Monday January 28, 2013 Dr Oz and Homeopathy

[skyhand]

It looks like the Oz show will be having a special focus on homeopathy.

http://www.homeopathyworldcommunity.com/forum/topics/monday-january-28-2013-dr-oz-and-homeopathy
"Your NCH team has been hard at work seeking ways to promote homeopathy to the nation - with success!!! Last week we worked diligently with the producers of the Dr. Oz Show to create a show with a special focus on homeopathy."

I'm not sure if it will have any response to the homeopaths. I think can watch it on Monday. It will be interesting to see how they present it.

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

From the url in the OP:

As a result, Dr. Oz is hosting a special show talking about this grand system of medicine on Monday, January 28th at 4pm on CBS stations across America!!! (Check your local TV listings.) Watch as he interviews Naturopathic Doctor and NCH member, Dr. Lisa Samet, as well as Dr. Albert Levy, MD, FAAFP.

Per our friends at Naturopathy^WP:

The particular modalities used by an individual naturopath varies with training and scope of practice. The demonstrated efficacy and scientific rationale also varies. These include: Acupuncture, applied kinesiology, botanical medicine, brainwave entrainment, chelation therapy for atherosclerosis, colonic enemas, color therapy, cranial osteopathy, hair analysis, homeopathy, iridology, live blood analysis, nature cures—i.e. a range of therapies based upon exposure to natural elements such as sunshine, fresh air, heat, or cold, nutrition (examples include vegetarian and wholefood diet, fasting, and abstention from alcohol and sugar,—ozone therapy, physical medicine (e.g., naturopathic, osseous, and soft tissue manipulative therapy, sports medicine, exercise, and hydrotherapy), Psychological counseling (e.g., meditation, relaxation, and other methods of stress management), public health measures and hygiene, reflexology, rolfing, and traditional Chinese medicine.

A 2004 survey determined the most commonly prescribed naturopathic therapeutics in Washington State and Connecticut were botanical medicines, vitamins, minerals, homeopathy, and allergy treatments.

So why are the Homeoquacks busy pissing their pants with excitement? Could they not get a True Blue Homeoquack to talk to Dr Oz but instead a Naturoquack who is member of an AltMed "Profession" that accepts a bunch of other nonsense?

This will be off the Gullibility Scale by an order of magnitude or so.

 

[rjh01]

In other words they are claiming credit for things they have not done.

 

[jasonpatterson]

The guy regularly has psychics on his show. From an advertisment I saw recently, it looked like he was even using psychics to diagnose medical problems (though I could have misunderstood the ad, fair warning.)

Comparatively speaking, homeopathy sounds like a reasoned and rational topic.

 

[skyhand]

WOW! The homeopathy part was all homeopathy. No disclaimers or skeptics at all there was just how wonderful the remedies. Dr. Oz and his wife are big users of homeopathy. This might explain a lot. They showed off 4 or 5 remedies to make a kit for all of your problems.

To show that they work they had one woman that had took a remedy. She was stressed out and also was worried about being on the show. After taking the remedy things were wonderful. I can't remember the name it had a fancy Latin name. All the remedies were 200CH or distilled water that was dropped on sugar pills. Another women was given an injection in her back. I missed what the injection was or exactly what it was for. I was in a state of shock when they said they were going to do it. It must have been to improve her range of motion in her arm. After the inject she said it was a little better and was able to reach up her back some more.

Dr. Oz has often had questionable information on his show, but this was the most disturbing thing I have ever seen.

 

[autumn1971]

I think it may have been on this forum, but someone once helpfully pointed out, "Dr. Oz is a cardio-thoracic surgeon. If he is talking about that, he is probably correct; on any other subject, he is, at best, ill-informed."

 

[malaka]

I didn't see the show in question. But, from what's stated above, its not suprising but disappointing.

I used to be generally wary of Dr. Oz for no good reason other than he was a "doctor on TV...how good and honest could he be?" Then I read this article [cracked.com], which claims that Dr. Oz is not quite the dummy I originally thought. Then I read this thread.

I guess Dr. Oz could very well be talented but evil. However, I guess that until I stop simply reading internet articles and threads to form my opinions, and start doing my own research, I'll have to settle for "no opinion of Dr. Oz".

 

[skyhand]

From the article in cracked.com that malaka pointed out sums up
"On the Internet, he shows up on lists of the top five idiots of the year for "quackery and peddling ... 'alternative' medicine." The content of his show doesn't exactly scream medical integrity."

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

I have a couple of posts about Dr Oz in this thread:

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=250577

 

[skyhand]

The points from Gord's other tread has it exactly. He is in a position of authority and when you check the facts they don't check out. How can you know what to believe or trust? His credibility is shot. You need an AR-15 with a large clip and a few extras.