Just one excellent example, some lady in the audience asking if it's safe to sleep after someone has had a concussion. Really? Really?? She's bobbing her head in the audience like she's hearing the meaning of life while they're blathering on about something you can read in 2 mins on WebMd....or just know if you had any common sense.
Nothing less than an over-hyped, daytime housewife drama pile of dung.
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I know, all the information they give is very basic and should already be known. Like staying hyradted when you have the flu and washing your hands to keep from spreading it. Really, I never knew that.
shareWell, some people don't know about simple things.
Belive me when I say this. My husband had a friend
that did not wash his hands after using the restroom
He said, "as long as I get everything on the toilet
paper then I don't have to wash my hands".
EWWW...We don't talk to him anymore...
That's actually not a big deal, it's just unsanitary (assuming there's not fecal matter on his hands). Nice haiku though.
In response to the OP, you're right... but I think you underestimate just how stupid and uneducated the average daytime TV viewer is.
I like the show, although I agree that the vast majority of questions viewers come up with are:
1.) Simple, obvious things that 99% of people know the answer to,
2.) Things that are easy to look up, a simple google search would easily come up with hundreds of pages of relevent info,
or
3.) Kind of stupid questions that the audience probably doesn't care about (time fillers).
I do like the graphics and examples they use. They illustrate their explanations very well.
I think that people with any sort of healthcare or medical training would watch the show and think that the info is obvious, simple stuff. However, as a nutritionist it shocks me how little some people know about such basic health topics. For example, I talk to people all the time who think french fries are the same as a baked potato & they don't realize that the baked potato is a healthier choice. That's simple to me. However, if someone asked me to explain the difference between different computer operating systems, I wouldn't have a clue, and that info is simple, easy stuff for some people.
Well, some people don't know about simple things.
Belive me when I say this. My husband had a friend
that did not wash his hands after using the restroom
He said, "as long as I get everything on the toilet
paper then I don't have to wash my hands".
EWWW...We don't talk to him anymore...
This is a good comment!
Most of the issues are a bit too obvious. I wouldn't blame them for having SOME questions aimed at idiots; but must they nearly ALL be that way?
Not to mention the over-hype of OPTIONAL plastic surgery. E.g. if someone says something like "I have bags under my eyes" it's always "we have a plastic surgery procedure for that" as opposed to maybe some treatments which people did not know! Sometimes people woud like to hear an actual answer, not just a quick-fix expensive and dubious procedure.
This show could be much more interesting if they'd devote more time to people who are generally educated or at least first have tried WebMD for the basic stuff.
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So true. So true. I agree that the show is one nonstop commercial for Dr Ormond and his plastic surgery business.
I also hate when someone is on the phone or in the audience with a question about problem that should have been addressed immediately by going to the hospital, a clinic or calling the family doctor. Instead you see the person actually being treated on the show. Clearly no one was dying but if I were a guy and saw white bumps on my member and they were painful why the hell would I email a tv show to ask what's wrong?? Geez!
I don't understand how these people can stand to even look at themselves in the mirror. I know I couldn't.
Over 95% of the questions asked could be answered in a matter of seconds by just going onto Google. Is it really necessary to put these stupid questions on television? Anyone with common sense should know the answer to over half the questions asked.
And about that woman and the concussion. Wow. Is all I really have to say. What a dumba*s.
Are you calling me a liar?
Do you not see the flour on my apron, and the sweat on my brow?
And about that woman and the concussion. Wow. Is all I really have to say. What a dumba*s.
Apparently, some woman in the audience asked if it was safe to sleep if you have a concussion.
And the show isn't that bad; but maybe it's becuase it's a new season.
They took a look at the first season and though, "man we did some stupid sh*t."
I never saw the first season, so I don't really know.
Are you calling me a liar?
Do you not see the flour on my apron, and the sweat on my brow?
So?
Tell me, who here knows EVERYTHING? Some of these people just don't know how to use a computer.
You can sleep after a concussion, saying you can't sleep or else is a outdated saying/myth.
Myth: Keep someone awake who has had a recent concussion.
Fact: A person who has had a concussion may sleep through the night.
You do not need to keep awake a person with a recent concussion. This was recommended for years to observe a person for any changes after a concussion. People worried that the person may go into a coma and never wake up. This is no longer believed to be true. You can allow someone to sleep after a concussion. This should cut down on sleep deprivation for all involved.
People with concussion should be seen by a doctor if they were unconscious for more than 5 minutes or amnesia persists or if they do not appear to behave normally.
What was the answer they gave on the show? Obviously this is not an "obvious" answer.
Today he's showing Magic Johnson how HIV/AIDs infects the body. And Magic Johnson is nodding and intrigued like he never knew that, but he's had AIDs for 19 years. This show is stupid as hell.
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To this day, I'm surprised that the show has lasted this long. Just an example of how they dumb things down- last week they showed a girl who was in a car accident. Before the commercial break, they said she was told she would never walk or have children but her mother created a device that cured her. I'm thinking to myself- wow, she was paralyzed and her mom worked on some new procedure for paralyzed patients.
After the commercial break, the daughter narrates what happens to her and says something along the lines of "one day the doctor told me to get up and get dressed and I couldn't move." Umm..what? What doctor tells a paralyzed person to get up? Then the mother narrates "She had a titanium rod put in her back and she was told she would be in a wheelchair by the time she turned age X." Again...what?? Was the rod slowly making her immobile? No! It turns out the problem was pain and not paralysis. Then the mother talks about this "invention" she created that has LED lights in it. All we know is that it somehow "reduces inflammation." They don't show the product again and we don't get a better explanation. Somehow we're supposed to believe that it "cured her" because the segment shows her happy and healthy. Next, the daughter says that she was told she wouldn't be able to have children. We have no idea why she was told this unless you assume that a titanium rod stops you from having children, which it doesn't. Magically, she has a baby after the accident. It was a terrible segment and very misleading.
Even worse- we should all be wary of the fact that the cast advertise for over the counter products. It really is one big infommerical.
Don't underestimate how stupid the public can be!
Plus this show is a lot better than that Nate Berkus crap or those stupid gossip talk shows!
Calling people stupid because of what they don't know is stupid. There is a difference between being stupid and not knowing about certain things.
Also it seems that most of you have missed the point of the show. It is about informing people about trivial things so that they do not have to bug their doctors that are probably sick from getting the same question over and over again. If they answered more complex questions they would not reach out to the general public (also would not be as suited for the general wiever).
And finally just because you get an answer to things by googling it doesn't mean that it is the correct one. it is alot better to trust a doctor than wikipedia or google.
I wish I could upvote your comment! Yes, it's weird that more people don't seem to understand it. The show IS pretty much about basic information, plus some TV specials. And I'm most certainly presuming it's aimed at an American audience (which speaks for itself).
And a lot of people don't know how to use the computer and don't know what to search for either. Or don't even know they have a problem, or are doing something wrong and harmful. And they don't know what information is trustworthy and reasonable enough to base their conclusions on.
Plus the doctors are very pedagogical and easy to listen to, they're great TV hosts. :)