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TIL Canadian researchers watched 'The Dr. Oz Show' and found that nearly 40% of the medical advice is not evidence-based, and 15% goes directly against evidence. (www.reliasmedia.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Looks like they were very conservative in their estimate. I would have guessed north of 50%

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

TIL Dr Oz is a quack. Oh wait, I already knew that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's honestly better than I would have thought...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Only 40? I must've not seen those episodes, or any of the others which I guess explains my surprise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No duh, eh.