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Oprah tries (unsuccessfully) to distance herself from Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil

For decades, Oprah paved the way for MAHA, promoting quackery and making Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz celebrities. Now, she’s trying (unsuccessfully) to distance herself from them.

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Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture Medicine Quackery Television

Well, well, well, well…look who’s a pharma shill now!

Because of my stands against dubious medical “therapies” and outright quackery and for science- and evidence-based medicine, I have been the frequent target of what I’ve come to call the “pharma shill gambit.” It’s a pretty stupid and common ad hominem attack in which the attacker, virtually always an advocate of “complementary and alternative medicine” […]