Dr. Oz has been in the news lately with challenges to some of his recommendations. These challenges have hammered Oz for months. He's so popular that he was hauled before Congress in June. In October a study on coffee beans and weight loss was retracted; it made the national news because Oz had recommended it. Now the British Medical Journal has published a study which furthers questions the value of Oz's recommendations.
The researchers selected 40 episodes from last year, identifying 479 separate medical recommendations. They found that only 46 percent of his recommendations were supported by research. 15 percent were plain wrong and 39 percent could not be checked. In the words of the report, “Consumers should be skeptical about any recommendations provided on television medical talk shows, as details are limited and only a third to one half of recommendations are based on believable or somewhat believable evidence.”
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