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Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says
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| Dec. 19, 2014
| Terrence McCoy
Posted on 12/19/2014 10:46:13 AM PST by PROCON
Its not hard to understand what makes Dr. Oz so popular. Called Americas 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, its often not. He somehow makes it fun. And people cant get enough.
I havent seen a doctor in eight years, the New Yorker quoted one viewer telling Oz. Im scared. Youre 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?
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: charlatans; droz; junkscience
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Lies!...Lies, I tell you!What next? Are they going to tell me that Oprah is a phony too? </uncontrolled sobbing>
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posted on
12/19/2014 10:46:13 AM PST
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
Sheesh, one look at him and you know something ain’t right.
BTW, is ain’t a contraction? If so, of what?
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posted on
12/19/2014 10:50:40 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
To: PROCON
He’s the usual agenda driven Oprah spinoff. You can plate a turd up with good looking garnish but it doesn’t change the smell.
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posted on
12/19/2014 10:51:16 AM PST
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: PROCON
I always thought Dr. Oz looked and sounded like Fire Marshall Bill.
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posted on
12/19/2014 10:54:13 AM PST
by
real saxophonist
(Youtube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
To: real saxophonist
“LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING!”
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posted on
12/19/2014 10:54:45 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: PROCON
To: PROCON
I'd rather go to Docter Lexus.
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posted on
12/19/2014 10:56:25 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: PROCON; All
Dr. Oz has become a medical shill for TV networks and personal gain.
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posted on
12/19/2014 10:56:37 AM PST
by
Din Maker
(Is anyone considering Gov. Susana Martinez of NM as the possible GOP nominee in 2016?)
To: NonValueAdded
BTW, is aint a contraction? If so, of what?Start your own thread :-)
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posted on
12/19/2014 10:56:49 AM PST
by
PROCON
(Merry CHRISTmas!!)
To: NonValueAdded
To answer your question: Yes, "ain't" is a contraction. Of what????? Maybe this will help.
ain't (Pronounced /eɪnt/)
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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posted on
12/19/2014 11:04:24 AM PST
by
Din Maker
(Is anyone considering Gov. Susana Martinez of NM as the possible GOP nominee in 2016?)
To: PROCON
what’s wrong with a .500 batting average?
Willy Mays only batted .317....
/smile. you gets what ya pays for, maybe better to go visit your real doctor instead of taking medical advice from a tv entertainment show doctor?
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posted on
12/19/2014 11:06:44 AM PST
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: PROCON
He’s just a Kevin Trudeau with a couple of letters behind his name.
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posted on
12/19/2014 11:07:17 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
To: RJS1950
Hes the usual agenda driven Oprah spinoff. You can plate a turd up with good looking garnish but it doesnt change the smell. Friends of Oprah. (FOO)
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posted on
12/19/2014 11:07:29 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(Joel Osteen is a preacher of the Gospel like Colonel Sanders is an Army officer.)
To: Gamecock
LEAVE JOEL OSTEEN ALONE!
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posted on
12/19/2014 11:14:53 AM PST
by
PROCON
(Merry CHRISTmas!!)
To: PROCON
This was the year I was going to tell you about Santa Claus, but I don't dare now that you are so emotionally overwrought.
Merry Christmas
Hope you get the Daisy!
KB
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posted on
12/19/2014 11:18:11 AM PST
by
Kenny Bunk
(The fate of the Republic rests in the hands of the '15 -16 Congress. God help us.)
To: NonValueAdded
To my wife (and me) he looks creepy...seeing how stupid the women are who idolize ofrah, I am not surprised they all believe him...oh yeah...they’re all “ready for Hillary” too...pathetic
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posted on
12/19/2014 11:18:36 AM PST
by
gr8eman
(Bill Carson...meet Arch Stanton!)
To: Kenny Bunk
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posted on
12/19/2014 11:22:57 AM PST
by
PROCON
(Merry CHRISTmas!!)
To: PROCON
I worked for 20 years for one of the world's finest,and most famous,hospitals.I learned a thing or two about physicians and surgeons,medical practice and the rarefied world of big time medicine.One thing I learned is that a physician or surgeon doesn't last long in that rarefied world unless he/she has something going on between the ears.
IIRC,Dr Oz is (among other things) a chest surgeon at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan,also one of the finest,and most famous,hospitals in the world.Given that fact it absolutely bewilders me to contemplate that he'd be involved in things like this that don't have serious science backing them up.To me it's a bit like discovering that Bill Gates shoplifts from Walgreens.
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posted on
12/19/2014 11:30:53 AM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Jimmy Carter;No Longer The Worst President In My Lifetime)
To: PROCON
Anyone who takes medical advice from a doctor on TV seriously is an idiot.
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posted on
12/19/2014 11:33:08 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: PROCON
Dr. Who? We don’t have TV so my first sight of Dr. Oz was at a friends house. He is a quack.
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posted on
12/19/2014 11:33:32 AM PST
by
lucky american
(Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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