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Beyond Crime and Punishment
We have a problem, you know, and it’s only getting worse. It doesn’t strike us equally – it’s a problem that mostly affects young men, minorities, and people without high school diplomas. It’s worse...
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The Public Health Problem of Anti-LGBT Bullying
Bullying of LGBT teens is a serious public health problem. To address it, we must start with legislation to overhaul school environments. Only fourteen states specifically protect LGBT students from...
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How Discrimination Links Lives Together
Recently, I wrote a piece for The Atlantic on how racism is bad for the body. For the bulk of the essay, I discuss how racism harms a single person’s health directly – and I link public health research...
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Selling Science: Marketing Public Health Messages
Think about the most recent message you heard on TV. If you’re like me and watch a lot of sports it probably had something to do with going “All in for Week 1.” Alternatively, maybe you’re thinking...
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Patient Zero: The origins of disease
Better Know An Epidemiologist/History of Epidemiology is an ongoing feature where we highlight important studies that have been significant breakthroughs in public health. All of the articles are...
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What Is the Health Impact of Fracking?
Does fracking impact health? It’s a question that some want to answer before projects begin. After all, we know pipelines have caused massive damage before. Since 1993, there have been 5,613...
View ArticlePublic-Private Partnerships: A contentious issue that demands discussion
An issue that keeps coming up at conferences I’ve been at lately has been the role of industry in public health. It’s an interesting question, as funding for prevention requires a level of political...
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The Gun Violence Epidemic
Violence breaks down communities. But, often, these communities are already broken down by poverty, joblessness, and inequality. When violence breaks out, people – and businesses – don’t want to move...
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How the War on Drugs Punishes Those Who Suffer
The disparity in available pain medicine between rich and poor countries is the most pronounced health inequity in the world, says Amir Attaran, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Law,...
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APHA Get Ready Day: How preparation can save lives (including your own)
Today, the APHA is encouraging you to be prepared with their annual Get Ready Day! Across the country, people will be preparing for disasters, and encouraging people to consider how they are ready for...
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The Food Stamp Vaccine
What if there were a vaccine against the harmful effects of hunger? According to researchers at Children’s HealthWatch, there is. But these vaccines aren’t shots or sprays. They’re food stamps. Unlike...
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Book Review: Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened...
Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites | Click image to go to CSTE website Anyone who follows my writing knows...
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On Men’s Health and Moustaches
In Canada, the top three causes of death for men are cancer (31.1%), heart disease (21.6%) and unintentional injuries (5.0%). The top two are the same for women, although with slightly different...
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The worst thing you can eat is sugar.
Removing sugar from the food industry could reverse the obesity epidemic A couple days ago, a group of leading medical and nutrition experts released a call for a 20-30% reduction in sugar added to...
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Where I politely explain to a politician that they’re wrong
Last week, I was forwarded an opinion piece written by the Honorable Leo Glavine for the King’s County News. Now, if there’s one thing that I hate, it’s when people who are in positions of power,...
View ArticleMy doctor is out to get me!
So maddening I must tweet again: Nearly half of Americans subscribe to a medical conspiracy theory http://t.co/drVFCA2cj7 Grrrrr… — Timothy Caulfield (@CaulfieldTim) March 22, 2014 An article from JAMA...
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Cell-to-cell spread of HIV and its possible implications for antiretroviral...
Today’s post features a conversation with an inspiring person about HIV transmission, health inequality in sub-Saharan Africa, and future directions for HIV control. Dr Boghuma Kabisen Titanji is a...
View ArticleThinspo, eating disorders and the seedy underbelly of The Internet
Trigger warning: I’m going to avoid triggering language as much as possible, but I will be discussing eating disorders and body image in this post. ==== We’ve all seen those photos. The inspirational...
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Going to #CPHA2014
The 2014 CPHA conference will be held in Toronto, ON | Picture courtesy WikimediaCommons Next week, I (Atif) will be heading to the Canadian Public Health Association Conference, where I’ll be...
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“Oh no! What happened?”“W220.2XD: Walked into lamppost, subsequent encounter.”
Last week, I ran across this very entertaining piece over in Healthcare Dive about the new ICD-10 codes. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is an incredibly useful tool in public health...
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