Quack... OZ

In a letter to the college, the self-described "disgruntled" physicians wrote they are "surprised and dismayed" that Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons would maintain Oz's faculty appointment, "let alone a senior administrative position in the Department of Surgery."the letter states."  Worst of all, he has manifested an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain."                                                       

Oz came under scrutiny during a U.S. Senate hearing that examined false diet-product ads.  Sen. Claire McCaskill grilled Oz, citing moments when he used his TV show to peddle green coffee extract as a "magic weight loss cure," and raspberry ketone as "the number one miracle in a bottle to burn your fat.

"Since that hearing Oz has not altered his methods as a TV doctor pushing scientifically unproven products to his massive audience. "But when an erudite, well-respected and highly trained physician goes on television with a huge audience and does the same thing, he has a vast potential to do harm, presenting these useless and potentially toxic supplements and magical cures," Ross said in a phone interview.

I don't know how much of this he actually has a financial interest in but I would suspect it's quite a bit,"    Oz talks up certain foods, drinks, supplements or other products often with little science to support them.   

To stop the false advertisement, we must follow the money.  Just a thought.