Well I've never seen the show (not even sure I could pick it up on my Free to Air) but I have heard of him and apparently some people consider him vile..........
Why Dr. Oz can say anything and keep his medical license
It's been known for years that Dr. Mehmet Oz uses his television show to promote medical care that does not work, everything from bunk weight-loss prescriptions to homeopathy.
News outlet after
news outlet have outlined his many sins against science.
As Sen. Claire McCaskill, who
dragged Oz up to Capitol Hill for a hearing last week, told him: "The scientific community is almost monolithic against you in terms of the efficacy of those three products that you called miracles."
This all raises the question: why does Dr. Oz still get to call himself a doctor? Oz has maintained his medical credentials, university faculty and hospital positions, all while giving potentially harmful and often ridiculous medical advice to his millions-strong audience.
The fact that Oz hasn't lost any credentials speaks to a larger challenge in modern medicine: Once you get a medical license, its actually really difficult to lose it.
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Why Dr. Oz can say anything and keep his medical license - Vox
