Posts Tagged ‘medical quackery’
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
Thermography: Worse than useless
Earlier this spring, I described the Choosing Wisely campaign in the United States, an initiative designed to redirect resources away from medical treatments that are useless or harmful. In the spirit of the campaign, I suggested Five Things Pharmacists and Patients Should Question. My list included unvalidated IgG food intolerance blood tests like Hemocode, dubious […]
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Tags: breast cancer, health canada, medical quackery, pseudoscience, thermography, useless tests
One of the terms that you’ll see used to describe health quackery, scams and pseudoscience is “snake oil”. Snake oil was a real product, sold in the early 19th century as a cure-all elixer in the “patent medicine” era. Popularized in movies, the snake-oil salesman would pull into town, and start the hard sell for […]
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Tags: medical quackery, oil of oregano, pertussis, snake oil, vaccines
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
