Columbia University response: "is committed to the principle of academic freedom and to upholding faculty members' freedom of expression for statements they make in public discussion."
...Led by Dr. Henry Miller of California's Stanford University, the doctors sent the letter to Lee Goldman, dean of Columbia's Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine. The nine other doctors from across the country included Dr. Joel Tepper, a cancer researcher from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and Dr. Gilbert Ross of the American Council on Science and Health in New York City.
The doctors wrote that Oz, for years a world-class Columbia cardiothoracic surgeon, "has manifested an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain." They said he has "misled and endangered" the public.
Last year, Oz appeared before a U.S. Senate panel that accused him of endorsing products that were medically unsound. At the time, Oz acknowledged that some of the products he advised his viewers to use "don't have the scientific muster to present as fact."
..Oz was not reachable Thursday night at his Columbia office number, which played a recorded message explaining how callers could get tickets to his TV show...
I would think Columbia having a fit over HOSPITAL OFFICE voicemail having message about Oz TV show tickets as OUTSIDE business interest..... unless they think Dr Oz PUBLICITY bringing in patients = $$$ for hospital coffers.
Dr. Oz is a quack of the worst sort -- he's traded ethics and integrity for fame and fortune. And the sad part is how many take his word as gospel just because he's on TV.
When I was working with seniors, I was horrified at the number of them that said they had stopped taking their meds because Dr.Oz said "...." When questioned whether he who had never seen or spoken with them or their Dr. who knew their medical history would have a better idea of what meds their should be on, freq the senior would get sheepish and be oh, probably my Dr. Well, DUH! Often the senior would not even have told their Dr. That they weren't taking the med!
Glad to see physicians taking a stand against his nonsense. My mom takes everything he says as word of God. When I tell her it's bull and he's just out to make money it's blasphemy. If she won't believe me, maybe she'll believe the majority of Columbia physicians.
But he's a DOCTOR! And you're just a NURSE! How can you possibly understand his greatness?!
Dr. Oz is a quack of the worst sort -- he's traded ethics and integrity for fame and fortune. And the sad part is how many take his word as gospel just because he's on TV.
Bingo. There was a time when people believed what was in the newspaper ALL the time, because, well...it was PRINTED right there in the NEWSPAPER! And certainly "they" couldn't print anything untrue, right?
And now here we are again, with a generation that not only buys the newspaper bit, but the idea that if it's on TELEVISION, why, it MUST be true! Can't possibly have someone on daytime talk tv who isn't 100% factual and truthful.....right?
Not too hard to see how televangelists, telemarketers and snake oil hawkers get their clients.
Glyphosate, aka round-up, is not a GMO. There are GMO strains that are "round-up" ready, but the strains themselves pose no health risks whatsoever, just like all other GMO's. Ironically, opposing all GMO's because you don't like herbicides like round-up is actually far more likely to increase the chances of herbicides being used on food products. One of the main advantages of GMO's is that they require less or even no herbicides at all, they also reduce the amount of water needed to produce the crop, the amount of fertilizer needed and the amount of pesticide needed. So if someone is opposed to wasting water, using fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides, then it makes absolutely no sense to be opposed to GMOs.
And to made a blanket statement like "Europe has banned GMOs and they are healthier than us" is very faulty correlation=causation
They also utilize their bicycles and their feet as transportation modalities. That's also my answer every time I hear the "French people eat a high-fat diet and they're thin"--do you realize how active they are as a culture? I grew up in Europe and have been to Paris twice, and the streets are thick with pedestrians and cyclists! Not to mention, their portion sizes of that rich food are quite small.
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Dr. Oz is a quack of the worst sort -- he's traded ethics and integrity for fame and fortune. And the sad part is how many take his word as gospel just because he's on TV.
Oz acts like if you're a woman over 40, your body is just one ticking time bomb.
Glyphosate, aka round-up, is not a GMO. There are GMO strains that are "round-up" ready, but the strains themselves pose no health risks whatsoever, just like all other GMO's. Ironically, opposing all GMO's because you don't like herbicides like round-up is actually far more likely to increase the chances of herbicides being used on food products. One of the main advantages of GMO's is that they require less or even no herbicides at all, they also reduce the amount of water needed to produce the crop, the amount of fertilizer needed and the amount of pesticide needed. So if someone is opposed to wasting water, using fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides, then it makes absolutely no sense to be opposed to GMOs.
Glyphosate, aka round-up, is not a GMO. There are GMO strains that are "round-up" ready, but the strains themselves pose no health risks whatsoever, just like all other GMO's. Ironically, opposing all GMO's because you don't like herbicides like round-up is actually far more likely to increase the chances of herbicides being used on food products. One of the main advantages of GMO's is that they require less or even no herbicides at all, they also reduce the amount of water needed to produce the crop, the amount of fertilizer needed and the amount of pesticide needed. So if someone is opposed to wasting water, using fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides, then it makes absolutely no sense to be opposed to GMOs.
A lot of laymen (including my sister-in-law) hate GMOs. She even wrote a paper on it. It's the same issue with people who believe vaccinations are bad - they accept what people say because it fits their viewpoint. I can tell you she looked for research (and not very evidence-based) to validate her claims. GMOs are like a lot of other things out there, they can be good or bad depending on their individual nature, just like drugs.
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When I was working with seniors, I was horrified at the number of them that said they had stopped taking their meds because Dr.Oz said "...." When questioned whether he who had never seen or spoken with them or their Dr. who knew their medical history would have a better idea of what meds their should be on, freq the senior would get sheepish and be oh, probably my Dr. Well, DUH! Often the senior would not even have told their Dr. That they weren't taking the med!