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Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says
WAPO ^ | Dec. 19, 2014 | Terrence McCoy

Posted on 12/19/2014 10:46:13 AM PST by PROCON

It’s not hard to understand what makes Dr. Oz so popular. Called “America’s doctor,” syndicated talk-show host Mehmet Oz speaks in a way anyone can understand. Medicine may be complex. But with Dr. Oz, clad in scrubs and crooning to millions of viewers about “miracles” and “revolutionary” breakthroughs, it’s often not. He somehow makes it fun. And people can’t get enough.

“I haven’t seen a doctor in eight years,” the New Yorker quoted one viewer telling Oz. “I’m scared. You’re the only one I trust.”

But is that trust misplaced? Or has Oz, who often peddles miracle cures for weight loss and other maladies, mortgaged medical veracity for entertainment value?

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: charlatans; droz; junkscience
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To: PROCON

I recommend this guy.

21 posted on 12/19/2014 11:34:32 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: paterfamilias

When I last saw my cardiologist, he wanted to know if I was going to ask him about something I saw on Dr. Oz too. Seems his last 3 patients before me told him about some advice on heart issues from Dr. Oz that was contrary to my cardiologist’s advice. My poor doctor was exasperated by this TV shill and even more so that his patients were listening to Oz instead of him.

IMHO, my doctor knows me far better than Dr. Oz or any other TV charlatan. He has my family health history, my personal health history and is aware of my current health condition. So why shouldn’t I listen to the doctor who knows me instead of some guy on TV who doesn’t?


22 posted on 12/19/2014 11:35:51 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Din Maker
Absolutely...He's the afternoon version of the late night show which is simply....advertising, advertising, advertising...

And his...."I have nothing to do with those products". Well, that's Old Medicine Man speak.

23 posted on 12/19/2014 11:39:28 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: PROCON
The guy lost any credibility he may have had when put that charlatan Theresa Caputo "The Long Island Medium" on his show.

Too bad James Randi wasn't in the audience to expose that fraud.

24 posted on 12/19/2014 11:40:42 AM PST by Jed Eckert (Wolverines!!)
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To: PROCON

He’s a Sufi Muslim from Turkey.

That’s all I need to know to know he is a con man.


25 posted on 12/19/2014 11:43:41 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
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To: fatnotlazy
Seems his last 3 patients before me told him about some advice on heart issues from Dr. Oz that was contrary to my cardiologist’s advice.

Having worked in the medical field I know that each patient is different.As a result I don't mention ads for medications during a doctor's visit.Dr Oz is,in fact,a chest surgeon at an outstanding hospital so he would have at least *some* credibility...if not a good deal of credibility...on issues regarding the cardiovascular system.However,most "civilians" don't understand that a particular treatment or medication might be perfect for *some* people but not for *them*.That's perhaps the main reason why physicians are exasperated by patients who demand that new drug advertised in Ladies' Home Journal.

26 posted on 12/19/2014 11:47:16 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Jimmy Carter;No Longer The Worst President In My Lifetime)
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To: PROCON

Muslim con artist. Suckering the gullible- it’s an Islamic commandment.


27 posted on 12/19/2014 11:55:22 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam- it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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To: PROCON

Only half? This charlatan needs his license pulled.The man is an insufferable snake oil salesman.


28 posted on 12/19/2014 12:00:52 PM PST by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: Din Maker
To answer your question: Yes, "ain't" is a contraction. Of what????? Maybe this will help.

ain't (Pronounced /e?nt/)

Contracton for: am not, is not, are not, have not, or has not: I ain't seen it

ORIGIN: 1706. originally a contraction of "am not" (amn't) and in proper use with that sense until it began to be used as a generic contraction for are not, is not, etc., in early 19c. Cockney dialect of London; popularized by representations of this in Dickens, etc., which led to the word being banished from correct English.


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Pretty sure ain't is a contraction for ain not.


29 posted on 12/19/2014 12:13:07 PM PST by 867V309 (Boehner is the new Pelosi)
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To: lucky american

Now Dr Who I would trust 100% of the time to be correct. If he, Matt Smith, would only make house calls.


30 posted on 12/19/2014 12:16:16 PM PST by heylady
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To: PROCON

The only thing I ever learned from watching Dr Oz is that if I move, breath or eat I increase my risk of death.


31 posted on 12/19/2014 12:16:50 PM PST by autumnraine
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To: Gay State Conservative

Dr Oz only visits his old hospital once a week. The chief of surgery there has stated he would not recommend having Oz operate on you. Why? Because Dr Oz only works once per week. You must keep your skills up and stay abreast of changing techniques, the guy said.

Dr Oz is indeed a highly intelligent, type A overachiever. He’s also heavily influenced by his new agey wife. Most of all, Oz is in love with celebrity, and himself as a sort of messiah.


32 posted on 12/19/2014 1:27:59 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Gay State Conservative
My doctors are traditionalists in that they tend to prescribe drugs and therapies that have been proven over a long period of time rather than new medicines and treatments which haven't yet been proven.

When Januvia cane on the market for diabetes, I had more than a few well meaning friends and relatives urging me to press the doctor for a prescription. My doctor said it was too new and he would prefer to wait to see how it worked in the general population. Well, it seems that there have been some complications and for a time, Januvia was pulled off the market. Januvia is back with a spate of warnings and there have been some lawsuits over the drug.

What I take now has its own possible side effects as do all drugs, but so far, nothing I can't handle. If a medication or treatment works, why mess with it because of some new heavily advertised treatment or whatever Dr. Oz is peddling?

33 posted on 12/19/2014 1:29:21 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: 867V309

Pretty sure ain’t is a contraction for ain not.

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LOL.... Thanks. I needed a little chuckle this morning. And, hell, who knows; you might be right.


34 posted on 12/20/2014 5:10:51 AM PST by Din Maker (Is anyone considering Gov. Susana Martinez of NM as the possible GOP nominee in 2016?)
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