Relax: A User's Guide to Life in the Age of Anxiety

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'Masterfully, and humorously . provides much needed sanity in a world of claims run amok . I devoured it' - Daniel Levitin, author of The Organized Mind

Is breakfast the most important meal of the day Do I really have to floss Are office meetings actually worth the time they take up Am I spending enough time with my children Should I worry about binge-watching TV What time should I go to bed

We make, and worry about, a thousand big and little decisions during our waking hours. Too often these decisions are dictated by concerns or beliefs about our world that simply aren't true.

With precision and wit, award-winning public health expert Timothy Caulfield analyses the innumerable cultural, social and psychological forces that shape these misperceptions. Caulfield provides a scientifically informed way out of this mess - Relax will do exactly what the title suggests and help put your mind at ease.

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TIMOTHY CAULFIELD is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, and Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta. His interdisciplinary research on topics like stem cells, genetics, research ethics, the public representations of science, and health policy issues has allowed him to publish over 350 academic articles. He has won numerous academic and writing awards and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Trudeau Foundation, and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.