Half of Dr. Oz's medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/19/half-of-dr-ozs-
medical-advice-is-baseless-or-wrong-study-says/


Doah!

And now, his work has come under even greater scrutiny in the BritishMedical Journal, which on Wednesday published a study analyzing Oz's claimsalong with those made on another medical talk show. What they found wasn'treassuring. The researchers, led by Christina Korownyk of the University ofAlberta, charged medical research either didn't substantiate - or flat outcontradicted - more than half of Oz's recommendations. "Recommendations madeon medical talk shows often lack adequate information on specific benefitsor the magnitude of the effects of these benefits," the article said. ". Thepublic should be skeptical about recommendations made on medical talkshows."

No kidding!