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What's really annoying about this episode is that, mixed in with some accurate information is a bunch of infuriating false 'balance' and Dr. Drew Ordon, a plastic surgeon and apparently the elder statesman of The Doctors, are supposed to be the Dr. Lisa Masterson (who really is an obstetrician), joined by an older but nearly equally telegenic doctor named Dr. in order to shout 'I'm a doctor, dammit!' to the world leads only to contempt and laughter from his fellow physicians-especially surgeons like me) and Dr. doc, given his name, and who should be told that wearing scrubs outside of the E.R. Travis Stork (who really should be an obstetrician instead of an E.R. He, along with some incredibly photogenic young doctors like Dr.

Moreover, no one would argue against a healthy diet including vegetables, grains, and fruits, but it's not necessary to use just organic foods in order to have a healthy diet. Sears recommends as so superior without any real evidence that they are. Sears means by 'chemicals.' After all, everything is made up of chemicals, including-yes-those organic foods that Dr. In actuality, the 'chemicals' in vaccines are tiny in amount, with no evidence that they cause any toxicity, and that even includes the mercury in the thimerosal preservative that used to be in vaccines.

This is dangerously close to the 'toxin' gambit. Eating organic fruits, veggies, grains, and meats is a good way to help insure a healthier brain and body. A little baby's growing brain and developing immune system are very susceptible to chemical influences. Serve organic foods as much as possible, beginning with baby foods. But there are other areas of life where we can control this exposure, and that is in the foods we feed our kids. The small amounts of chemicals in vaccines are unavoidable. He also gives a whole lot of vague advice on dietary methods to 'boost your child's immune system,' the favorite haven of boosters of unscientific medical modalities. Gordon is that vaccines can cause autism in 'sensitive' or 'susceptible' children. Sears seems to be in complete agreement with Dr. Sears are more credible when they claim they are not 'anti-vaccine,' although they both end up parroting antivaccine canards while intoning that they 'do not support not vaccinating.' (Come to think of it, any time you hear someone saying either 'I'm not antivaccine' or 'I don't advocate not vaccinating,' you can be fairly sure that antivaccine canards will follow immediately afterward.) For example, one area where Dr. Gordon has openly said and written on many occasions that he ' doesn't give a lot vaccines' and that he reluctantly gave vaccines, implicitly admitting that he tries to talk parents out of giving vaccines and acquiesces and 'respects the parents' wishes to vaccinate' only apparently if they are persistent. Sears' schedule appears to involve actually giving vaccines. Gordon's 'alternative schedule,' however, Dr. They don't trust the standard vaccine schedule either, so much so that Robert has developed his very own 'alternative schedule,' with which Dr. From what I can tell about it, the Sears brothers are in essence Dr. Sears' brother Robert, who is also a pediatrician, is the author of a book making the rounds called The Vaccine Book. One thing I hadn't been aware of is that Dr. Jay Gordon on stage next to a science-based physician, in this case apparently Dr.

It's no different than putting Jenny McCarthy on stage next to Paul Offit.

This segment from The Doctors is no different than putting Ben Stein on stage next to an evolutionary biologist. This show falls into the same trap that reporters fall into when discussing any form of manufactroversy about dubious science or even rank pseudoscience, be it creationism, antivaccination myths, and 'alternative medicine' quackery. You'd think that having a bunch of physicians doing the show would to some extent inoculate it from such nonsense. In fact, this segment shows everything that's wrong about reporting about medicine in the media. It's truly disturbing reading, just as parts of this segment are truly disturbing viewing. Not only that, but he's introduced as a 'leading expert.'Īn abbreviated transcript of the show can be found here. Jay Gordon showing up spread his antivaccine nonsense far and wide.

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