Dr. Oz has been appointed to head Medicare and Medicaid.
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I'll wait and see, in the meantime its a better step over thisMost of his "medical advice" was discredited and was simply shit the supplements industry paid him to do. Hence the $20M mansion.
Mehmet Oz - Wikipedia
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Medical claims and controversies
Main article: Medical claims on The Dr. Oz Show
Oz was heavily criticized by Senator Claire McCaskill in a hearing on consumer fraud in diet product advertising.
While Oz himself has not been found to be involved in medical weight loss scams, he has made statements that were exploited by scammers who have used his image and quotes to sell products falsely marketed for weight loss.[83][84] During a 2014 Senate hearing on consumer protection, Senator Claire McCaskill said that "the scientific community is almost monolithic against you" for airing segments on weight loss products that are later cited in advertisements, concluding that Oz plays a role, intentional or not, in perpetuating these scams. McCaskill expressed concern with Oz that he was "melding medical advice, news, and entertainment in a way that harms consumers."[85][86] He has been a spokesman and advisor for the website RealAge.com, which The New York Times has criticized for its pharmaceutical marketing practices.[84]
In 2012, Oz entered into an arrangement with Usana Health Sciences, a multi-level marketing nutrition company which has been accused of being a pyramid scheme.[87] Oz was paid over $50 million over a five year period to promote Usana products on his show.[88][89]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Oz's television appearances influenced Trump's decision-making,[90] and he became an informal advisor to the Trump administration.[91][92][93] Oz had promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug,[94] as a cure for COVID-19 on more than 25 Fox News broadcasts in March and April 2020.[95][96][97] Trump claimed to be taking the drug in May 2020.[98] In June 2020, the Food and Drug Administration revoked emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine, saying that it was "no longer reasonable to believe" that the drug was effective against COVID-19 or that its benefits outweighed "known and potential risks".[99][100][101] Oz also owns at least $630,000 of stock in two companies that manufacture or distribute hydroxychloroquine, Thermo Fisher and McKesson Corporation.[102]
In April 2020, Oz appeared on Fox News with Sean Hannity and said that reopening schools in the United States might be worth the increased number of deaths it would cause. Referencing an article published in the medical journal The Lancet, Oz said, "I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet [medical journal] arguing that the opening of schools may only cost us 2–3% in terms of total mortality."[103] Oz's comments provoked a backlash online, and he apologized, saying he had misspoken and that his goal was "to get our children safely back to school."[104]
COVID-19
In March 2020, Oz suggested that hydroxychloroquine, a drug typically used to treat rheumatological conditions and as an anti-malarial, could be used to treat COVID-19 as well. In April 2020, he called for the reopening of schools. Oz has however promoted the efficacy of wearing masks and of getting vaccinated against the virus.[163]
He initially praised Anthony Fauci as a "pro" and lauded his role in combating the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Upon running for the Senate, however, Oz changed his tone on Fauci and referred to him as a "tyrant".[164] Oz said in 2022 when running for the Senate that "it's time we get back to normal".[163]
Environment and climate change
In 2017, Oz co-authored an article that highlighted the threats of climate change including extreme heat, wildfires and floods. When running for the Senate, he downplayed the risk that carbon dioxide poses when contributing to the role of the greenhouse effect in contributing to climate change.[167] In a March 2022 campaign event, Oz claimed that carbon dioxide is "not the problem".[168]
Public reception
Oz at the World Economic Forum in 2012
Oz has faced criticism for his promotion of pseudoscience,[16][94] including homeopathy,[222][223] and alternative medicine.[86] Popular Science[224] and The New Yorker[64] have published critical articles on Oz for giving non-scientific advice.[64] HuffPost has accused Oz of promoting quackery.[225]
A 2014 study published in the British Medical Journal found that medical talk shows such as The Dr. Oz Show and The Doctors often lack adequate information on the specific benefits or evidence of their claims. Forty episodes of each program from early 2013 were evaluated, determining that evidence supported 46 percent, contradicted 15 percent, and was not found for 39 percent of the recommendations on The Dr Oz Show.[13] Unfounded claims included saying apple juice had unsafe levels of arsenic and cell phones could cause breast cancer.[94]
Oz was awarded the James Randi Educational Foundation's Pigasus Award 2009 for his promotion of reiki.[226][227][228][229] However, he used reiki for moral support to patients in the operating room, and claimed that he was unfairly attacked.[230]
Oz has been criticized for the guests he has invited onto The Dr. Oz Show, including psychics, faith healers, peddlers of unproven or disproven medical treatments, and anti-vaccination activists, including Joseph Mercola, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Christiane Northrup.[231][232][233]
Reiki - Wikipedia
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Reiki (/ˈreɪki/ RAY-kee; Japanese: 霊気) is a pseudoscientific form of energy healing, a type of alternative medicine originating in Japan.[1] Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which, according to practitioners, a "universal energy" is transferred through the palms of the practitioner to the client, to encourage emotional or physical healing. It is based on qi ("chi"), which practitioners say is a universal life force, although there is no empirical evidence that such a life force exists.[2][3]
Reiki is used as an illustrative example of pseudoscience in scholarly texts and academic journal articles.[2][3] The marketing of reiki has been described as "fraudulent misrepresentation",[3] and itself as a "nonsensical method",[4] with a recommendation that the American government agency NCCAM should stop funding reiki research because it "has no substantiated health value and lacks a scientifically plausible rationale".[5]
Clinical research does not show reiki to be effective as a treatment for any medical condition, including cancer,[6][7] diabetic neuropathy,[8] anxiety or depression.[9] There is no proof of the effectiveness of reiki therapy compared to placebo. Studies reporting positive effects have had methodological flaws.[2]
Go get me proof that the trans person doctor recommended a discredited treatment like hydroxychloroquine while holding millions $$$$$$ in stock in the company that manufactures the scam bullshit pseudo-medicine???I'll wait and see, in the meantime its a better step over this
I'll wait.
I found something, didn't I?
In the first site I fucking looked at - Wikipedia. I guess you didn't actually look.....
You'll find controversies for everybody, was his license pulled? No As I said, Ill wait and see.I found something, didn't I?
In the first site I fucking looked at - Wikipedia. I guess you didn't actually look.....
She's fucking ugly as hell, there was some inquiry and she refused to answer questions.
Is he even still a registered doctor???
He hasn't practised since the 90's, I believe.
He earns millions from his dumb show and kickbacks from scam pseudo drugs. He's like Peterson and gives no fuck.
So you admit he's a scammer?
The British Medical Journal
Televised medical talk shows—what they recommend and the evidence to support their recommendations: a prospective observational study
Objective To determine the quality of health recommendations and claims made on popular medical talk shows. Design Prospective observational study. Setting Mainstream television media. Sources Internationally syndicated medical television talk shows that air daily ( The Dr Oz Show and The...
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But what does a major medical journal know, I mean it isn't Fox News
Dr.Oz-endorsed diet pill study was bogus, researchers admit
Green coffee bean extract got high-profile promotion, but now the study behind its weight-loss claims has been retracted
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Dr. Oz Has a Checkered Health Care Record: What to Know About Key Issues
The heart surgeon turned TV star has championed healthy lifestyle habits. But he’s also promoted sham diet pills and ineffective Covid-19 treatments.
"His nomination has alarmed some doctors and those who work in public health. “I just don’t know what side of Dr. Oz we’re going to see,” said Dr. Pieter Cohen, a physician and associate professor at Harvard Medical School who studies supplements. “I hope we see the meticulous cardiothoracic surgeon, and I hope we don’t see the promoter of unproven botanicals.”"
"Dr. Oz has a long history of promoting dubious weight loss products, including raspberry ketones, garcinia cambogia and green coffee bean extract, frequently extolling their “magic” or “miracle” ability to help people drop pounds. Many of these claims lack evidence or have been proved false."
I could quote more, but it isn't as if you are going to read any of this anyways
Not media but Harvard
The Dr. Oz Paradox - Bill of Health
Why does the law sanction giving bad advice to one patient, while it permits giving bad advice to millions of YouTube or television viewers?
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"Why does the law sanction giving bad advice to one patient, while it permits giving bad advice to millions of YouTube or television viewers, which may result in significant physical harm?
We might call this the “Dr. Oz paradox.” Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican candidate in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, is a famous television personality as well as a licensed physician. But, according to one study, half of his publicly disseminated medical advice is wrong. Yet, his sizable audience may very well follow it anyway, and perhaps suffer harm as a result. Such bad advice, which could get any doctor in legal trouble if disseminated to their patients, may be given to the public at large without fear of sanction. The consequences of this sharp doctrinal distinction can be quite jarring."
Dr. Oz Shouldn't Be a Senator--or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse
But really, I knew he was a fraud long before he ever ran for office. Considering Trump thought JFK was a good idea, I mean. Unless you don't see a problem with him, in which case there is no point engaging with you.
Ah right, that's your reaction. You are not worth engaging with.
I mean you are better than Hans Frankfooter, but still a waste of time.
I think this is another Gaetz pick. There has to be better than this out there.
Trump picks only the worst people. The good news is he fires them quickly. Your man won...rejoice!!!
I think this is the real choice. Trump is appointing his super rich, corrupt buddies to all the power positions.
This is the way it's going to be now.
And the Gaetz choice was real. Dumb, but real. All the choices are stupid. Because stupid, corrupt people make stupid corrupt leaders make stupid corrupt choices.
