Dr. Oz tackles drug craze of bath salts, sick personalities and wildest medical emergenices

By April MacIntyre Mar 2, 2011, 18:32 GMT

Here is next week’s episodes for “The Dr. Oz Show” featuring segments on the rapidly growing deadly drug problem of bath salts, Gary Taubes (the man who disputes everything Dr. Oz says), the real effects of energy drinks, wildest medical emergencies with advice on what to do in the similar 911 situations, a personality test to determine if you’re sick and more.

The Dr. Oz Show the week of 3/7-3/11: the deadly drug craze of bath salts, is your personality making you sick, wildest medical emergenices are all featured.
    
Here is next week’s episodes for “The Dr. Oz Show” featuring segments on the rapidly growing deadly drug problem of bath salts, Gary Taubes (the man who disputes everything Dr. Oz says), the real effects of energy drinks, wildest medical emergencies with advice on what to do in the similar 911 situations, a personality test to determine if you’re sick and more. 

SHOW LISTINGS FOR WEEK OF 3/7/11

3/07/11      2-113     The Man Who Thinks Everything Dr. Oz Says Is Wrong                                                       (TV-PG)                                                                                                

3/08/11      2-112     The Deadly New Drug At A Convenience Store Near You!                                                 (TV-PG)                                                                   

3/09/11      2-062     Dr. Oz’s Ultimate Checklist: Antioxidants                                                                         (R) (TV-PG)

3/10/11      2-107     Is Your Personality Making You Sick?                                                                                      (TV-PG)

3/11/11      2-116     Wildest Medical Emergencies Caught On Tape                                                                     (TV-PG)

Currently in its second season, the syndicated daily series "The Dr. Oz Show" is hosted by Emmy Award-winning Dr. Mehmet Oz, trusted health expert, best-selling author, and world-renowned cardiac surgeon.  "The Dr. Oz Show" is an entertaining, high-octane, multi-topic hour offering equal parts life saving information in an “embarrassment-free” zone and where nothing is off limits or out of bounds.

MONDAY – MARCH 7, 2011  “THE MAN WHO THINKS EVERYTHING DR. OZ SAYS IS WRONG”

Meet Dr. Oz’s most outspoken adversary, Gary Taubes, science journalist, health policy researcher and best-selling author, whose controversial theories on weight loss go against everything that Dr. Oz believes. Dr. Oz and Gary discuss their differing views, while Gary reveals the 3 things he believes Dr. Oz is wrong about when it comes to dieting. Then, Dr. Oz and audience member Lisa (South Plainfield, NJ) uncover the 3 colors your body should never turn and why. Find out the real cause of those annoying hiccups as Dr. Oz and his Assistant of the Day, Sheron, expose the hidden source of these sudden spasms. Everyone has a bad habit that they just can’t kick. Today, Dr. Oz demonstrates how taking a simple vitamin can help fix some of your habit’s negative effects by playing a game with sisters Eileen (Coram, NY) and Mary (Shavertown, PA). Then, Dr. Oz and audience members Tyneese (Brooklyn, NY) and Debbie (Kinnelon, NJ) reveal 3 shocking ways that bacteria can infiltrate your skin and solutions to prevent your skin from being sabotaged!

TUESDAY – MARCH 8, 2011 “THE DEADLY NEW DRUG AT A CONVENIENCE STORE NEAR YOU”

There’s a new meth-like drug on the market: bath salts. Snorting, injecting or smoking powders with such innocuous-sounding names as ivory wave, red dove and vanilla sky can be fatal. Dr. Oz exposes the dangers of this deadly drug with Dr. Mark Ryan, Director of Louisiana Poison Control, as he addresses how his center is handling this rapidly growing problem. 

Then, Dr. Richard Sanders and Dr. Julia Sanders (Covington, LA) share their emotional ordeal about their son Dickie’s fatal encounter with bath salts. There are tons of energy drinks out on store shelves right now with appealing advertisements and slogans guaranteeing to give you a mid-day pick-me-up.  But, what exactly do they do? Christy (Villanova, PA) talks to Dr. Oz about her addiction to energy drinks.

Then, Dr. Oz and dietician Samantha Heller examine the effects of energy drinks to see if they really boost your energy. Plastic surgeon Dr. Stuart Linder reveals a new cutting edge procedure to erase saddlebags and shares the incredible before and after reveal of his patient Raechel (Calabasas, CA). Why should you take a health cue from the football watching, video game playing, beer drinking man in your life? 

Dr. Oz demonstrates how your man’s habits can make you surprisingly healthier in a head to head challenge with audience members Kathy (Cherry Hill, NJ) and Lois (Baldwin, NY). Can fast food be made into healthy fare fit for a foodie?  Dr. Oz challenges audience members Ruth (Holbrook, NY), Maria (Wolcolt, CT), and Beverly (Winston-Salem, NC) in a Top Chef-esque quick-fire battle judged by Tom Colicchio!

WEDNESDAY – MARCH 9, 2011 (REPEAT) “DR. OZ’S ULTIMATE CHECKLIST: ANTIOXIDANTS”

Dr. Oz teaches viewers Rhonda (Brooklyn, NY), Marisa (Staten Island, NY), Annamarie (Stafford, VA), and Donna (Brooklyn, NY) the importance of antioxidants in one’s diet, and reveals what you need to eat and drink in order to boost your body’s antioxidant level.

Then, audience member Patty (Mt. Sinai, NY) discovers the super-antioxidant powers of beets. Bodily functions are natural, but could holding them in be bad for your health? Assistant of the Day Michele (Dayton, OH) learns the dangers of holding urine, coughs, and burps.

Dr. Oz reveals to audience members Joan (Brooklyn, NY), A’isha (North Brunswick, NJ), and Roberta (Jericho, NY) the top causes behind winter allergies and how to eliminate them.  Married couple Antonia and Raymond (Baltimore, MD) guess healthy “F” words during a game of Dr. Oz’s $1,000 Pyramid.

THURSDAY – MARCH 10, 2011  “IS YOUR PERSONALITY MAKING YOU SICK?”

Find out if your personality is making you sick with Dr. Helen Fisher, Chief Scientific Officer for Chemistry.com, as she tests Jocelyn (New York, NY), Kriste (Holland, PA) and Debrah’s (Hempstead, NY) personalities. It’s week 9 of the 11 week weight loss plan and if you’re feeling deprived and dreaming of a trip to the drive-thru, don’t let temptation derail you.

Move It and Lose It program participant Courtney (Brooklyn, NY) shares her urge to cheat while Dr. Oz and Chef Devin Alexander, author of “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Fattening,” strengthen motivation by revealing 3 revolutionary diet foods! It’s a secret condition sabotaging your sleep: silent reflux.

Dr. Oz and his Assistant of the Day, Sandra (Baltimore, MD), reveal 3 tips that will help you sleep better. Then, Dr. Oz offers simple cures for the most common bumps with the help of audience members Colleen (Berlin, NJ) and Stephanie (New York, NY). How do you know when that cold has turned into something more serious? Or when that back pain is not just another typical ache?

Dr. Oz tests audience members Chandra (Philadelphia, PA) and Shonda (Hyde Park, NY) on the warning signs you need to look out for in a game called infection detection!

FRIDAY – MARCH 11, 2011 “WILDEST MEDICAL EMERGENCIES CAUGHT ON TAPE”

Shocking medical emergencies caught on tape!  Alice (Pine Mountain, GA) shares her near death experience and gets a surprise visit from Janeice (Charlotte, NC), the OnStar advisor who helped save her life. Imagine giving birth on the side of the road. Jeremy (Oak Ridge, NC) and Amber (Oak Ridge, NC) join Dr. Oz just 11 days after giving birth to their son Colin with their dispatcher, James (McLeansville, NC). Dr. Oz discusses 3 mistakes you should never make when calling 911 with dispatcher Gigi Smith (Draper, UT).

Dr. Oz and Assistant of the Day, Yvonne (Bronx, NY) reveal three shocking ways you’re destroying your hearing. Then, Dr. Oz gives Bonnie (Riverhead, NY) the surprise of a lifetime when he calls in dentist Dr. Gerry Curatola to give her a dental makeover! Over a dozen new products just hit the market with ingredients from under the sea. Today, Dr. Oz reveals which sea ingredients to look out for to clear up acne, prevent wrinkles and add luster to your hair with audience members Tara (New Rochelle, NY) and Peggy (Bronx, NY).