Dr. Oz

Research now officially shows that Dr. Oz is frequently full of it

A lot of people today get what they consider to be sound medical advice from TV programs like “The Dr. Oz Show” and “The Doctors,” which have average daily audiences of 2.9 million and 2.3 million, respectively, according to IFLScience. But how much of the information shared by these television personalities is leaving us with […]

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Dr. Oz is a joke on Twitter

What is your biggest question for me? Reply with #OzsInbox and I’ll answer my favorites on http://t.co/8kjmALRoAd. — Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) November 11, 2014 Well considering so much of his medical advice has been deemed questionable, and critics have a field day with his material all the time, the straight-up invitation was obviously going […]

Med student on a mission to combat Dr. Oz’s ‘medical quackery’

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the ubiquitous TV doctor with 4 million viewers, is now directly in the cross-hairs of at least one ambitious medical student, who told Vox that he’s increasingly concerned with the level of “pseudo health advice.” Benjamin Mazer, a third-year medical student at the University of Rochester, is now looking to enlist state […]

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Dr. Oz’s social media platform Sharecare hits the $90M mark

Sharecare, the health and wellness social media brainchild of Jeff Arnold and Dr. Mehmet Oz, announced an investment from Nashville-based Heritage Group brings its total funding to $91 million. As part of the agreement, Rock Morphis, managing director at Heritage Group, is joining Sharecare’s board. The Atlanta-based company, which launched in 2010, includes the health risk […]

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