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jeff47

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2. Half of the products and plans he pushes have been demonstrated to be false.

Fri Apr 17, 2015, 10:59 AM

Apr 2015

http://factually.gizmodo.com/study-dr-oz-is-full-of-shit-1673235629

Researchers randomly selected 40 episodes of his show and examined 160 recommendations. Their measure for whether something was truthful hinged on an ability to find at least one case study that supported what he said. Researchers were only able to do that 54 percent of the time.

And keep in mind, the "case studies" they were looking for could be in pay-to-publish journals.

In other words, Dr. Oz lies to desperate people in order to profit from them.

Now, what exactly was it you were complaining about "big pharma"? That they might be exploiting desperate people?

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] sufrommich Apr 2015 OP

Because alternative medicines are all bad, and all big-pharma drugs are awesome!!!1 tridim Apr 2015 #1

Half of the products and plans he pushes have been demonstrated to be false. jeff47 Apr 2015 #2

Somehow I doubt that these doctors who sufrommich Apr 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author geek tragedy Apr 2015 #7

good for them. i hope they listen. mopinko Apr 2015 #3

Oz is a fraud, but these 'top physicians' are rightwing loons and convicted felons geek tragedy Apr 2015 #5

Hmmmm,interesting. I wonder what they're trying to do? sufrommich Apr 2015 #6

It seems there is no honor among thieves. geek tragedy Apr 2015 #8

I'm going to close this, goddammit I sufrommich Apr 2015 #10

Yeah, a whole ten doctors. And reading their note my irony meter went WAY into the red zone... KittyWampus Apr 2015 #9

Yeah, I got taken in. nt sufrommich Apr 2015 #11