Dr. Oz Is Now the Grown-Up in the Room
It takes a lot to make the “green coffee beans” guy seem mainstream.

It takes a lot to make the “green coffee beans” guy seem mainstream.
Contrary to what the health secretary says, the outbreak of disease in Texas is, in fact, unusual.
He has an unusual talent for sounding reasonable.
They’re angry at the public-health establishment. Now they’re in control of it.
Let’s call a crank a crank.
The “nation’s doctor” has turned from addressing smoking and nutrition to worrying about America’s emotional well-being.
As medicine becomes more politicized, a debate is raging over what it means for patient care.
But are they really such a good idea?
Scientific publication can be a constraining, flattening, and maddening process—but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Mortality numbers often end up having more to do with politics than science.