I'm more surprised that around half of the advice had some
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I feel like a lot of it is really trivial stuff. Like if he shilled for homeopathic flu "medicine", then told people to wash their hands regularly during flu season, that's a 50% hit rate
Ewww, who spilled valid medical advice on my advertising platform?
I think at some point Oprah should be made to pay for her part on the rise of Dr. Oz.
Get in line. Dr. Phil is a much larger crime.
Another indictment for a similar crime.
Let's bring Jenny McCarthy too.
I don’t blame Oprah for Jenny because they aren’t pretending she’s a Doctor as they promote her crack pot ideas. I’m smart enough to not take my medical advice from former Playmates. I can’t help it if the unintelligent masses do.
I don’t blame Oprah for Jenny
I do.
I can’t help it if the unintelligent masses do.
That's victim blaming.
I don’t agree that it’s victim blaming. We are all responsible for our own health. We need to do more than just listen to what a few people on television say. Everyone should do their work and if they don’t, they need to accept some responsibility.
We need to do more than just listen to what a few people on television say. Everyone should do their work and if they don’t, they need to accept some responsibility.
Please tell me how is this possible in countries where knowledge and critical thinking are demonized and magical thinking, including religion, is entronized as the most desirable way to evaluate reality.
Newsflash: it isn't.
Promoting cutthroat individualism as a way to handle society doesn't help matters either.
You'll never believe who Oprah brought into the mainstream.
I'll give you a hint: literally all 3 of the people being talked about (Dr Phil, Dr. Oz, and Jenny McCarthy)
THAT'S THE JOKE
Bruh
That's a race to the bottom of I've ever seen one.
I figured it would be much higher than half the medical "advice" is B.S.
Just want to point out that Dr. Oz was a medical researcher who contributed to legitimate cardio thoracic procedures, but was also sanctioned and prohibited from presenting his findings because of bad research design, and was sanctioned for inhumane killing of animal test subjects.
His resume reads like he was in the right place at the right time, was a competent surgeon, and was a really bad scientist.
Thank goodness he didn't become Senator Oz.
I feel like even when this article was published in 2015, Dr. Oz would be small potatoes compared to a large portion of the population getting their medical advice from celebrities, influencers and self-proclaimed experts on their favorite social network.
Clickbait TV.
Surgeons are rarely well versed in medicine outside of their specialty.
Unless that research reached the target audience of that show, that is a big waste of money to spend on research.
It could help bring out regulations, even if the show's audience doesn't understand why
And let's be honest, they can't understand why.
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