Dr oz is no wizard but no quack either

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38. "He is a quack! he recommended calcium supplements!"

This is one of the interesting accusations leveled against him. About three or four years ago, Oz recommended calcium supplements for post-menopausal women to prevent osteoporosis. Then a 2011 British Medical Journal article linking calcium supplementation with cardiovascular incidents(http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d2040) changed medical opinion and calcium supplementation is no longer recommended. I recall the surprise among medical colleagues when that study came out. Because of that study, Oz rescinded his earlier recommendation -- just as other doctors did.

The funny thing is, at the time Oz recommended calcium supplementation it was ACCEPTED MEDICAL PRACTICE and the normal STANDARD OF CARE to prescribe calcium supplements to peri- and post-menopausal women.

So now one of the attacks on Dr. Oz is that he recommended calcium -- but he did it when every other doctor was doing it . That practice has now been found to be harmful. So much for "accepted medical practice" always being correct.