This week's Funny Friday video featuring Jimmy Kimmel's crew giving people two identical cups of plain coffee and telling them one...

Saw this as part of an ad for some weight loss snakeoil. As mentioned, if you ever see this endorsement - run, don't walk, away from t...

The next in the never ending line of insane examples of entirely unnecessary junk food provision to children comes from a fellow health blog...

Yes, my kids like Rice Krispies, and yes, we even buy some from time to time. Pulling out the box yesterday morning I noticed that brand-s...

The Heart and Stroke Foundation's " visionary mission " is, " Healthy lives free of heart disease and stroke. Together we...

The incomparable Marion Nestle on Coca-Cola's purchase of Chicago's parks . The amazing and true story of an internet millionaire ...

I'm glad I didn't have a mouthful of coffee while watching this week's outstanding Funny Friday video. Hope my American reader...

So today  Royal Roads Public School in Ingersol, Ontario is selling their students $2 " candy bags " to support Hurricane Sandy...

Thanks to my friend Kev for forwarding to me this actual photo of his microwave that clearly identifies what the world must perceive "...

Just wanted to remind you of a quote from the Coca-Cola company advertisement that I found a few years ago in the Canadian Medical Associa...

My close friend Brad sent me a photo from his local Hamiltonian Santa Claus parade. It was of the happy gang of McDonald's mascots. ...

The inimitable Marion Nestle on why kids don't need kid foods . Skeptic North's irreverent Erik Davis on how he lost 40lbs "d...

They're genius, and having just come off a flight to and from Alberta where I watched the Amazing Spiderman I can tell you that this wee...

Friends in Edmonton recently published a paper on the tug of war between health concerns and sales concerns when it comes to community cent...

Picture's worth a thousand words, no? (or in this case perhaps a thousand calories) Photo above taken by me at Heathrow airport, but...

His name is Tony Nickonchuk and he's a pharmacist, a blogger , and an all around evidence-based good guy. He's also a certified di...

Sigh. I've written about Mr. Luciani's arguments before . To boil them down to their very essence, he believes that obesity can a...

Really looking forward to this one. Thanks to my friend, fancy law professor, and author of The Cure for Everything Tim Caulfield for invi...

Gawker covers the story of Spelman College - a College that's ditching competitive sports for elite athletes and focusing on fitness f...

This felt like a tough week. Consequently today's Funny Friday is of the quick no-need-to-think, cute cat variety (and there's a b...