to be true.
Kate Lunau
5.12.16

Tech
UPDATE: Parents Who Gave Natural Cures to Dying Toddler Found Guilty
Ezekiel later died of meningitis. A jury is deciding their fate.
Kate Lunau
4.25.16
News
Canadians Are Suing Because This Drug Didn't Cure Their Colds
Cold-FX, as it turns out, won't actually make your cold shorter or less terrible. So these people want a refund.
Tamara Khandaker
4.8.16
Food
Drinking Poison Control Medicine Is the Newest Bougie Health Fad
Juice companies and wellness blogs are suddenly lauding activated charcoal as a cure-all "detoxifier," but you may want to think twice before forking over $10 for "activated lemonade."
Hilary Pollack
3.6.15