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2014-10-24

Boon, Heather, Caulfield, Timothy, Bubela, Tania

Background This study systematically compares newspaper coverage of clinical trials for herbal remedies, a popular type of complementary and alternative medicine, with clinical trials for pharmaceuticals using a comparative content analysis. This is a timely inquiry given the recognized...

2014-11-14

Koper, Megan, Boon, Heather, Bubela, Tania, Caulfield, Timothy

Due to the growing industry support of biomedical research, studies are increasingly scrutinized because of conflicts of interest of investigators and concerns about inaccurate reporting of study results by the popular media. The Association of American Medical Colleges has defined conflict of...

2014-11-12

Bubela, Tania, Caulfield, Timothy, Koper, Megan, Boon, Heather

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) encompasses a wide variety of treatments, such as herbal remedies, not currently thought to be part of mainstream medicine. Our study focuses on herbal remedies, as their use is significant and increasing. We ask whether media coverage of conflicts of...

2014

Ollenberger, Adam, Ogbogu, Ubaka, Borry, Pascal, Bergmann, Manuela, Caulfield, Timothy, Nobile, Helene, Toews, Maeghan

Background. Biobanks are an important research resource that provides researchers with biological samples, tools and data, but have also been associated with a range of ethical, legal and policy issues and concerns. Although there have been studies examining the views of different stakeholders,...

2014-10-24

Miller, Fiona A., Hogarth, Stuart, Evans, Jim, McCabe, Christopher, Pullman, Daryl, Joly, Yann, Szego, Michael J., Bubela, Tania, Fishman, Jennifer, Sankar, Pamela, Cook-Deegan, Robert, Biesecker, Barbara, Ravitsky, Vardit, Borry, Pascal, K. Cho, Mildred, Ungar, Wendy, J., Ossorio, Pilar, Kato, Kazuto, Wilson, Brenda, McGuire, Amy, Soo-Jin Lee, Sandra, Caulfield, Timothy, Rothenberg, Karen, Rousseau, Francois, Etchegary, Holly, Carroll, June C.

The cost of whole genome sequencing is dropping rapidly. There has been a great deal of enthusiasm about the potential for this technological advance to transform clinical care. Given the interest and significant investment in genomics, this seems an ideal time to consider what the evidence tells...

2017-10-27

Boon, Heather

Dr. Heather Boon, Professor and Dean, Leslie Dean Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto speaks to the process of regulation of traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture in Ontario and the unexpected consequences of regulation on some members of the practitioner community. Dr. Boon...

2006

Caulfield, Timothy, Bubela, Tania, Boon, Heather

Complementary and Alternative Medicines [CAM] are interventions that are not widely taught in medical schools and are not part of the usual arsenal of treatments and medications recommended and prescribed by physicians and available in hospitals. CAM is big business ($30 billion in the US) with...