Dr Oz recommendations are WRONG - British Medical Journal Dec '14

[Anjaffm]

About this quack who calls himself Dr Oz and gives out mindless "health" advice on TV, look what I found:


Scientists tallied up all the advice on Dr. Oz's show. Half of it was baseless or wrong. - Vox

And what they found was disappointing but not exactly surprising: about half of the health recommendations had either no evidence behind them or they actually contradicted what the best-available science tells us. That means about half of what these TV doctors say to their millions of satellite patients is woo, and potentially harmful and wasteful woo at that.

"Anyone who followed the advice provided would be doing so on the basis of a trust in the host or guest rather than through a balanced explanation of benefits, harms, and costs," the study authors write. "The near absence of potential conflict of interest reporting further challenges viewers’ ability to balance the information provided."

And here is the original study in the British Medical Journal:

Televised medical talk shows—what they recommend and the evidence to support their recommendations: a prospective observational study

Conclusions Recommendations made on medical talk shows often lack adequate information on specific benefits or the magnitude of the effects of these benefits. Approximately half of the recommendations have either no evidence or are contradicted by the best available evidence. Potential conflicts of interest are rarely addressed. The public should be skeptical about recommendations made on medical talk shows.

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So dears, if somebody whines "vaping is baaaaaad! I heard it on Dr Oz!" - just show them the first link and / or tell them what it says.
Or - if their IQ goes beyond mindlessly swallowing up BS from the likes of Dr. Oz - you can also show them the study.

 

[WhiteHighlights]

This was picked up by the Washington Post too! http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...dical-advice-is-baseless-or-wrong-study-says/

The funny part to me is that there's a link to an article about him being attacked by trolls. Gee, people were questioning his credibility and not so nicely. Darn trolls!

 

[Anjaffm]

@White Highlights:
Thank you for the link.
And Hahahahaha trolls??? reminds me of John Ashton (some arrogant PH jerk in the UK) complaining of "trolls" on Twitter.

 

[WhiteHighlights]

LOL. I thought about that incident with John and also about the Chicago Dept. of Public health calling 600 tweets a 'twitter bomb' and 'astroturfing'!
We are are annoying little trolls aren't we

 

[DaveOno]

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtains. I am the Great and Powerful Oz..."


American Daytime TV is about ratings. Let's not let science and facts get in the way.

(Thanks, Anga!)

 

[e-pipeman]

Fascinating stuff. But we are clearly winning this particular war:

BBC News - E-cigarettes 'help smokers quit or cut down'

Good, eh?

 

[Anjaffm]

Fascinating stuff. But we are clearly winning this particular war:

BBC News - E-cigarettes 'help smokers quit or cut down'

Good, eh?

Most definitely
The ANTZ remind me of the people who used to scream that the sun was revolving around the earth. To preserve their own cushy jobs and fat profits. It did not work for long then. Why should it work for long now?

 

[Steam Turbine]

They didn't have to spend all that money just to prove that OZ is full of crap....


They could've just called me.

 

[Steam Turbine]