Dr. Gifford Jones

Which do you prefer, heart attack or diabetes?

Is it getting easier for patients to make the right health decision…

A pool table or a natural remedy for sleep and snoring?

How much Tiger is in your tank as you start the day?…

Was I wrong about losing weight?

Was my suggestion several years ago of ways to fight the obesity…

Aspirin decreases the risk of several common cancers

Is there anything more to be said about the multiple benefits of…

What did you learn last year?

How much did you learn from this column last year? It’s always…

The hazards of the closed car

What’s the best way this holiday season to expose your child to…

  • Jan 4, 2012

The many different faces of infection

For centuries infection has been a major killer. Then several years ago…

A quiz: what’s the latest low carb product?

How many readers can answer this question? What kills more North Americans…

“Gifford-Jones, they don’t want to hear that!”

Several years ago a friend asked if I’d talk to a women’s…

One of the best prescriptions is laughter

A Russian youth, a member of the Siberian Ski patrol, arrived home…

A natural remedy for ‘cheat-eating days’

How often do you feel guilty about cheating, not during a card…

What you don’t know about magnesium

“Doctor, am I taking enough or too much calcium?”It’s a question I’m…

Niagara’s grassroots approach targets childhood obesity

What will it take to eliminate the current obesity epidemic in children?…

Who says that heroin is an illegal painkiller?

The Globe and Mail was wrong in a recent column about the…

Fighting obesity

What’s the best way to fight the battle of the bulge? It’s…

How NEO40 fights multiple health problems

Feeling tired? Falling asleep in the afternoon? Losing your keys or interest…

The best time to have an operation

A report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says it’s much safer…

Think twice about hernia surgery

A reader asks, “Is it necessary to get a hernia repaired quickly?”The…

Billie Jean says so. Really?

Sir William Osler, former professor of medicine at McGill and John Hopkins…

There’s more to Boston than baked beans

This fall the mention of Boston brings the Stanley Cup to mind.…