Posts Tagged ‘dr. oz’
Weekend Reading
The photo above is from a pharmacy in Toronto. Acid base nonsense? Check? Cancer quackery? Check. Endorsed by a pharmacist? Check. Send me your own pictures of ludicrous pseudoscience and quackery for sale in a pharmacy, and I may feature it in a future post. Here’s today’s updates to engage, inspire and possibly infuriate you…
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Tags: andrew wakefield, antibiotic resistance, black salve, coconut oil, conspiracy theories, crystal meth, dr. oz, evening primrose oil, GMOs, homeopathy, pharmacy practice, vaccines
Has Dr. Oz Jumped the Shark?
It was bound to happen. It’s that moment in a television show when the deterioration is irreversible. For the popular 1970′s television sitcom Happy Days, it was when a water-skiing Fonzi literally jumped over a shark. And I think it may finally have happened with the Dr. Oz show. From a scientific credibility perspective, The […]
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Tags: dr. oz, homeopathy, medical ethics, medical quackery
If there is an antithesis to the principles of science-based medicine, it’s probably the Dr. Oz show. In this daytime television parallel universe, anecdotes are evidence. There are no incremental advances in knowledge — only medical miracles. And every episode neatly offers up three or four takeaway health nuggets that, more often than not, seem […]
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Tags: antoxidants, bryce wylde, dr. oz, nutrition, palm oil, red palm oil, the dr. oz show
“One of the most important discoveries I believe we’ve made that will help you burn fat – green coffee bean extract” – Dr. Oz, September 10, 2012, Episode “The Fat Burner that Works” Dr. Mehmet Oz may be biggest purveyor of health pseudoscience on television today. How he came to earn this title is a […]
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Tags: chlorogenic acid, dr. oz, green coffee bean, green coffee weight loss, obesity, the dr. oz show
I can’t keep up with Dr. Oz. Just when I thought the latest weight loss miracle was raspberry ketone, along comes another panacea promising results with no effort. This time, it’s green coffee beans. Everyone knows Dr. Oz, now. Formerly a guest on Oprah, he’s got his own show which he’s built into what’s probably […]
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Tags: dr. oz, green coffee, medical quackery, naturopathy, obesity, supplements, weight loss
Retail pharmacy is a competitive business, and these are tough economic times. And as I’ve pointed out before, retail pharmacies are increasingly selling ethically questionable products like homeopathy, positioning them as alternatives to real medicine. So I guess I should not have been surprised when a blog reader, (who is also a very prominent Canadian […]
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Tags: dr. oz, obesity, pharmacy practice
