After getting a lot of criticism from the media for his perceived wrong teachings on his television show, Dr. Oz's wrong advice becomes once again the subject of controversy as a new study has shown that half the things he claims are medical advice are actually inaccurate and not based on science.
It's been a tough few months for celebrity physician Mehmet Oz, following a United States Senate hearing last summer and even a popular critical monologue on the HBO talk show "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver," were Dr. Oz's wrong advice has been called out, most recently backed with scientific data.
According to The Washington Post, the latest claims about Dr. Oz's wrong advice unfortunately don't come from mere hate of the celebrity doctor, but rather from solid fact presented in a study.
The physician, who has made a name for himself through hosting the syndicated television series "The Dr. Oz Show," has been accused many times of standing by unscientific claims, as he often introduces so-called miraculous remedies for things like dieting, presenting these as factual when more often than not, it's not the case.
Now, the British Medical Journal has released a scientific paper entitled "Televised medical talk shows-what they recommend and the evidence to support their recommendations: a prospective observational study" where it analyzes Dr. Oz's wrong advice on the show that's made him a superstar.
Oz has been dubbed "America's doctor" in spite of continuous claims that his words are often lacking in scientific foundation. According to The Inquisitr, the stury regarding medical shows happened as follows: researchers selected 40 random episodes of his show, along with others from another popular medical show, "The Doctors."
For their research, the scholars dissected these episodes one by one to analyze the different types of medical advice - concluding, in the end, that approximately half of this advice was downright wrong or had no base on science whatsoever.
"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," said the authors of the study, referring to Dr. Oz's wrong advice.
